Gator Basketball ***Official Game Thread*** Florida vs Tennessee
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The trolling displayed here is absolutely, positively my favorite part of 2021 thus far.
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I said recently Mike is NOT the guy to get this team where it can be or should be. However, he earns props tonight for motivating a team missing it's top players to come out and dominate a t10 team start to finish. This is but a spark, a glimpse of what he could do as a coach, of what the players could do as a team. This says the ceiling is a lot higher than demonstrated to this point. I still believe MW can't do this consistently and needs to go, but I'm happy for him to show he has it at least once in awhile. I'm more happy for the players to show they can do it, no excuses going forward.
Agreed. I can't recall another game where he got the team to perform this well. Ever.
No. It ran through Castelton because he wanted it - he hustled and got rebounds, created AND finished his shots, ergo it ran thru him. However, there was no team structure or strategy to run thru him...it was his effort. Now, to see the team perform without him, just means he doesn't have to carry the whole load every game if his team mates show up again like they did in this one. It is not an either-or proposition, it is an AND....the rest of the team can play like this AND he can still be a workhorse.
Been awhile since we had a jboss 'Owned and Destroyed' on anything. Good to see it come back.
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This game was notable for so how in their heads we were. Tennessee actually got to the line a decent amount--and missed about half their shots once there. FTs are about focus...and Tennessee was just gobsmacked by the constant, unrelenting effort and intensity by every one of our players last night.
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Some of those foul calls against UF was pure BS, especially the charge against Duruji in the 1st half.
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The wrap on Barnes is that he can put really good teams together but he can’t leverage them into meaningful results.
At Texas he had very talented teams with NBA lottery picks but he never made it past the elite eight. He seems to be performing in a similar way at Tennessee.
I’ve always liked Rick Barnes but I understood why Texas fired him
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Castleton & Jitiboh were fiery cheerleaders from the "endzone" behind the basket.
All the playing Gators played to "conquer" the opponent for every loose ball. That was intimidating to those UT dominators. We dominated the dominators. We kept the ball in play and we played the ball constantly. Dogged determination not seen in a Mike White team. Hopefully, this becomes our team-personality -- it in no way is the coach's personality. They probably will need lots of "players only" meetings? This I know: the players & gator fans need to see more of this "worth-watching" basketball. Go Gators, go again.
All the playing Gators played to "conquer" the opponent for every loose ball. That was intimidating to those UT dominators. We dominated the dominators. We kept the ball in play and we played the ball constantly. Dogged determination not seen in a Mike White team. Hopefully, this becomes our team-personality -- it in no way is the coach's personality. They probably will need lots of "players only" meetings? This I know: the players & gator fans need to see more of this "worth-watching" basketball. Go Gators, go again.
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I didn't get a chance to watch, so I checked the score late at night and was stunned and did this.
After the game, MW said they had KJ do the scouting for this game and was instrumental in helping prep the team. If KJ can't play again perhaps coaching is in his future. What a masterful performance. I love it. While I am not a MW fan, I love to see this team not fold up and fall over when faced with adversity.
After the game, MW said they had KJ do the scouting for this game and was instrumental in helping prep the team. If KJ can't play again perhaps coaching is in his future. What a masterful performance. I love it. While I am not a MW fan, I love to see this team not fold up and fall over when faced with adversity.
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The effort last night was inspiring. The passing, speed and defense were things we have only seen sparks of in the past. We also shot nearly 50% from the field and very decent from 3 pt. I like the play of our starters who were absent but the team play last night was greatly improved. We stared slow but got going quickly and stayed in the face of the vols. A W is a W but this shows that we can play the game!
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I hate to discuss fouls-- seems petty after such a big win-- but one piques my curiosity. I looked away and only saw it on replay, but it looked to me like a clean shot block by a UF player, hand squarely on the ball. The force of the block with the UT player still holding it sent him hard to the floor, but I didn't see the hand come off the ball nor did I see the UF player get him with the body. Did I just miss it? What happened?
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Yep that was a woodshed moment .... wonder how the Vols feel about the woodsheding
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You are a complete joke. A troll from another planet. Nobody likes your BS. Grow up asswhipe
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