Gator Basketball ***Official Game Thread BBALL*** Gators throttle #14 Bama 105-87

[Bernardo de la Paz]

Part of this is that we are a good offensive team that plays at a really high pace, and part of this is rule changes over time.

The shot clock went from 35 to 30 in 2015 and last year they made it so it resets to 20 instead of 30 on an offensive board.

 

[Fodderwing]

Just don't forget the Gators allowed 52 points in the second half.

 

[Towels 'N Sporks]

Just don't forget the Gators allowed 52 points in the second half.

To be fair, that's probably close to the average for bama. But yes, still need to clamp down on defense in 2nd halves WITHOUT fouling if we want to make noise in the tournament.

 

[TLB]

Nothing better than to see our Gators BEAT THE HELL out of bama on our court, on Natty TV. Unless it's seeing fsu and UGA-White get their asses handed to by... who cares...

FIFY

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

It's great to be a lock for the tournament with a game left to play in the regular season.

I wouldn't have hated seeing the 3 senior walk-ons come on the floor in the last 2 minutes of the blowout on senior night, but I also understand trying to hold onto the big margin as tournament seeding can be a beauty contest.

 

[Fodderwing]

It's great to be a lock for the tournament with a game left to play in the regular season.

I wouldn't have hated seeing the 3 senior walk-ons come on the floor in the last 2 minutes of the blowout on senior night, but I also understand trying to hold onto the big margin as tournament seeding can be a beauty contest.

Hopefully they can get 2 to 5 minutes each up in Trashville this week.

 

[maheo30]

 

[MertzJay26]

Ox after waking up and seeing the L he took:

 

[TN G8tr]

Great game and FUK Bammer

 

[maheo30]

 

[stephenPE]

Best feel good game of the year. We may have given up 50 in second half but we outscored them BOTH halves. Our fellas outplayed bama at their own game. Run their asses off. It was fun to watch. Imagine if these kids had been here last year. If Todd can keep bringing talent like this the future looks good. And not only talent but tough kids with good attitudes. I saw Riley make some great plays last night. I hope the portal and NIL does not ruin this team....love the Petty song in there. I guess it was near the end of the game when the ass whooping was beyond change. Announcers seemed shocked after bama could never make that run. The run was our office pushing it so well. Aberdeen even played his best game to me.
THIS IS THE TIME of year to be playing at your highest level.

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

Aberdeen even played his best game to me

Without a doubt.

After that steal and dunk I went ahead and scheduled a head exam as it might have only been my imagination.

 

[MidwestChomp]

Best feel good game of the year. We may have given up 50 in second half but we outscored them BOTH halves. Our fellas outplayed bama at their own game. Run their asses off. It was fun to watch. Imagine if these kids had been here last year. If Todd can keep bringing talent like this the future looks good. And not only talent but tough kids with good attitudes. I saw Riley make some great plays last night. I hope the portal and NIL does not ruin this team....love the Petty song in there. I guess it was near the end of the game when the ass whooping was beyond change. Announcers seemed shocked after bama could never make that run. The run was our office pushing it so well. Aberdeen even played his best game to me.
THIS IS THE TIME of year to be playing at your highest level.

The 2nd half score was about the same as a Virginia whole game score. Pretty amazing.

 

[stephenPE]

Without a doubt.

After that steal and dunk I went ahead and scheduled a head exam as it might have only been my imagination.

It was like he took on the the speed of the game and sped up some. He looked more confident.

 

[Detroitgator]

Best feel good game of the year. We may have given up 50 in second half but we outscored them BOTH halves. Our fellas outplayed bama at their own game. Run their asses off. It was fun to watch. Imagine if these kids had been here last year. If Todd can keep bringing talent like this the future looks good. And not only talent but tough kids with good attitudes. I saw Riley make some great plays last night. I hope the portal and NIL does not ruin this team....love the Petty song in there. I guess it was near the end of the game when the ass whooping was beyond change. Announcers seemed shocked after bama could never make that run. The run was our office pushing it so well. Aberdeen even played his best game to me.
THIS IS THE TIME of year to be playing at your highest level.

There'd be no Pullin without the portal... can cut both ways!

 

[stephenPE]

There'd be no Pullin without the portal... can cut both ways!

Or Walter or Samuels. I just want the young guys to stay and I hear 2 McDonalds AAs are coming next year.....

 

[Silverback Gator]

Probably our best win of the season--outside of our first 5 shots, we were comfortably in control throughout, even with the refs trying to help Bama out for the first part of the second half (last ten minutes was pretty even).

Complete team performance--we're hitting our stride at just the right part of the season.

Did not get to watch. Did Bama play zone and if so apparently we handled it?

 

[Detroitgator]

Did not get to watch. Did Bama play zone and if so apparently we handled it?

 

[gatorev12]

Did not get to watch. Did Bama play zone and if so apparently we handled it?

Truthfully, don't remember them in zone too much--but this was one of those nights where everything we were doing was working and there's not a lot any defense can do if the shots are consistently going down.

 

[MJMGator]

I haven’t looked at the stats but it felt like we dominated in the paint. Lived at the FT line due to that and sank those FTs. Good effort all the way around. Gators definitely came to play!