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gatorich · 03-11-2013, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by DoctorGator

I just want us to win a close, tough game before the dance. Just one. Mizzou or UK on Sunday would be just fine.

Bama was a close tough game, we just pulled away at the end. The UK game should not have even been close, how do you go the last 71/2 minutes without even scoring a single point? Winning close games is not this teams problem, staying focused and putting teams away when you have a good lead is.

grant1 · 03-11-2013, 08:29 AM

Maybe a starter or 2 should be benched on Friday.

gatorbogey · 03-11-2013, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by benheb

I think we win a rematch at corRupt.

"coRUPPt" <--- i like that

ArtVandelay · 03-11-2013, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by GatorAvatar

I don't want to play Tennessee

Although they might prove to be a tougher match-up than BAMA, I think it would be good for the team to play them again. A win would help us out mentally.

**GothamGator** · 03-12-2013, 08:53 AM

Another interesting Friday game will be UK vs. Arkansas at 7:30. Arkansas beat UK by 13 a week ago, and it's not clear that UK makes the tournament if it loses.

**G8RNTN** · 03-12-2013, 08:54 AM

Wonder what prices will go for for Saturdays game?

akaGatorhoops · 03-12-2013, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by GothamGator

Another interesting Friday game will be UK vs. Arkansas at 7:30. Arkansas beat UK by 13 a week ago, and it's not clear that UK makes the tournament if it loses.

I think a first game loss would push uk out.
Friday should be great...

Florida plays, likely followed by:

ut -v- bama
arky -v- uk
ole miss -v- mizzou

Swampmaster · 03-12-2013, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TampaGatorFan

Would love to get another shot at Kentucky. I think we win that matchup fairly comfortably on a neutral court.

Nashville - 90% uk fans- not neutral

ufgator4ever · 03-12-2013, 01:54 PM

There is no excuse for Florida not to make sunday's championship, given their bracket.
Unless they really can't win away from home in competetive games.

SmootyGator · 03-12-2013, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ufgator4ever

There is no excuse for Florida not to make sunday's championship, given their bracket.
Unless they really can't win away from home in competetive games.

Is it away from home, or true road games?

UFSECKINGS · 03-12-2013, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorAvatar

I don't want to play Tennessee

I do... Like real bad.

@pestova24

**ThePlayer** · 03-12-2013, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BengermanV

The SEC tournament will be great prep for the NCAA tournament. It's the perfect time to get back in a groove after struggling for about a month now. My predictions:

Game One: South Carolina over MSU
Game Two: Texas A&M over AU

Game Three: Georgia over LSU
Game Four: Tennessee over USC
Game Five: Arkansas over Vandy
Game Six: Missouri over TAM

Game Seven: Florida over Georgia (73-60)
Game Eight: Alabama over Tennessee
Game Nine: Kentucky over Arkansas
Game Ten: Missouri over Ole Miss

Game Eleven: Florida over Alabama (69-53)
Game Twelve: Missouri over UK

SEC Championship: Florida over Missouri (71-68)

I think the only hurdle for UF comes on Sunday. Alabama played us well the first time, but I still like our matchup with them. Georgia is sneaky this year, but we match up even better against them. Missouri is the second best team in the league IMO, and matches up pretty well with UK. That game will be a dog fight. Then it will just be a question of whether or not Missouri has any fight left in them by the time they get to us.

When do the poodles play the cajuns?

GatorLurker · 03-12-2013, 06:30 PM

Ken Pomeroy has recently posted his log5 predictions for the SEC tournament. I sent him an email that he needs to rerun his numbers. He gave Vandy a partial homecourt advantage because the tournament is in Nashville. I told him to rerun his analysis to give UK an even larger homecourt advantage due to the fact that their fans always totally dominate the SEC tournament.

UFSECKINGS · 03-12-2013, 06:42 PM

We doing any contest for this and the NCAA's?

BEH · 03-12-2013, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by gatorich

Bama was a close tough game, we just pulled away at the end. The UK game should not have even been close, how do you go the last 71/2 minutes without even scoring a single point? Winning close games is not this teams problem, staying focused and putting teams away when you have a good lead is.

I see where you are coming from; however, if UK hits some free throws it would not have been close at eight minutes to go.

I personally think that Florida is a lot better team this year than Kentucky, but the fact is that Kentucky finished two games back of Florida without Noel for the last 7. Sunday the team that lacked focus was Kentucky. This UK team has an attention span the equal of a two year old. There is a two game spread between Florida and several other teams. The differential is not too much and at a neutral site the SEC Tourney should be very, very interesting.

grant1 · 03-13-2013, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ArtVandelay

Although they might prove to be a tougher match-up than BAMA, I think it would be good for the team to play them again. A win would help us out mentally.

I want a rematch with UT with a full bench.

SmootyGator · 03-13-2013, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by grant1

I want a rematch with UT with a full bench.

As do I. I want as much competition as possible before the tourney that counts!

InstiGATOR1 · 03-13-2013, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by GatorLurker

Ken Pomeroy has recently posted his log5 predictions for the SEC tournament. I sent him an email that he needs to rerun his numbers. He gave Vandy a partial homecourt advantage because the tournament is in Nashville. I told him to rerun his analysis to give UK an even larger homecourt advantage due to the fact that their fans always totally dominate the SEC tournament.

I like that this is the All-Kenpom SEC team:

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All-kenpom: Patric Young, Florida (kPOY); Erik Murphy, Florida; Kenny Boynton, Florida; Mike Rosario, Florida; Scottie Wilbekin, Florida.

He discusses it further here and points out sometime about Missouri everyone seems to be ignoring:

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/sec_log5

BTW, Young as kPOY is an interesting result too.

Bazza · 03-13-2013, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by GothamGator

Here are some observations on how it lays out.

The tournament really gets going on Friday with the quarterfinals. The most interesting game will be the 10pm matchup between #3 Ole Miss and #6 Missouri, with the winner playing the winner of #2 Kentucky and either Vandy or Arkansas.

The other interesting matchup is at 3:30 between #4 Alabama vs. (probably) #5 Tennessee - two teams desperate for a win to get off the bubble. The winner of that game plays the winner of #1 Florida vs. #8 Georgia or #9 LSU.

So, the semifinals shape up to be (probably) Florida against either Alabama and Tennessee at 1pm, followed by Kentucky against either Ole Miss or Missouri.

Our Friday game will be on ESPNU, and all the Saturday and Sunday games will be on ABC.

Thanks for the info and analysis Goth.....nicely done!

Some good games coming up!

tommyuf21 · 03-13-2013, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ufgator4ever

There is no excuse for Florida not to make sunday's championship, given their bracket.
Unless they really can't win away from home in competetive games.

I agree. If there is a year for us to win, its this year.