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Most amazing tournament run ever. We've obviously gone further, but that one came out of nowhere. NO ONE expected it.
I basically agree but of course famously the AP preseason basketball ranking of UF's five final four teams indicates otherwise:
1993-94: 14
1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings - Wikipedia
1999-00: 13
1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings - Wikipedia
2004-05: Not rated
2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings - Wikipedia
2005-06: 11th
2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings - Wikipedia
2013-14: 10th
2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings - Wikipedia
So clearly in some sense UF's 04-05 team that was unranked in the preseason was the biggest surprise to win it all. Backing that up is the same five starters and only losing one big were ranked 11th by the AP the next year. Still UF had been there twice before in 05, but in 94 had never been farther than the round of 16.
You've got your years mixed up. It should be 05-06 then 06-07. I think you will see a difference in those rankings.
04-05 did win our first SEC Tourney but flamed out in 2nd round partially due to tough draw with Villanova in Nashville (beat #1 seed KY twice in 8 days, get 4 seed in Nashville with Big East champ as 5?). Anyway, we got revenge in 2006 against Nova enroute to NC.
And just throwing it out there, prior to 94 had only been to the tourney twice ever!!! It was definitely more "out of nowhere" than any of Billy D's runs. Alas, short-lived as 95 saw somewhat disappointing season but return to tourney then 96 back to the lower tier of SEC basketball. Thank God for Billy D changing our destiny!!
You've got your years mixed up. It should be 05-06 then 06-07. I think you will see a difference in those rankings.
04-05 did win our first SEC Tourney but flamed out in 2nd round partially due to tough draw with Villanova in Nashville (beat #1 seed KY twice in 8 days, get 4 seed in Nashville with Big East champ as 5?). Anyway, we got revenge in 2006 against Nova enroute to NC.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned how we lost to Duke in the semifinals. I consider it was a ******** call that ended our season. Going on memory here, but we were down 3 with less than a half minute left with Cross bring it up the court, then at mid-court the ref called a carry or a walk on Cross that gave Duke the ball. Of course we had to foul and they made two free throws for the final margin.There's no f,ing way that gets called today, they do worse on every play and there's no doubt Cross or Brown would have tied it with a three.