Championship teams
2000 SEC Champions The 1999-2000 edition of the Lady Bulldogs raced from the gates and eventually finished as the winningest team in the program’s lengthy and illustrious history. Before December arrived on the calendar, Georgia compiled a 7-0 record, including defeating three top-20 teams en route to winning the Preseason WNIT. The Lady Bulldogs stumbled and lost their SEC opener but then reeled off 13 straight conference victories to claim a third league title in a fiveyear span. The highlight of that streak was a nationally televised 27-point thumping of No. 2 Tennessee on MLK Day. Georgia’s 32 “Ws” in 2000 topped the previous school record of 30 in both 1984 and ’86. 1999-2000 Lady Bulldogs seated (L-R): Kiesha Brown, Kelly McEntire, Tameiko Washington, Deana Nolan, Mary Beth Lycett, Beth Timmons, and Camille Murphy. Standing: Kelly Miller, Tiaunna Briggans, Shala Crawford, Tawana McDonald, Angie Ball, Shavonda Willis, Coco Miller, and Tina Taylor.
2001 SEC Tourney Champions The Lady Bulldogs bounced back from early-season losses to No. 1 Connecticut and eventual national champion Notre Dame in November to click on all cylinders a month later. But adversity struck again. A broken finger to Deanna “Tweety” Nolan disrupted what might have been one of Georgia’s greatest seasons ever. Georgia began the calendar year with two impressive wins before Nolan suffered her setback against Florida. While the Lady Bulldogs won eight of nines game without Nolan, and eight of 10 after she returned, they never regained their January form. Still, Georgia won the SEC Tournament title on Kelly Miller’s buzzerbeating jumper. 2000-01 Lady Bulldogs seated (L-R): Tina Taylor, Kelly McEntire, Tameiko Washington, Camille Murphy, Kiesha Brown, Coco Miller, Kelly Miller. Standing: Mary Beth Lycett, Tiaunna Briggans, Amy King, Christi Thomas, Tawana McDonald, Ebony Felder, Beth Henson, Deanna Nolan.
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