UGA hoops scratches an eight-year itch

Georgia's win over Kentucky was the attention-grabbing event the Bulldogs needed to get ranked.

Georgia comes in at No. 24 in this week's Associated Press poll, the first time it's appeared in the AP ranking since 2003. The Bulldogs were 21st in the AP poll on March 10 of that year, and 22nd in the USA Today coaches rankings. They reached a high of No. 15, in the AP poll, that season.

The Bulldogs are unranked in this week's coaches poll, standing fourth among the team's also receiving votes.

The more important ranking, as far as the NCAA selection committee, is the RPI, and Georgia currently ranks 48. But that number will improve for the Bulldogs as they go on, because four other SEC East teams rank in the top 30 in the RPI.