Add another loss to the Georgia basketball program, as sophomore point guard Zac Swansey has officially asked for his release.

“I just think it’s in my best interest to find another school, which I have not started looking for,” Swansey said. “I have enjoyed my two years here in Athens but I think a fresh start will do me best.”

Swansey indicated he was not going to wait for a new coach to be announced, as he has decided to leave the program.

“I have already asked for my release,” Swansey said.

Immediately following Georgia’s season-ending 79-60 loss to Mississippi State Thursday in Tampa, Swansey made comments that incited harsh criticism from the Bulldog Nation.

“I’m not 100 percent sure that I want to be here,” Swansey told Brett Jensen of TotalUGA.com last Thursday. “I want to play, and I want to be with a program that wins. I’m not sure Georgia is that program.”

Many fans felt the sophomore had quit on Georgia and was trashing the program.

Swansey said the comments weren’t meant as disrespect. “What I said after Thursday’s game kind of got blown out of proportion,” Swansey said. “I was just disappointed that

we had not been more successful these past two years and there were many reasons for that.”

Georgia posted a 29-37 record in Swansey’s two seasons in Athens, with the lone bright spot coming in last year’s well documented SEC tournament championship. Swansey hit a game-winning 3-pointer against Kentucky in the second round of that tournament run.

Swansey started 17 games this year but was replaced by freshman Dustin Ware for the final 13 games of the season. Swansey is undecided on what school he plans to attend.

“I do not really have a timetable, just going to focus on finishing up strong in the classroom this semester and see what happens,” he said. “I do not know how big of a school, just a good fit for me and my style of play.”