The stats that really stands out tonight

[SmootyGator]

Originally Posted by gtr2x

Of course that could be said of me also, since I forgot to turn the game on until we were down 20.

So... it's YOUR fault!!! Now we have our scapegoat!!!

[GothamGator]

After they ran out to that big lead, we lost our composure some and started forcing things on offense. That led to some turnovers and missed shots.

[fox]

Yep - got really sloppy with passing and a little slow after loose balls.

[MichaelJoeWilliamson]

Originally Posted by HALLGATOR

When looking at the stat line you would expect their shooting percentage to be higher than ours, especially after they started out red hot and it was but not as bad as I would have thought...... 49.1% from them and 41.1% for us. Other stats such as rebounds, assists and steals were fairly even. The one biggie though is turnovers. We turned the ball over 16 times to their 8 tonight and a lot of those were not forces but rather careless handling of the ball. Erik really had a hard time tonight but he was not alone.

Yep. Plus, even though the shooting % was roughly equal, the Arkansas shooting % last night was far greater than their performance for most of the year.

[InstiGATOR1]

Originally Posted by ATL_Gator

I would agree with most of that except the defense part. I also agree that people my try to get in our face the rest of the season, I just do not think that automatically means success on their part. IMO, if we simply didn't commit the un-forced turnovers, and those become shots.. this is a different game. Even with Arky being hot in the beginning.

That said, isn't it weird how the night we play the worst complete game we have played all year coincides with Arkansas playing just about their best game, nearly all the bounces going Arkansas' way, and the Refs calling too much ticky-tack crap on us.... (not that it was all the refs fault).

I am not sure what part on defense you do not agree with. Do you think UF's D did show up last night and UF's offense did not?

I do agree that facing tough D on opponents part at least early in a game will be par for the course, but it does not mean UF will struggle every time. It will be good for UF.

Rather than being weird, that is how an upset happens. One team plays slighly worse than it has been playing, the other team plays better than it has been playing, the breaks go the worse teams way, ie UF commits live turnovers that lead to easy points. And an important player gets a tickly tack foul or two called on them.