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austingator · 02-19-2013, 08:29 AM

Anticipate a loss here. MIZ wants this one and the are undefeated at home. In addition, Columbia is a travel nightmare so logistics are possibly a factor.

**bigpoppa** · 02-19-2013, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by austingator

Anticipate a loss here. MIZ wants this one and the are undefeated at home. In addition, Columbia is a travel nightmare so logistics are possibly a factor.

The hawgs got our attention! I expect UF to win here by 10....

ofmgator · 02-19-2013, 08:51 AM

If we don't hit our three's we'll lose. I hope we didn't leave it all on the floor at Auburn.

gator2109 · 02-19-2013, 09:08 AM

Wouldn't expect a double digit win at all. Just hoping for a W. They haven't lost at home this year. Yes they have been disappointing at times this season and have some bad losses, but this is by far their biggest game of the year and they also have a legit shot at the tournament to play for unlike most of the teams we have remaining. Their fans know this so it will be a very tough test. Spread is around UF -4.5 which is completely different than the 15-20+ point spreads we have had in a lot of our recent games. Will be a great confidence booster if we can take this one and will help to improve our perception if we look good in a primetime national TV game.

**GothamGator** · 02-19-2013, 09:09 AM

We've had our issues on the road this year. We need to prove to ourselves and the committee that we can win tough games away from home. This may be our last chance.

I think we pull it off and win by 5-10, but we haven't proven we can win a game like this yet.

bposs · 02-19-2013, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by GothamGator

We've had our issues on the road this year. We need to prove to ourselves and the committee that we can win tough games away from home. This may be our last chance.

I think we pull it off and win by 5-10, but we haven't proven we can win a game like this yet.

I agree. This team needs to win this game to be taken seriously as a 1 seed. Put up or shut up time for our guys.

qwghlmgator · 02-19-2013, 10:04 AM

If we won in Columbia, we can win in Columbia.

ufgator4ever · 02-19-2013, 10:07 AM

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I agree. This team needs to win this game to be taken seriously as a 1 seed. Put up or shut up time for our guys.

It is the last opt for a quality road win. And again, it would really help the psyche of team were it a close game where clutch shot, fts and d were the factor in final 3 mins. Not having a winning experience like that before tourney can't help confidence given previous two years of exits, and arizona.

**jareduf** · 02-19-2013, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by bigpoppa

The hawgs got our attention! I expect UF to win here by 10....

I agree that Arkansas got our attention.

I think tonight will be a close game. Will be a good chance to execute better in a close game in a tough environment. Hope we have learned from our losses.

orlandogator · 02-19-2013, 10:30 AM

Arkansas was hitting 80% from 3 point range for awhile there and finished with around 55% . their average for the year is 25% from 3-land. I dont care who you are, if you shoot alot of 3's and you make that many, with no rebounds and fast breaks to come off of no misses, every team will lose to that. Arkansas will not do that again and Missouri will not either.

I would expect them to try to get Young in foul trouble and get us to shoot from the outside. If we swarm on defense and pass the ball , we should win.

**GoGator** · 02-19-2013, 10:36 AM

close game--our bigs have to stay out of foul trouble.

**regurgigator** · 02-19-2013, 10:50 AM

I'll take a win no matter how close....or how much a blowout. I'm expecting a tough game from Missouri.

But, the discussion makes me wonder:

Would we get more credit from the national media/pollsters for a close win over a respectable opponent or for a blowout win that would "prove" Missouri is merely another SEC "paper Tiger"?

tegator80 · 02-19-2013, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jareduf

I agree that Arkansas got our attention.

I think tonight will be a close game. Will be a good chance to execute better in a close game in a tough environment. Hope we have learned from our losses.

Arkansas was the game where they showed up way better than they usually play and we were not as prepared as we needed to be. That is college basketball. But I agree that if we want a No. 1 seed, this is as good a time to show we can handle adversity as there may be this season (Tenn at their home is still an option). It should be fun.

Born2, remember to take you meds before tipoff.

**Osiris_DPM** · 02-19-2013, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by orlandogator

Arkansas was hitting 80% from 3 point range for awhile there and finished with around 55% . their average for the year is 25% from 3-land. I dont care who you are, if you shoot alot of 3's and you make that many, with no rebounds and fast breaks to come off of no misses, every team will lose to that. Arkansas will not do that again and Missouri will not either.

I would expect them to try to get Young in foul trouble and get us to shoot from the outside. If we swarm on defense and pass the ball , we should win.

This is something a lot of people fail to recognize when I read some of these threads. Our defense is holding teams to an average of 52 ppg. That is 13 points per 10 minutes.

Arkansas scored 35 points in the first 10 minutes. If we were to have held them to our defensive average the rest of the game, they'd still score 75. That is a huge hole to be in, and considering we only scored 69, it proved to be too much to climb out of (we average 74 ppg this season).

born2beagator · 02-19-2013, 12:22 PM

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Arkansas was the game where they showed up way better than they usually play and we were not as prepared as we needed to be. That is college basketball. But I agree that if we want a No. 1 seed, this is as good a time to show we can handle adversity as there may be this season (Tenn at their home is still an option). It should be fun.

Born2, remember to take you meds before tipoff.

I'm fine

My take on this game is if we play the ball we have played in pretty much all of our wins, we win this one in the 10-15 point range. I don't think we need our best basketball of the year tonight. We just need to keep doing what we have been doing. No need to change.

akaGatorhoops · 02-19-2013, 01:26 PM

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Last Mizzou loss at home was last season to Kansas. It was their only loss of the year.

They shoot much better at home and have the "heart and soul" of their team back in Bowers.

Florida will need their A game to pull this one out.

I am hopeful that Florida will play well and pull out a big road win against a good team.

On the road, I'm happy with killing em by 1.

I think it was k-state. . . almost 1 year ago today.

dadx4 · 02-19-2013, 02:04 PM

I do have worries with our road games. I do think we win but road games have not been nice to us. All 3 of our losses have been on the road.

**ThePlayer** · 02-19-2013, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TampaGatorFan

Gators by 14. No worries.

I always worry...we have a history of underperforming on the road.

tommyuf21 · 02-19-2013, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ThePlayer

I always worry...we have a history of underperforming on the road.

Most teams don't play as well on the road and the home team almost always elevates their game.

**regurgigator** · 02-19-2013, 02:42 PM

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Most teams don't play as well on the road and the home team almost always elevates their game.

That's true.

It's true every year, isn't it?

There have been a lot of teams in the Top 10 that have been losing or struggling on the road recently.