UGA Men’s Basketball: Bulldogs’ Non-Conference Slate Is Set

SIx of 13 games to be versus high-major programs

ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia Bulldogs’ non-conference schedule for the 2023-24 season will feature nine home dates and trips to Las Vegas, The Bahamas and Tallahassee, Fla. Head coach Mike White announced the out-of-SEC ledger on Tuesday.

The Bulldogs will play three games in Athens and three contests on the road in November before hosting a six-game homestand throughout December. Six of the 13 outings will be against high-major programs.

Georgia will open its season on Monday, Nov. 6 – the first day of the college basketball season – against Oregon at T-Mobile Arena in Vegas as part of the Naismith Hall of Fame Series. The Bulldogs will return to Athens and host Wake Forest and North Carolina Central on Friday, Nov. 10 and Sunday, Nov. 12, respectively.

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UGA Football: Frierson Chats With Oscar Delp

By John Frierson
Staff Writer

Oscar Delp has found a superstition hack. The 6-foot-5 and 245-pound Georgia tight end has decided that his superstition is to not be superstitious any longer.

“I feel like superstitions, if something messed up, then it’s going to mess my whole game up, so I kind of just cut all of that out,” he said.

A sophomore from Cumming, Ga., Delp was a great prep lacrosse player at West Forsyth High School. In fact, until Delp’s football career took off later in high school, he thought lacrosse was the sport he’d likely play in college.

Delp’s father, Chris, played lacrosse at Rutgers, and his son would have been happy to follow in his footsteps. But then came his junior year of high school, when Delp, being used in numerous ways similar to how Georgia has used star tight end Brock Bowers the past to seasons, caught 43 passes and averaged 17 yards a catch. As a senior, he caught 59 passes for 923 yards.

Coming to Georgia was always going to be an adjustment, especially knowing that the Bulldogs last season had Bowers, who went on to win the Mackey Award as the nation’s top tight end, and Darnell Washington, the 6-7 and 270-pound beast. Bowers led the Bulldogs in 2022 with 63 catches, Washington was fourth on the team with 28, and Delp finished his freshman season with five reception. His first career catch was a 28-yarder for a touchdown against South Carolina.

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