Georgia Basketball Timeline Georgia’s
Milestone Wins No. 1
Jan. 17, 1974
No. 50
Jan. 28, 1980
No. 100
Feb. 25, 1982
No. 150
Feb. 15, 1984
UGA 43, DeKalb 42
UGA 83, Piedmont 66 UGA 66, Auburn 65 UGA 84, Auburn 68
No. 200 Jan. 9, 1986
UGA 97, Ga. Southern 47
No. 250 Dec. 19, 1987 UGA 59, VCU 51
No. 300 Jan. 6, 1990 UGA 70, Florida 58
No. 350 Jan. 11, 1992 UGA 83, Kentucky 65
No. 400 Nov. 27. 1994 UGA 95, MTSU 71
No. 450 March 15, 1996 UGA 98, St. Francis 66
No. 500 Dec. 1, 1998 UGA 97, Manhattan 63
No. 550 Feb. 24, 2000 UGA 72, Alabama 37
No. 600 Feb. 21, 2002 UGA 73, Alabama 62 H I S T O R
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No. 650 Nov. 26, 2004 UGA 77, Idaho 55
No. 700
Nov. 29, 2006
No. 750
Dec. 1, 2008
UGA 95, Memphis 46 UGA 77, ETSU 57
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January 17, 1974 – The Lady Bulldogs defeat DeKalb College, 43-42, to secure their first victory in their second game. It will be February 28, 1983 before Georgia once again sports a .500 winning percentage as a program. January 9, 1976 – Georgia defeats Tift College, 74-48, in their season opener and first-ever game in then-Georgia Coliseum. The Lady Bulldogs go on to finish 11-9 that season, their only winning campaign prior to Andy Landers’ arrival. April 24, 1979 – In his first head coaching hiring since becoming UGA’s AD, Vince Dooley names 26-year-old Andy Landers as the Lady Bulldogs’ first full-time coach. January 30, 1980 – The Lady Bulldogs thump North Georgia College, 87-42, to secure only the second winning season in school history. June 16, 1980 – Bernadette Locke is named to the second team of the Skoal/CoSIDA Academic AllAmerica squad. February 16, 1981 – The Lady Dogs top Vanderbilt, 9471, to give Georgia its first 20-win season. March 28, 1981 – Georgia downs Arizona State, 75-73 in overtime, in Amarillo, Texas to win the Women’s NIT Championship. June 2, 1981 – Janet Harris, the National Player of the Year out of Chicago’s Marshall High School, signs with Georgia in the first of Landers’ numerous recruiting coups. November 18, 1981 – Landers’ Lady Bulldogs enter the AP Top 20 poll for the first time in history at No. 12. Other than a two-week hiatus at the end of the 1981-82 season, Georgia remained in the poll for more than a decade until December 9, 1991. May 4, 1982 – Janet Harris becomes only the fourth freshman ever named Kodak All-America team. March 6, 1983 – Led by tournament MVP Teresa Edwards, Georgia defeats Ole Miss, 72-69, to claim the Lady Bulldogs’ first SEC Championship. The No. 15 Lady Rebels represent the third ranked foe Georgia beat en route to the crown in Knoxville, Tenn. (also topping No. 8 Tennessee and No. 19 LSU). March 2, 1984 – In the first-ever SEC post-season awards, Andy Landers is named SEC Coach of the Year and freshman Katrina McClain is named SEC Rookie of the Year. March 3-5, 1984 – Georgia captures the SEC Tourney title by defeating three nationally-ranked teams in consecutive days, downing No. 18 Auburn, 10272; No. 9 LSU, 84-77; and No. 12 Alabama 74-65 en route to the crown.
March 27, 1986 – Teresa Edwards and Katrina McClain are both named Kodak All-Americans, giving UGA two honorees for two straight years. September 29, 1988 – Teresa Edwards scores 18 points to lead the United States to a 77-70 win over Yugoslavia in the Gold Medal game of the Seoul Olympics. January 5, 1991 – The Lady Bulldogs make history as one of four teams to participate in the first-ever regular-season network TV broadcast of women’s hoops, downing Iowa 62-51 on CBS. February 23, 1991 – Georgia tops No. 5 Auburn, 7066, before a Coliseum-record crowd of 9,011 to clinch the SEC title. November 17, 1992 – La’Keshia Frett, the nation’s top prep prospect, joins an outstanding recruiting class which already includes three other prep All-Americans. The next spring, Kedra Holland, a fourth, also inks with UGA. March 6 & 8, 1993 – The Lady Bulldogs play two No. 1 teams in a span of three days at the SEC Tourney. Georgia defeats top-ranked Tennessee, 7372, in the quarterfinals and then faces Vanderbilt, the nation’s new No. 1, two days later in the final. March 3, 1994 – La’Keshia Frett is named the SEC Freshman of the Year. March 25, 1995 – Kedra Holland explodes to score 11 of her 15 points in the final 3:15 of the Midwest Regional final to lead Georgia to an 82-79 win In only his fourth season, Landers guided Georgia over No. 2 Colorado and push the Lady Bulldogs to the 1983 NCAA Final Four, the first of what is now into their third Final Four. five trips to the pinnacle of women’s hoops. November 9, 1996 – Sports Illustrated tabs the Lady Bulldogs as its pre-season No. 1 team. May 24, 1984 – Teresa Edwards earns a spot on January 29, 1996 – Spurred by five straight wins over the U.S. Olympic team, becoming the youngest ranked opponents (including both No. 3 Conmember of the squad for the L.A. Games. necticut and No. 4 Tennessee), Georgia climbs to January 6, 1985 – In a clash between two of the No. 1 in both polls. nation’s premier programs, Georgia defeats the sixth-ranked Southern Cal Women of Troy, 77-56, March 24, 1996 – Andy Landers and Saudia Roundtree are tabbed the Boost/Naismith National in front of 7,544 fans at the Georgia Coliseum. Coach and Player of the Year. March 21 & 23, 1985 – The Lady Bulldogs top No. 18 UCLA (and Jackie Joyner), 78-42, at Pauley Pa- March 25, 1996 – The Lady Dogs knock off topranked Louisiana Tech, 90-76, in the Midwest vilion and then down No. 3 Long Beach State, 97Regional Championship to advance to a second 82, two days later to advance to the Final Four. straight Final Four. March 31, 1985 – Georgia reaches to the NCAA title July 19, 1996 – On her 32nd birthday, Teresa Edwards game by defeating Western Kentucky, 91-78, opens the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in before falling to Old Dominion, 70-65. Atlanta with the reading of the Athlete’s Oath at March 3, 1986 – Katrina McClain is named MVP of the Opening Ceremonies on behalf of athletes the SEC Tourney after leading the Lady Dogs from all 197 nations competing in Atlanta. Katrina to their third championship in a four-year span. McClain is one of eight U.S. Olympic greats In three games, McClain scored 79 points (26.3 selected to assist the delivery of the Olympic flag ppg), grabbed 31 rebounds (10.3 rpg), blocked to the ceremonies. seven shots and collected seven steals.
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