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Mike White on what it will take to advance past the first round
Georgia’s Mike White spoke with reporters on what it will take to advance past the first round.
Former Georgia basketball player Ezra Williams, who played in the NCAA tournament in 2002, now runs a youth basketball academy in Vienna, Austria.The Bulldogs are seeking their first NCAA tournament win since 2002, when they defeated Murray State in the first round.Williams believes Georgia’s current team has the potential to make a run in the tournament if they can find some momentum.
These days, Ezra Williams is helping to train and develop a new generation of players nearly 5,000 miles from where he starred for Georgia basketball.
Williams lives in Vienna, Austria, with his wife Julia following a pro career for teams in Turkey, Italy and Austria after playing in what’s now the G-League.
He currently runs a basketball academy for about 600 youth throughout Europe, placing them in high schools, prep schools and colleges.
When he’s finds the time, Williams has pulled up and watched about five Georgia games this season — usually a day later because of the time difference — during a season that has landed the No. 9 seeded Bulldogs in an NCAA Tournament first-round game Thursday against No. 8 seeded Gonzaga in Wichita, Kan.
Georgia is seeking its first NCAA Tournament win since March 15, 2002, when Williams and the No. 3 seeded Bulldogs beat No. 14 seeded Murray State 85-68 in a late-night game from the United Center in Chicago.
“That’s incredible actually to think about,” Williams said Tuesday. “In my mind, I thought we had won at least one game since we finished up.”
Williams was an All-SEC guard who averaged 16.5 points per game in the 2001-2002 season and scored 10 points in the win over Murray State.
That win was later vacated by NCAA sanctions under coach Jim Harrick that involved academic…
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