Georgia basketball at midseason crossroad: Is this an NCAA tournament team?

ATHENS — Georgia basketball is perilously close to entering the proverbial NCAA tournament “bubble” after three consecutive losses.

The Bulldogs remained out of the AP Top 25 for a second consecutive week after a six-week run among the ranked teams — the best showing of that kind in 22 years.

Georgia is projected as a No. 9 seed in the tournament in this week’s ESPN Bracketology projection, but it’s a tenuous position with the back half of the SEC schedule remaining.