Georgia Southern’s head men's basketball coach Mark Byington went on the GS Coach’s Show ahead of the Sun Belt Championship and hinted that an in-state game against UGA was in the works.
“There's a certain team in state who wears red that said they'd never play us as long as Tookie’s here,” Byington said. “I sent an email the other day just saying that unless we can figure out a way to get him another year back, Tookie’s gone so let’s go ahead and play this game.”
The email must’ve worked because for the first time since 2001, the Eagles and the Bulldogs will meet on the hardwood in Athens on December 23, The Athens-Banner Herald’s Marc Weiszer first reported and later confirmed.