The basketball thread

[78]

Basketball is a simple game. Do the little things right, get the results you want. I read Sas' comment about a change in trajectory after Vandy and so I revisited the stats before and after. It's telling in two team areas, rebounding and assists. We're now killing teams in both those areas.

When you rebound well, you prevent second-chance opportunities and create them, often up close. Cha-ching. When you distribute the ball well, you create better percentage shots. Cha-ching.

We'll get more mileage out of last night than many of you realize. First thing I noticed when I turned on the game, the dramatically changed appearance of the O'Dome. It now looks like a real big-time basketball arena instead of a makeshift bleacher facility. A nationally televised 22-point win over Kentucky in that environment is going to excite recruits about wanting to come play for Coach White.

Good things beget good things.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

Cheatapari always has landed top 3 recruiting classes since he arrived at KY jelly, yet has only produced 1 national title. He caught lightning in a bottle when half his class decided to stay another season due to the NBA lockout in 2012.

He also had Anthony Davis.

 

[GatorStud]

Sorry, leftovers from last night...

 

[-THE DUDE-]

Maybe White wasn't a bad hire like everyone thought...

 

[InstiGATOR1]

White has improved and junked his awful press that did not work at this level to more man press and other combo presses. This is really the same learning curve of what will work at this level that Donovan went through. It took Donovan a bit longer as I remember, but then again Donovan did not inherit the top shelf talent that White did.

As I said on the game thread UF has more talent than UK this year. Lottery pick or not, a 6'3" guy is going to have trouble on the boards with Robinson who is 5" taller and can jump better. I hope these guys stay serious and focused and win at UGa this week and later when they go to UK.

 

[Okeechobee Joe]

Mike White is the anti-Calipari.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

Watch Cal in the background after every made basket by our guys in the first half. What an immature sack of sh*t.

 

[MertzJay26]

Watch Cal in the background after every made basket by our guys in the first half. What an immature sack of sh*t.

2nd time watching that and it keeps getting better! Love watching the joy our guys show on the bench for each other.

Hilarious watching Cal whine after every basket. Feel like he is the Swamp Donkey of basketball coaches

 

[deuce]

Nice win? REALLY? Pull your head out of your ass.

Act like you've been there before.

 

[deuce]

So we beat a struggling team and some of you act like we are world champions. I'll enjoy the win over a Storied Program but i'll wait until we win a Championship to

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

SOS was enjoying himself last night.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

So we beat a struggling team and some of you act like we are world champions. I'll enjoy the win over a Storied Program by wait until we win a Championship to

 

[Jbossgator8]

Cal OWNED and DESTROYED and so is Deuce!!

 

[Alumni Guy]

I never thought I'd write this in my lifetime, but props to Chiozza. The guy is playing good ball this year.

 

[ChiefGator]

It does not hurt when a foolish KY player called out our team before the game. Now basketball is made up of some simple things, but putting them together in the correct way can be very complex.

 

[KronoGator]

SOS was enjoying himself last night.

That was for that deep pass to Hill, Spurrier always a fan of throwing it down the field :D

 

[78]

There's no questioning that Kentucky has been struggling of late, but that doesn't take away from the fact that our guys have bought into White's philosophy and are on the rise. It's a process. Enjoy the ride.

 

[rogdochar]

That was a claw & scratch win, done in never before fashion - the scratch team beat the "on highs"
by 20+ points, even without Stone, a solid bench Gator hero. Perhaps our guys have put an end to
their unwelcome backsliding by having that "I got my eyes on you meeting" just between the players.
Teammates get through to teammates more emotionally - band of brothers.

White could hit a vein of gold by giving Hester experience with the "go ahead" to freely fire up threes =
[white licensing to quench our 3-point thirst.] If that investment gave us resource to a 3 of 4 3-pt% shooter,
think how opposing defenses could not over guard K.Allen. IMO the added shooting balance if Hester works
will perfectly elevate the offensive play of Barry, Hill, D.Rob even giving Hayes & Egbunu just the "untight"
crowding to have that split-second delay-time to take it to the hole. Slam-bam! = we have inside beasts that
can't be denied. {This inside overpowering advancement is a must need. And we have never had it at all.}
I bet those teams with tourney staying power will get 18-26 points from their inside combo men. ?? Gators
are getting 14 from Egbunu & Hayes.

Whatever was running through our veins against UK, it flowed within everybody and it was an "in-your-face"
attitude. Hope they lock in on that determination and grow more of it into the scoring area, the inside area.

All that should be the key to making the Final Four &/or beyond. Pray anyway that all us watchers get to continue
to "fill'er up with Gator love. Beat 'em one team at a time Gators.

 

[BNAG8R]

And so after making UK our bytch...we only move up to #21, and UK only moves down to #15? We are #12 in the RPI

There are 5 teams with records the same or worse than us (including 17-7 Notre Dame) and we've won our last 4 by an average of 32 points!

WTF?

 

[InstiGATOR1]

And so after making UK our bytch...we only move up to #21, and UK only moves down to #15? We are #12 in the RPI

There are 5 teams with records the same or worse than us (including 17-7 Notre Dame) and we've won our last 4 by an average of 32 points!

WTF?

Well UF is 7th in kenpom:

http://kenpom.com/

and 9th in Sagarin:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sagarin/

where things like how you have done all year and margin of victory matter.

Polls are typical winning streak dominated and RPI ignores margin of victory and is famously a terrible metric.