Let’s start with the caveat that what took place inside Stegeman Coliseum on Tuesday night was an exhibition.
That doesn’t mean that the Georgia and Central Florida men’s basketball teams weren’t trying to play their best at both ends of the floor, they surely were, but the head coaches were also probably trying some things they wouldn’t have if the result had mattered.
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