Gator Basketball Gators squeak by horrendous Vanderbilt in closing minutes

LeeForThree

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Florida is at home tonight in a game that will surely be a fight for their postseason and NCAA Tournament lives!!!! Play on fire with confidence and swagger. Beat Vanderbilt into oblivion for once.

Time: 9 PM
TV: ESPNU

Go Gators!!!!!!!!!
 

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How much are we picked to lose by this time?

Really, I don't see us getting to the big dance. We'll be going to what my son refers to as the "Not Invited Tournament". Probably.
 

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Those saying UF has a chance to get into the NCAA tournament are delusional or haven't watched this team play very much. They have a shot at the NIT, but I doubt they can finish with a winning record to qualify.
 

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Those saying UF has a chance to get into the NCAA tournament are delusional or haven't watched this team play very much. They have a shot at the NIT, but I doubt they can finish with a winning record to qualify.


I agree that any tournament talk at this point is meaningless. Our only goal should be to try and finish with at least a 500 record. If we are to finish at 500, this is a game we must win. We have 8 games left and I cannot find more than 4 possible wins remaining and this is one of them. It is entirely possible that we do not win another game.
A lost season that cannot end soon enough....................
 

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I love UF basketball. I’ll watch again. But damn, watching a White coached team is like being punched in the balls for 2 hours.
 

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What happened to the Elite 8 team from 2 years ago? Has the talent level changed that much? Did opponents figure out what White is doing (not that it’s a difficult scheme)? It was working better... what happened?
 

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What happened to the Elite 8 team from 2 years ago? Has the talent level changed that much? Did opponents figure out what White is doing (not that it’s a difficult scheme)? It was working better... what happened?


Mike White happened.
 

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Vandy is possibly the worst team in the conference. if UF cannot win tonight, White should be not be allowed back into the locker room after the final buzzer.

making the NIT would be charity
 

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What happened to the Elite 8 team from 2 years ago? Has the talent level changed that much? Did opponents figure out what White is doing (not that it’s a difficult scheme)? It was working better... what happened?

Probably the same reason why Billy went 16 - 17 in 2014/15 a year after going 36 - 3.

It happens.
 

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Did Billy Donovan "happen" between 2014 and 2015?

He went from 36-3 to 16-17.

People seem to forget the regression he had for a season or two just like how ppl love spurrier but forget the fact he had a losing record against FSU
 

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Probably the same reason why Billy went 16 - 17 in 2014/15 a year after going 36 - 3.

It happens.

Looking at what we lost and our freshmen this team should be better than it is. We really only lost 2 big contributors considering Egbunu's situation.
 
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Really, I don't see us getting to the big dance.
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We have lost 6 of the last 7 vs Vandy and Bryce Drew. We just don't match up well with them at all and they always hit lucky timely shots vs UF. Vandy is 0-10 in the SEC but that doesn't matter when they play us. We are favored by 10 points but we can easily lose this game. Idk if our guys will be up for this game since Vandy is horrible. We will see how it goes. Go Gators!!
 

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Florida is at home tonight in a game that will surely be a fight for their postseason and NCAA Tournament lives!!!! Play on fire with confidence and swagger. Beat Vanderbilt into oblivion for once.

Time: 9 PM
TV: ESPNU

Go Gators!!!!!!!!!

This will be quite telling. Vandy is terrible. But the Vandy coach Bryce Drew has long had White's number. Throw in that this team can lose to anyone and you have a very perplexing game.
 

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Winning this one won't improve our chances of making the tourney, but losing it will slam the door shut. If we can somehow go 5-3 down the stretch, that will put us at 9-9 in the conference and 17-14 overall. I think we could sneak in with a win or two in the SECT at that point seeing how the Pac 12 is staggeringly bad and might only have one bid this year. Lots of weak bubble teams out there that haven't played the schedule we have. It all starts tonight, though.
 

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Vandy is possibly the worst team in the conference. if UF cannot win tonight, White should be not be allowed back into the locker room after the final buzzer.

making the NIT would be charity

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. Which leads me to the SEC in general which many thought was the best bball conference this year. Well I have seen all the teams play and here is my view. Vandy, A&M, Mizzou, UGly and ARK are horrendous. UF, USCe, Bama, are below average. MSU, Ole Piss and AUB are avg. to above avg and LSU UK and UT are good, to very good to very very good. That does not sound like the top bball conference to me. Either way this should be an easy win on paper, but they do not play the games on paper.
 
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