FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas needs to quickly turn the page after its 80-66 loss to No. 23 Kentucky on Thursday night in Walton Arena.
Rather than having the customary three to four days between SEC games, the Razorbacks play Georgia at 5 p.m. today in Stegeman Coliseum.
"We've got no choice," Arkansas Coach Mike Anderson said of regrouping quickly for the Bulldogs. "It's the next game up.
"Every game's a big game, and it's a quick turnaround. We've got to get prepared for a good Georgia team that just won on the road at Missouri."
The Bulldogs won at Missouri 60-57 Wednesday night, so they've had an extra day of rest and preparation for the Razorbacks.
"We've got to put this behind us and get some shots up [at practice] and get ready to go to Georgia and handle business," Arkansas forward Moses Kingsley said of rebounding from the Kentucky game. "We just need to forget about this loss."
Alabama Coach Avery Johnson experienced the Thursday-Saturday turnaround in SEC play for the first time when the Crimson Tide lost at Ole Miss 74-66 and then lost at home to Kentucky 77-61.
"I didn't think it was going to be as much of a challenge as it was," Johnson said. "I didn't really recognize our team in terms of our energy in that second game.
"Kentucky already is a team that will beat you up in a lot of ways. You have to have maximum energy. We didn't have it.
"We were a little glassy-eyed in timeouts. We weren't alert and were just a step slow."
Ole Miss beat Georgia 72-71 the Saturday after beating Alabama, but both games were at home for the Rebels.
The Razorbacks are playing Thursday-Saturday games for the fifth consecutive season, but they never have had both at home.
Arkansas lost at home to Alabama and won at Auburn in 2012; beat Georgia at home and lost at Florida in 2013; lost at Missouri and beat LSU at home in 2014; and beat Alabama in overtime at home and won at Missouri last season.
"It's not like we're not used to it," Kingsley said. "It's not a tough turnaround."
Georgia at home
Arkansas will try to hand Georgia its fourth home loss.
Georgia is 9-3 in Stegeman Coliseum with losses to Tennessee-Chattanooga 92-90 in overtime, 68-66 to Kansas State and 79-45 to Texas A&M.
The Bulldogs' home victories include 75-61 over Georgia Tech, 71-48 over Clemson, 77-59 over Missouri and 81-72 over Tennessee.
"We've been inconsistent at home a little bit," Georgia Coach Mark Fox said. "We've had some games where we've played extremely well, but we've had a couple games where we didn't play well.
"It's frustrating as a coach to a degree. It's an area we've got to work on to improve."
Bad ball movement
Mike Anderson said the Razorbacks didn't do a good job attacking Kentucky's defense when they hit 2 of 12 three-point attempts.
"We're a team that really prides ourselves on taking good shots and making shots," Anderson said. "But I thought we stood around a lot.
"We weren't in attack mode. The ball movement wasn't there.
"They switched, and when they're switching, they're going to give you something. We didn't do a good job of making them pay for the switches."
On guard
Georgia starting guards J.J. Frazier, Kenny Gaines and Charles Mann combined for 61 points in the Bulldogs' 81-72 victory over Tennessee. Frazier scored 28 points, Gaines 23 and Mann 10 as the trio hit 20 of 29 shots, including 11 of 16 three-pointers.
"They were great the night we played them," Tennessee Coach Rick Barnes said. "We tried to break their rhythm, but we couldn't.
"They got it going offensively, and there wasn't much we could do. They made some tough shots."
Sports on 01/23/2016