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HALLGATOR · 10-29-2012, 11:20 PM

Basketball season is finally upon us. Hopefully we are all looking forward to another great season of Billy Ball.

Pregame notes are available here

You can listen to Mick and Mark here

InstiGATOR1 · 10-29-2012, 11:43 PM

So I go to the store tonight and see a tabloid College Basketball preview. So I take a second to open it up, I find their bracket filled out. Well the have UF as a 3 seed which is reasonable.

But they have UF losing to a 14 in the first round. Some respect for a coach who has a .700+ record in the NCAA tourney and his program.

HALLGATOR · 10-30-2012, 12:41 AM

Sounds like someone who had more time on their hands than sense. Or at least that is my take on it.

gatorbogey · 10-30-2012, 07:20 AM

curious to see how yeguette, prather and rosario are used.
and what the newcomers bring to the court. do any contribute greatly?

rosario - can he play point? honestly, i don't see him at 3. but we may play some 3 guard alignments, right? his defense never impressed me. has his defense improved?

yeguette could play 3. he's athletic enough. i'm partial to getting him on the court as much as possible. we should dominate the boards w/ him, young and murph in the game.

prather showed some good things late in the season last year. hope he continues on that trek.

gatordd · 10-30-2012, 09:59 AM

I. Cant. Wait.

**67walkon** · 10-30-2012, 10:11 AM

Will is so much fun to watch. He will be get more rebounds per minute than anyone else, so he ought to get plenty of minutes.

Casey showed flashes of brilliance last year-if he's consistent, he should get plenty of minutes.

Don't know about Rosario. So far he has underachieved at UF. Maybe he'll snap out of it this year.

But I can't wait either!

InstiGATOR1 · 10-30-2012, 10:19 AM

Well,

1. I think the guy who picked that bracket I saw just had the job of picking a braket and tried to pick some first round upsets. Being a UF fan, I just did not like his pick of a first round upset.

2. Rosario was a good rebounding guard at Rutgers and was the same last year for UF. Now if UF plays a guard at the SF who gets 3.5 rebounds per game, will the other 3 or so rebounds be picked up by other players? I doubt very seriously that UF will play Rosario at PG much at all.

3. As I said elsewhere, I think the real call at the SF will be made when UF opens the real season against Georgetown and Porter who is a high level SF.

SmootyGator · 10-30-2012, 02:37 PM

Was there an official schedule thread stickied? I could have swore that I saw one.

InstiGATOR1 · 10-30-2012, 02:53 PM

This could be a very different exhibition game than previous years. Donovan really needs to figure out some rotations and get guys adjusted to playing with each other for the Georgetown game that is the next game.

So if the 7 experienced players all play 25 min, that is 175 minutes leaving 25 to be split among the frosh. So it will be interesting if to prepare for Georgetown that the experienced players do play that much in this game.

austingtr · 10-30-2012, 03:27 PM

Woohoo!!!

iam4uf · 10-30-2012, 04:28 PM

Wow, $8.95 to watch it on GatorVision. I just can't justify spending that much for a pre-season game, even though I really want to see how they do.

HALLGATOR · 10-30-2012, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SmootyGator

Was there an official schedule thread stickied? I could have swore that I saw one.

Not that I know of. I also noticed the link at the top of the page for basketball has last year's schedule. I will try to get one up soon.

dailydoublecat · 10-30-2012, 09:29 PM

So happy basketball is here. Here is to a healthy and fun basketball season. Good luck my Gator friends!!!
Jeff

gatordd · 10-31-2012, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by dailydoublecat

So happy basketball is here. Here is to a healthy and fun basketball season. Good luck my Gator friends!!!
Jeff

Thanks Jeff - hope the same for you and your cats

SmootyGator · 10-31-2012, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by HALLGATOR

Not that I know of. I also noticed the link at the top of the page for basketball has last year's schedule. I will try to get one up soon.

Thanks Hall! I can get the schedule elsewhere, but I prefer to get it here!

dailydoublecat · 10-31-2012, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by gatordd

Thanks Jeff - hope the same for you and your cats

Thank you--looking forward to another journey of ups and downs!

Jeff

jcp · 10-31-2012, 05:46 PM

Casey out for this game because of a concussion (Saturday scrimmage).

Allanon · 11-01-2012, 10:36 AM

Excited but that excitement is tempered by not being able to see it up here in Alabama.

gogators73 · 11-01-2012, 11:08 AM

Would rather see great defensive stats than great offensive stats. This team athletically is missing a rim protector but other than that they are extremely athletic and could really create havoc if they play hard on the defensive end.

**MJGator8104** · 11-01-2012, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Allanon

Excited but that excitement is tempered by not being able to see it up here in Alabama.

You can watch it live on Gatorvision.