Florida beats Auburn to prop up their tournament hopes

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Deservedly so, Mike White is not very popular right now. But I have to say, I really like him. One of those guys that you kind of feel like we might regret letting him go and seeing him coach elsewhere.

That said, I think he should drop the “pc” talk and call the refs out for that call.
 

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GREAT Coaching by White to NOT allow Auburn to run run run. Our guys FOUGHT so hard and played tough and weathered the storm. If you were actually watching the game then you saw the COACHING and the plays White drew up to get guys like Allen and Hudson and Egor OPEN and they made the shots. COACHING. Cheese missed a ton of fts or else this was a blowout but he had 12 assists and only 2 turnovers and had 5 rebounds. Bassett STEPPED up HUGE with 12 points and 6 rebounds. AWESOME WIN WIN WIN for the Gators!!

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This team has to WIN anyway they can and FINALLY were able to.
 

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Arky upsets Bama. Sitting at 9-7 with 3 other team....Arky, Ms St, UK who we beat. Let's get these last 2!
 

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I do not understand this year’s basketball team. I cannot recall another team that could look so good one game and so lost another. And they do that in different phases of the game. One week they are torrid rebounders, another their defense smothers. Then they can’t hold a lead against a crappy team. They could have 2-3 more wins easily if they would just drive, force fouls and get to the line. We miss Kasey Hill WAY more than I expected.

So they are odd. But the season isn’t over and they could be dangerous in the tournament. I just hope they can turn a corner and play consistently with effort and passion.
 

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GREAT Coaching by White to NOT allow Auburn to run run run. Our guys FOUGHT so hard and played tough and weathered the storm. If you were actually watching the game then you saw the COACHING and the plays White drew up to get guys like Allen and Hudson and Egor OPEN and they made the shots. COACHING. Cheese missed a ton of fts or else this was a blowout but he had 12 assists and only 2 turnovers and had 5 rebounds. Bassett STEPPED up HUGE with 12 points and 6 rebounds. AWESOME WIN WIN WIN for the Gators!!

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You are correct....but why did it take to game 29 to see more of this. White has the making of a great coach. He just needs to be more involved with this team. He likes letting the players just do their own thing and we just don't have that this season. I also saw a more emotional White though out the game. Basically all the things many have us have been calling for....designed plays to get open looks, easy 2 pters, inside players touches. Then about 6 min left we stalled (once again) but about 2 min left we picked it up and flew to the finish. One of his better coaching G games from sure. Need the same thing all of next week as well
 
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Hey F you Sweaty Bruce and your turd son! Gators have now WON 11 in a row and 21 of 22 vs Auburn. GATORBAIT!!
 

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GREAT Coaching by White to NOT allow Auburn to run run run. Our guys FOUGHT so hard and played tough and weathered the storm. If you were actually watching the game then you saw the COACHING and the plays White drew up to get guys like Allen and Hudson and Egor OPEN and they made the shots. COACHING. Cheese missed a ton of fts or else this was a blowout but he had 12 assists and only 2 turnovers and had 5 rebounds. Bassett STEPPED up HUGE with 12 points and 6 rebounds. AWESOME WIN WIN WIN for the Gators!!

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so white is a good coach tonite..........beat the PEARL.........owned and destroyed the best team in the sec, Allen channels Chandler Parson with the 3/4 court shot........
 

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You are correct....but way did it take to game 29 to see more of this. White has the making of a great coach. He just needs to be more involved with this team. He likes letting the players just do their own thing and we just don't have that this season. I also saw a more emotional White though out the game. Basically all the things many have us have been calling for....designed plays to get open looks, easy 2 pters, inside players touches. Then about 6 min left we stalled (once again) but about 2 min left we picked it up and flew to the finish. One of his better coaching G games from sure. Need the same thing all of next week as well
Can you imagine the OLD Allen showing up so big, That cheez who was automatic at the FT line now has the yips. That Aub team was torching the 3 in the second half and we held on. THIS was a must win. Had to win it. Egor with the HUGE rebound that cheez turned into his 12 assist for Allens three to lock it up. And we ALL release a LONG sigh of relief tonite...........
 

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My game ball goes to jalen Hudson. Hits some big shots down the stretch. Had a big block and actually made a free throw. He was clutch!
 

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My game ball goes to jalen Hudson. Hits some big shots down the stretch. Had a big block and actually made a free throw. He was clutch!

Could give it to Hudson, Bassett or Allen. Those dudes carried us. Cheese’s 12 assists were nice too
 

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Nice win that was much closer than it needed to be:

1. Chiozza and Hudson combined for 2 of 9 FTs which is just unacceptable.

2. I have to give credit to White for staying with Allen today. He started not making much from the field but really came on. Hopefully he can be back to being the guy who can create his own shot and help UF win close games down the stretch.

3. Bassett was amazing. He has to start at UAL. Heck he was robbed of a key defensive play when the official "saw" his foot out of bounds when it was not even close.

4. Other than the FTs, Hudson had a solid game and made clutch plays including the clutch FT.

5. Hayes really needs to look inside himself. He gets a lot of shots blocked by going for dunks and he even missed a dunk attempt today. A shot that goes through the hoop is much more important than a missed dunk attempt.

6. Stone got very few minutes and Gak did not play. I hope White does not take winning a game by going really small, 3 bigs played and got all of 51 minutes, as something UF needs to do every game. That might lead to a terrible night on Tuesday.

This was a needed win and UF needs to not allow this win to be a blip in a 1-5 finish.
 

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Any of Auburn's opponents will benefit from their losing their "stand-out" player in McLemore.
Lord, Perl is up for COY. How many on that list are being investigated by the FBI? "Fixing" the players you recruit is game-tampering similar to gamblers' interference. I hope they throw the bookie at them.
 

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One of those computer simulation bracketology places have us with almost a 60% chance of making the tourney with one more pre-SEC tourney win regardless if we don't win a game in that tournament and if we did mess around and lost the last 2 games it looks like 2 tourney wins may get us in if a lot of bubble teams didn't go deep in their tournaments.
 

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That shot was ridiculous. Glad to see the Gators hang on for win. When a team comes back that far on you, they usually win the game.
 

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GREAT Coaching by White to NOT allow Auburn to run run run. Our guys FOUGHT so hard and played tough and weathered the storm. If you were actually watching the game then you saw the COACHING and the plays White drew up to get guys like Allen and Hudson and Egor OPEN and they made the shots. COACHING. Cheese missed a ton of fts or else this was a blowout but he had 12 assists and only 2 turnovers and had 5 rebounds. Bassett STEPPED up HUGE with 12 points and 6 rebounds. AWESOME WIN WIN WIN for the Gators!!

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From the box score, it looks as if Allen and Hudson made their shots-- Threegor, not so much.
 

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