Gator Basketball Gators squeak by horrendous Vanderbilt in closing minutes

LeeForThree

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Allen gives the ball to Keyontae instead of holding it and taking the FT himself...worked out...but why lol
 

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It's safe to say UF won't be the first to lose to Vandy in SEC play.
 

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It’s a dub . Go whip the Bammers ass on Saturday
 

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Good win against a bad team. K. Johnson was great and Hudson had a good game. Locke had a bad night on both ends of the court and Allen was bad as well. Hayes was a non-factor due to foul trouble and Nembhard played less than normal due to gouls, which hurt the offense. They'll need to play better to beat Bama, but a win is a win.
 

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Florida wins 66-57. Locke, Allen, and Hudson combined for 4-26 from the field. Stokes plays his best 4 min stretch with 8 pts...leaves the game with ice on his knee and concussion like symptoms...we pulled out the win going 23-28 at the FT line
 

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Yeah I don't see us winning @Vandy either. Always a tough place to play and shoot. Vandy has Auburn then @ Tenn and then @Bama before they play us again in 2 weeks so they won't win those games...
 

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Whew....... need some Tylenol or weed, not to picky right now.


Go Gators!
 

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Those early quick fouls hampered us getting close to a stabilized attack.
K.Johnson is developing. Leading scorer - 15 ... FG 4/12 = 33.3% ... FT = 6/6 leader in rebounds = 9.
Stokes in just 9 minutes scored a healthy 8 pts ... 3/5 = 60%. He looked competent. More, he gave us inside game.
The team shot 33.3% Stokes shot 60% :D
Nembhard 4/5 FGs = 80%.

We were much diminished by Hayes restricted minutes. (like to see if Hayes & Stokes could compliment each other
Every time Stokes handled the ball, flashes of what a real basketball team looks like appeared. Stupid White should have gone to Stokes 15 minutes in every game and taught Stokes, Hayes, and Bassett and Stone should have been training as inside scorers. When Allen & Locke are off, our inside high % shooters could take over. Inside threats can draw in the defense then kick out to a squared-up 3-pt calm & deadly stars. I can't see our coach being a good coach if he could not, did not drill this team to have inside scoring players. Only an inveterate "guard" would try the impossibility of training a basketball team to play without inside contributors. Trained to collapse.

PS>> I'm not bragging on Stokes as a great BBall athlete. The truth is more likely that he is not. But he is a "big-man" pawn that can operate inside. Typically these inside guys hit 60% of their shots and they draw the opposing defense in away from the outside guys so they can better shoot. That is the real machinery called a basketball team.
 
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Winning Basketball games is easier when you can make a few shots. I don't care where the scoring comes from but 1st you find or create an identity, then you refine that identity, then you expand upon it. We are still in the "looking for it stage".

Still think our problems are centered around the coaching staff.
 

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Apparently Noah Locke has been battling an injury for the last seven weeks according to White.
He's been lights out and our best player in a lot of these games. I wish we had nine or ten other
guys with his skill and heart.
 

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Possibly???? Vandy sports a stout 0-10 record. in SEC play this year. In words that is ZERO wins and TEN losses, i,e, WINLESS. Vandy is horrendous.

Agreed, but ugly only has 1 win, and Vandy took UT to the wire. they could have won that game and had the same record as ugly. Therefore, it's hard to tell which is worse, Vandy or ugly.
 
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Agreed, but ugly only has 1 win, and Vandy took UT to the wire. they could have won that game and had the same record as ugly. Therefore, it's hard to tell which is worse, Vandy or ugly.

First hand evidence: we play ugly.
 

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