In the 1^st round of the Bahamas Championship the 12^th-ranked Miami Hurricanes will face the Georgia Bulldogs in Nassau, Bahamas at the Baha Mar Convention Center with the game scheduled to tipoff at 3:30 PM ET on Friday afternoon and the game will air on the CBS Sports Network.

The Miami Hurricanes are a perfect 3-0 this season following wins at home against the New Jersey Tech Highlanders by a score of 101-60, the UCF Knights by a score of 88-72, and the FIU Panthers by a score of 86-80. The Hurricanes were huge home favorites on Monday against the FIU Panthers, however, they did not cover the 23-point spread. However, the Hurricanes remain one of the highest-scoring teams in college basketball this season as they enter this game averaging 91.67 points per game and Wooga Poplar has been one of the top players on the team as he leads the team in scoring with 20.7 points per game and will look to continue his early season momentum with the Miami Hurricanes face the Georgia Bulldogs in the 1^st round of the Bahamas Championship Tournament on Friday afternoon.

Georgia finished last season with a record of 16-16 which included a record of 6-12 in the SEC and led to an 11^th place finish in the SEC Conference during the regular season. The Bulldogs were eliminated early in the SEC Tournament as they lost to the LSU Tigers in the 1^st round by a score of 67-72. The Georgia Bulldogs were not invited to any postseason tournament and missed the NCAA Tournament for the 8^th consecutive season. This year, the Bulldogs are projected to be the 2^nd worst team in the SEC and are only projected to finish better than the South Carolina Gamecocks. Georgia enters this game with a record of 2-1 following a loss on the road against the Oregon Ducks by a score of 71-82 while winning at home against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons by a score of 80-77 and at home against the NC Central Eagles by a score of 64-54. The Bulldogs will face their toughest opponent to date in the early part of the season when they face the Miami Hurricanes.

BookMaker has the Miami Hurricanes listed as 7-point favorites against the Georgia Bulldogs in the 1^st round of the Bahamas Championship Tournament on Friday afternoon. This will be the first time in the history of these two programs that they will face each other in college basketball. The Miami Hurricanes are 2-1 ATS overall and 2-1 ATS as a favorite this season while the Georgia Bulldogs are 1-2 ATS overall and 0-1 ATS as an underdog on the year.

The Miami Hurricanes are one of the best teams in college basketball while the Georgia Bulldogs are projected to be the 2^nd worst team in their conference this season. The Hurricanes enter this game having gone 2-1 ATS overall and 2-1 ATS as a favorite while the Bulldogs are 1-2 ATS overall and 0-1 ATS as an underdog. Lay the points with the Miami Hurricanes when they face the Georgia Bulldogs in the 1^st round of the Bahamas Championship Tournament on Friday afternoon.