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Georgia guard J.J. Frazier (30) puts up a shot against South Carolina during an NCAA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Athens, Ga. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

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Georgia forward Pape Diatta (5) puts up a shot against South Carolina guard Duane Notice (10) during an NCAA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Athens, Ga. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

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South Carolina guard Sindarius Thornwell (00) puts up a shot against Georgia guard Juwan Parker (3) during an NCAA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Athens, Ga. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

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CORRECTS TO DEFENSIVE BACK JAVARIS DAVIS INSTEAD OF RUNNING BACK KERRYON JOHNSON - Auburn defensive back Javaris Davis (31) sits on the bench in the finals moments of their 13-7 loss to Georgia in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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A smoky haze is seen around a weather station on top of the University of Georgia's Geography building in Athens, Ga., Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. The smoke is drifting across the state from wildfires in the south (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 photo, the 480 B.C. bronze statue of the ancient Greek god of the sea, Poseidon, is displayed at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Nearly 200 artefacts excavated all over the country are on show in the darkened temporary exhibition hall of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, spotlit and blended with music, sounds of waves and creaking ship's blocks, and poetry. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Vanderbilt head coach Derek Mason gets dunked by his payers after defeating Georgia 17-16 in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Tennessee wide receiver Jauan Jennings (15) celebrates with Tennessee wide receiver Josh Malone (3) after making a last-second touchdown catch to defeat Georgia 34-31 in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Tennessee wide receiver Jauan Jennings (15) is carried by teammates Kyle Phillips (5) and Charles Mosley (78) after making a last-second touchdown catch to defeat Georgia 34-31 in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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A man smoking a sigarete waves a multi coloured flag during a gay pride parade in central Athens, Greece, on Saturday, June 25, 2005. More than 500 people attended the first large-scale gay parade in downtown Athens calling for greater tolerance toward homosexuals. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Migrants sit below a banner outside a former Olympic indoor stadium in Faliro, southern Athens Associated Press photo

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras listens during a parliamentary session in Athens on Aug. 14, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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The Parthenon - Athens, Greece

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Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras delivers a speech during a parliament meeting in Athens, Saturday, June 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) ** FILE **

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A police officer stands as pensioners wait outside the main gate of the national bank of Greece to withdraw a maximum of 120 euros ($134) in central Athens, Thursday, July 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras leaves from Maximos Mansion to meet the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in Athens, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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overdrawn: Greek pensioners enter a bank to withdraw a maximum of 120 euros — $134 — in Athens Tuesday as the country's financial situation remains precarious. (Associated Press photographs)

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Supporters of the No vote react after the first results of the referendum at Syntagma square in Athens, Sunday, July 5, 2015. Greece faced an uncharted future as its interior ministry predicted Sunday that more than 60 percent of voters in a hastily called referendum had rejected creditors' demands for more austerity in exchange for rescue loans. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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A supporter of the No vote waves a Greek flag after the first results of the referendum at Syntagma square in Athens, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Demonstrators shout slogans during a rally organized by supporters of the Yes vote in Athens, Friday, July 3, 2015. A new opinion poll shows a dead heat in Greece's referendum campaign with just two days to go before Sunday's vote on whether Greeks should accept more austerity in return for bailout loans. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)