(8) Butler vs. (2) Florida

[tng8r]

Like LG and 99 pointed out...I think we had the better team and gave it away today. Not the best selection in either the end of regulation or the end of overtime shots. Great run by this team though.

 

[BigPapaVol]

Kentucky had pretty impressive numbers last year, and they didn't win it. Roy Williams had a ton of talent at Kansas and never won it. Duke had the same team plus a top 3 NBA pick and couldn't repeat. Boeheim has had a ton of talent but won only one. And as pointed out Grant wasn't on the second year's team. It's remarkable how they went back to back. It will be a long time before it happens again with the parity of the league.

KY had all freshmen. Roy Williams always had a hole and isn't a defensive guy at all. Duke absolutely did not have the same team - nit even close.

Grant put together the nucleus of that team, otherwise, they'd have played 14 guards and shot 30 3s per night.

UF was so far and away the best team that it was an upset for them to lose in year 2.

The argument about coaching up because they weren't highly recruited is silly. They were who they were wen they showed up. They had one good perimeter defender, unbelievable paint D and rebounding. Team was built for tourney wins and their competition was limited. Had they been vying when all 4 1 seeds made the FF, they had a chance to lose.
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[BeecherVol]

Like LG and 99 pointed out...I think we had the better team and gave it away today. Not the best selection in either the end of regulation or the end of overtime shots. Great run by this team though.

UF guards have pulled off some big shots with BD giving them the green light. Some times that leads to a mindset that any shot is a good one. They took a couple bad ones today.

Butler is something else, they have lined up against better talent consistently and keep winning. Hard to put em away.

 

[99gator]

KY had all freshmen. Roy Williams always had a hole and isn't a defensive guy at all. Duke absolutely did not have the same team - nit even close.

Grant put together the nucleus of that team, otherwise, they'd have played 14 guards and shot 30 3s per night.

UF was so far and away the best team that it was an upset for them to lose in year 2.

The argument about coaching up because they weren't highly recruited is silly. They were who they were wen they showed up. They had one good perimeter defender, unbelievable paint D and rebounding. Team was built for tourney wins and their competition was limited. Had they been vying when all 4 1 seeds made the FF, they had a chance to lose.
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Florida wasn't even ranked to start the 2006 season.

They lost matt walsh, anthony roberson and david lee from the previous year.

No one expected a damn thing from the 2006 gators. They shocked the hell out of everyone, most especially gator fans. Even when the tourney started, florida was no one's favorite to win anything.

they were not who they were when they arrived on campus. No one reacted to the signing class in 2004 and said "championship".....no wait, "championships".

Pure Nonsense
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[bowlinggreenvol]

larry shyatt is the assistant coach who really coaches up the defensive side of the ball.

anthony grant wasn't on the staff for the 2nd season of the back to back.

the revisionist history about that team is amusing. when the 2005 season ended, if i told you joakim noah would be the ncaa tournament mvp in 2006, you would have died laughing.

those guys were developed into great players. they were not john wall and demarcus cousins coming out of high school. you would think those guys were a calipari type recruiting class of can't miss kids the way people will tell you donovan couldn't screw it up. it was far from it. do the research about who florida had to beat out for the services of noah and horford.

You're right, wasn't like that whole team was top 75 players or anything save Lee Humphrey.

 

[BigPapaVol]

Florida wasn't even ranked to start the 2006 season.

They lost matt walsh, anthony roberson and david lee from the previous year.

No one expected a damn thing from the 2006 gators. They shocked the hell out of everyone, most especially gator fans. Even when the tourney started, florida was no one's favorite to win anything.

they were not who they were when they arrived on campus. No one reacted to the signing class in 2004 and said "championship".....no wait, "championships".

Pure Nonsense
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Stupid argument. What people thought at the beginning has nothing to do with what they actually were. Recruitig class stupidity makes people look senseless daily. Look at our recruiting forum.

By the by, I won all my brackets because I picked UF to win it all the first time around.
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[Lawrence Wright]

Thanks to an 83 degree day with no clouds to be found, my wife and I went to
Cape Canaveral. Just watched the game on DVR.

I thought we were the better team, but if you told me back in September we'd win the SEC regular season and make an Elite 8 run, I'd take it.
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[IPorange]

Thanks to an 83 degree day with no clouds to be found, my wife and I went to
Cape Canaveral. Just watched the game on DVR.

I thought we were the better team, but if you told me back in September we'd win the SEC regular season and make an Elite 8 run, I'd take it.
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Correct on all counts, imo.

 

[tng8r]

Exactly LW....very proud of this team....will hate to see Tyus, Macklin and Parsons move on but they got us back in the right direction.

 

[lylsmorr]

Florida's Erving Walker, who was 0 for 8 from the field, missed a long 3 at the end of regulation. Vernon Macklin, who was 11 for 14 and had 25 points, was on the bench.

Macklin and Alex Tyus combined to shoot 17 for 26 from the field. The rest of the team was 8 for 31.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Good..... bye... Florida

 

[HialeahGator]

Billy G didn't show the last three minutes of reg and gave them nothing in OT....and the shot selection but if you would have told me UF would score 71 point plus have the leae twice by 10+ point while only hit 2-3 3's...I would have called BS!