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T REX

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Coach WHite is making a run at SEC COY. The kids are a scrappy bunch. I like him. I am really impressed with the job he has done. Gotta say, while early...it looks like Foley make a good choice.

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Every game is an adventure, but the team has shown some backbone lately by winning on the road and coming from behind at home. I really hope the next home game they start out with a lot of energy instead of what's been happening. I can't complain about 5-0, though.
 

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Great win today. Wasn't sure if they had it in them but they came up clutch in the end.
 

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Great win today. Wasn't sure if they had it in them but they came up clutch in the end.

They battled back. The two 4 point plays...epic. Lots of oh my's on the radio today while I was running errands.
 

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The Bench is giving us real big production lately. We just need to beat KY at home to get a real good seed in the tournament.
 

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Nice win but should have been easier. UGA is a scrappy team.
 

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Can't beat ranked teams. Struggles against unranked teams. But COY?
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I think White is making strides as a coach. This team is what it is. Not a great offensive team, but they have grit and maybe they finally know how to win. Last year I don't think they win these close games. We have a pretty good class coming in next year, but PG is a major concern.

And I like the positivity by T Rex.
 

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This is a team that didn't have a home game for the first month and a half of the season against the #3 hardest schedule, yet they've still won enough to be ranked in what will probably be the top 20 next week. White tweaked the starting lineup around and it's been a good rotation since he did, although our bigs have struggled the last couple games.

I'm liking where they're heading with Barry and Stone firing on all cylinders, and if we can get Hayes, Eggy, and Robinson back into the offensive fold, look out. This is a team that could easily finish 14-4 or better in conference and head to March with a 3-4 seed depending on the SEC Tourney performance.
 

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I'm enjoying watching this team and the fight they have that was sorely lacking last season. I still think Kentucky will kick our @$$ both times, but boy do I hope I am wrong and will gladly eat my words if I am. Go Gators.
 

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Coach WHite is making a run at COY. The kids are a scrappy bunch. I like him. I am really impressed with the job he has done. Gotta say, while early...it looks like Foley make a good choice.

Here is the deal for White. His team had great regular seasons but failed to win the conference tourney to get into the tourney 3 straight years at LaTech. His team was well on the way to an NCAA tourney at large bid last year at UF, but inexplicitly lost to UAL AT HOME and then Vandy for a second time AT HOME last year to let that at large bid slip away.

COY does not matter for him this year. What matters is that he coach a team over the finish line into the tourney. Now the SEC finish line is different from from the WAC finish line, but he needs to get over that line and get his team into the NCAA tourney. He is off to a fine start this year, but he was also off to a fine start last year. He has to finish the deal. Nothing else matters.
 

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Here is the deal for White. His team had great regular seasons but failed to win the conference tourney to get into the tourney 3 straight years at LaTech. His team was well on the way to an NCAA tourney at large bid last year at UF, but inexplicitly lost to UAL AT HOME and then Vandy for a second time AT HOME last year to let that at large bid slip away.

COY does not matter for him this year. What matters is that he coach a team over the finish line into the tourney. Now the SEC finish line is different from from the WAC finish line, but he needs to get over that line and get his team into the NCAA tourney. He is off to a fine start this year, but he was also off to a fine start last year. He has to finish the deal. Nothing else matters.

I'll tell you the difference...last year they probably lose this game. I think they make the NCAA's this year.
 

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I'll tell you the difference...last year they probably lose this game. I think they make the NCAA's this year.

I agree but I was pretty sure last year that team would beat UAL at home and beat Vandy the second time at home and make it. So it does not matter what I think, you think or any one thinks this time in the season, Mike White MUST coach his team into an NCAA tourney bid whatever it takes.
 

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I'll tell you the difference...last year they probably lose this game. I think they make the NCAA's this year.

I think so too. I just hope they make it to the second weekend. The tournament is always more fun the longer our team is around.
 

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No surprise there aren't too many responses to this thread. Why? Cause we WON today and its not March yet so most fair weather Gator Basketball fans don't care until then. We also haven't played UK yet so they won't say much or congratulate this team on a WIN until we play UK. Now if we had lost this game then OH LORD, the negative nellies would be lambasting this team and saying we need to fire the coach and we won't make it into the NCAA team and we will have a losing record and tear down the Exact Dome and on and on and on. We WON and you LOST!! Deal with it!! Go Gators!!
 

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I gotta agree with boss. I got nothing to say here unless we lose.
 

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No surprise there aren't too many responses to this thread. Why? Cause we WON today and its not March yet so most fair weather Gator Basketball fans don't care until then. We also haven't played UK yet so they won't say much or congratulate this team on a WIN until we play UK. Now if we had lost this game then OH LORD, the negative nellies would be lambasting this team and saying we need to fire the coach and we won't make it into the NCAA team and we will have a losing record and tear down the Exact Dome and on and on and on. We WON and you LOST!! Deal with it!! Go Gators!!
There's 2 reasons...

1. This an extremely positive basketball thread, see title.
2. Posters are beginning to fear being OWNED and DESTROYED if they say something not to your liking.

Know what I mean?
 

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I've enjoyed watching our team play this year and hope to make it up to a few games. White seems to be doing a great job.

It's still weird not seeing Billy coaching them. It's like my brain (or heart) cant process it.
 
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I gotta agree with boss. I got nothing to say here unless we lose.
I gotta say I like the Boss and his positivity...........MikeW is just beginning his UF career and followed a damned HOFer. Whoever thought UF would get a HOF basketball coach? Mike has big shoes to fill. I think the fella is doing a damned good job. I wonder if talks to Billy sometimes. I hope so.
 

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