Gators and NCAA tournament

[lawgator1]

uh.....disregard all positive statement i might have made about uf in the big dance.

kidding, but tonight was choke #1

This loss really hurts. Going to have to make up for it either at Vandy or at home versus UT.

 

[volfanbill]

Young is the trend in college hoops. Carmelo and Gerry carried Syracuse (although Warrick was the glue because of his D) to the title. Of the best teams today, several have Freshmen in very prominent, if not dominant, roles.

CBD has two very good freshmen on hand today and those guys have carried the team. Certainly, CBD deserves some credit for that.

how many teams are completely dominated by young though? It's always nice to have a freshman or sophomore spark the offense, but there's typically jr and sr leaders. I wouldn't call Hodge that guy.

and tonight was a prime example of why this issue is going to be brought up quite a bit over the next two weeks.

 

[NCGatorBait]

we stink. doesn't help that LSU is unconscious from the 3 point line.

LSU since getting rid of Brady had been playing some very good ball.

 

[lawgator1]

You know, I'm really not upset by this. I did not expect the Gators to make it to the NCAAs this year. If they do, and they still have a reasonable shot IMO, to me its gravy.

I guess its part of the letdown of the last two years. You win the NT twice, and then know you aren't that competitive this year, you just sort of watch and wait for when you get back to that level. Kind of ho hum about it.

 

[jakez4ut]

uh.....disregard all positive statement i might have made about uf in the big dance.

kidding, but tonight was choke #1

can't argue that. i didn't see that coming, especially at home. ouch.

 

[ukvols]

LSU is an RPI-bomb right now. They are playing like a Top 50 team (they looked good last night) but have a horrible RPI. So, their opponents are playing a decent team, but get their own RPI torpedoed if they lose.

 

[BigPapaVol]

how many teams are completely dominated by young though? It's always nice to have a freshman or sophomore spark the offense, but there's typically jr and sr leaders. I wouldn't call Hodge that guy.

and tonight was a prime example of why this issue is going to be brought up quite a bit over the next two weeks.

defense is their consistency problem.

as to the youth, UF took it to the house with a slew of sophomores and one senior whose function was to shoot 3s and "don't your slow arse burned on D"

 

[HawaiiVol]

chalk up another L for the gators against Vandy

at least they kept it respectable unlike UK

 

[lawgator1]

Gators are reeling. Had the lead with 68 seconds left, and lose by 3. Winning that game would have been huge. Instead, they are putting themselves in a terrible spot. I think they can get to 21 wins. And that will be two short.

 

[VolinArizona]

I think UF finishes 8-8 in conference and no NCAA bid.