Gator Basketball ***Official NCAAT Game Thread: Florida vs St. Bonaventure***

[t-gator]

Yep, St. Bonnie won despite shooting 21.1% from the arc. They probably will come out on fire against UF.

Without a doubt

 

[MidwestChomp]

Hudson and Egor and Allen will come out on fire

 

[fairfaxgator]

The zone the zone!

 

[fairfaxgator]

Ugh!

 

[InstiGATOR1]

Here are are the 8 players St. Bonaventure played against UCLA (stats not yet including the UCLA game):

PG: Adams, 6'2", 190 lbs, 19.8 points, 5.4 assists, 3.6 boards per game in 37.3 min, 45.7% from the arc. He shot terribly against UCLA so will probably be on fire Thursday.

SG: Mobley 6'3", 185 lbs, 18.5 points, 2.5 assists, 5.0 boards per game in 37.6 min, 38.3% from the arc.

SF: Taggee, 6'4", 195 lbs, 5.4 points, 4.8 boards per game in 27.9 min, 33.3% from the arc. This guy pulled down 11 boards against UCLA.

PF: Stockard, 6'5", 205 lbs, 12.9 points, 2.3 assists, 6.3 boards per game in 30.8 min, 37.0% from the arc.
He is the game time decision guy who played 40 minutes and scored 26 points on UCLA.

C: Ikpeze, 6'10", 245 lbs, 4.7 points, 3.1 boards per game in 14.2 min.

and the three guys who played off the bench against UCLA:

F: Griffin, 6'6", 215 lbs, 5.4 points, 4.8 boards per game in 27.9 min. He is from Jax Provine.

G: Brockington, 6'4", 180 lbs, 4.4 points, 1.3 boards per game in 11.9 min, 41.5% from the arc.

G: Kaputo 6'0", 175 lbs, 3.3 points, 1.1 assists per game in 10.4 min, 33.3% from the arc.

St. Bonnies stole the ball 11 times from UCLA on the way to getting 20 turnovers while only turning the ball over 6 times themselves.

 

[t-gator]

I feel way better playing against a small team.

 

[BostonGator84]

We got this. Though I watched the 15 minute replay of the UF - UCLA game from 2006 just in case. Dang we were good. That game was nothing but wide open threes and dunk city.

 

[InstiGATOR1]

According to Maddux sports:

http://www.madduxsports.com/college-basketball-lines.php

UF v. St. Bonaventure opened as a pickem game.

Now the first site here:

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/odds/las-vegas/

to post a line says UF -6.5

 

[InstiGATOR1]

I was just on their board and it turns out we played these guys last year! Here is the box score:

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400910634

UF only returns one starter from that game, Allen. Hayes, Stone and Chiozza came off the bench.

 

[lagator]

I feel way better playing against a small team.

UCLA is god-awful. We would have been a lot better off against them, but we are better than St B so it should be a W unless we really screw the pooch.

 

[g8tr72]

They haven't lost a game since Jan.19th.

Hoping that streak ends Thursday.

 

[MertzJay26]

They haven't lost a game since Jan.19th.

Hoping that streak ends Thursday.

They’re due for an L :)

 

[MADGator]

ANd because that wasn't enough...

Those videos = morning wood

 

[InstiGATOR1]

They haven't lost a game since Jan.19th.

Hoping that streak ends Thursday.

They lost Saturday.

They also have played Friday, Saturday, Tuesday and will play Thursday. So Thursday will be their 4th game in 6 days.

 

[g8tr72]

They lost Saturday.

They also have played Friday, Saturday, Tuesday and will play Thursday. So Thursday will be their 4th game in 6 days.

Correct. My mistake.

 

[maheo30]

Small team. Time for White to send out his Stone at center, Egor at power forward line-up. We are so fooked.

 

[Windy City Gator]

We are "one and done" this year. I was at the SEC Tournament...and wow is our team terrible. I have zero confidence in their ability to turn it back on.

 

[InstiGATOR1]

We are "one and done" this year. I was at the SEC Tournament...and wow is our team terrible. I have zero confidence in their ability to turn it back on.

Less confident that when UF really needed a win and had UGa at home?

 

[Windy City Gator]

Less confident that when UF really needed a win and had UGa at home?

I have ZERO confidence in this team and their heart.

 

[lagator]

We have a big advantage in this game due to the level of competition we've been playing all year. Compare our OOC schedule to theirs. Plus the SEC is full of great defensive teams and very good coaches. It's probably the best league honestly. We'll find out soon enough, but seeing 4 SEC teams in the sweet 16 wouldn't surprise me at all. St Bonnie has been feasting on weaklings while we were knocking off AU, Bama and UK in 3 of our last 4 games.

You guys see the team play an off game in a game that meant nothing honestly, and all of a sudden we have no chance against a bunch of Bonnies? GTFO. You're as bad as the announcers and experts who are all picking against us as usual. They never learn, but our own fans can't see past the BS? Are we guaranteed to win? Of course not, things can happen, but are we likely to win? Hell yes.

And if everyone is so sure we'll lose why does Vegas have us 6.5 point favorites? They just like giving money away? All you have to do is take SB on the money line and bet your mortgage.

Take care of business tomorrow which I fully expect, and then I really like our chances against Tx Tech assuming they win their first game.