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whitelakegator · 03-09-2013, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by UFG8rGuy3283

You guys are ridiculous. Go back to watching football.

UK had to have this game. We already won the regular season. Instead of complaining, how about enjoying what has been another great season.

Interesting comments. So you don't think that there's an issue in close games with finding our goto guy? Someone that can knock down a tough shot? I haven't seen him. Maybe you can point him out and cite some examples.

And I think it is poor to excuse our play because UK had to have this game. Pathetic.

number1 · 03-09-2013, 02:22 PM

I will say part of the 0 points thing was the refs swallowing the whistle for UK's defense, but you have Wilbekin and Young missing easy lay-ups multiple times, Young scared to attack Cauley-Stein, and Rosario playing for the other team. And these are all seniors and juniors I mentioned.

gogators73 · 03-09-2013, 02:22 PM

Anyone denying this was a choke has O&B glasses on. Plain and simple.

UFish · 03-09-2013, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by UFG8rGuy3283

You guys are ridiculous. Go back to watching football.

UK had to have this game. We already won the regular season. Instead of complaining, how about enjoying what has been another great season.

See I've been making excuses like these for too long. All the positive Gators have. I've enjoyed this season, but the "we're not healthy, the other team had to have this game, we were due a loss" nonsense is over with. We should have won this game and this time there's absolutely no excuse.

oneatatime · 03-09-2013, 02:23 PM

I wonder what happened to Boynton for the first 19 minutes of the second half. He didn't take a shot?

IH8REFS · 03-09-2013, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by UFG8rGuy3283

You guys are ridiculous. Go back to watching football.

UK had to have this game. We already won the regular season. Instead of complaining, how about enjoying what has been another great season.

You're ridiculous. Go back to baking cupcakes. Not scoring for the last eight minutes to lose to a bubble team qualifies as a choke.

GatorRade · 03-09-2013, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by UFish

This is the worst Kentucky team Calipari is going to have. Without their best player. While we're as close to full strength as you're going to get this late in the season.

This is true and disturbing.

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Originally Posted by UFish

I'm fully expecting another choke in the tournament. Blame it on execution, coaching, or whatever. These guys don't smell blood and they don't have anything close to the killer instinct you need to be a championship team.

But here, I'm willing to take this bet. What do you consider choking? Losing in the first round? The second? Or losing in the sweet 16? I'd say making the elite 8 is not a choke, so I'd assume you must be predicting one of the former.

number1 · 03-09-2013, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by whitelakegator

Interesting comments. So you don't think that there's an issue in close games with finding our goto guy? Someone that can knock down a tough shot? I haven't seen him. Maybe you can point him out and cite some examples.

And I think it is poor to excuse our play because UK had to have this game. Pathetic.

Not even a tough shot. We were missing open lay-ups. And Kenny Boynton had a pretty good look at the basket at the end to take the lead and missed it. No one wants to step up and make the big shot I guess.

gatorbogey · 03-09-2013, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by flwgator2

People just need to face the reality. This is a Sweet 16 team at best. If we can't beat mediocre teams in the SEC, how do we beat a good team at a neutral site? Let just hope that Young comes back next year.

can say that about the gator teams the last two seasons that went to the elite eight.
this team is better - [although given the recent injuries, at this stage of the season they may not be]

Jonas · 03-09-2013, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by luciaboy

and people wonder why the natl media gives us no respect. this team is all window dressing and little substance on the road or in the clutch. we are just above a .500 ball team the last three weeks. this type of play does not bode well for the ncaa tournament. i still say we peaked too early. this team seems to have a leadership problem

Our 2007 NC team was .500 in the last four games of the regular season. Just saying

**adgator** · 03-09-2013, 02:25 PM

All agree it was a choke all agree it was most meaningless game of the year all agree Rosario was in another world. Having said that I think Gators will definately get 2/3 seed which in my opinion are the same and are elite eight for sure.

Swampmaster · 03-09-2013, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorRade

What do you consider choking? Losing in the first round?

if uf doesn't at least make the elite 8, with an experienced team, ranked #2 at one point, it will be a disappointing year.

CSpantheGatorFan · 03-09-2013, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by UFG8rGuy3283

You guys are ridiculous. Go back to watching football.

UK had to have this game. We already won the regular season. Instead of complaining, how about enjoying what has been another great season.

UK had to have the game. OK. That doesn't mean we had to give it to them.

I don't see how anybody couldn't be concerned about our inability to win close games this year. We are 0-6 in single digit games this season. Just because some fans chose not to ignore that doesn't mean they need to stop watching basketball. It just means they aren't ignorant of their team's problems.

mac4lyfe · 03-09-2013, 02:27 PM

What should Gator fans expect? Up big against Butler and Louisville with 10 minutes to go and lose 2 trips to the Final Four. Up big against teams this year and end up losing. Up 7 today with 7 minutes to go and end up not scoring another point??? Against a team that is missing their best player and can't score to save their own lives. They play us and all of a sudden get better???

We have a pattern of choking. Nothing to do with UK having to have this game or not. I'm not sure how you could have enjoyed what we all saw today. These last few games have been awful to watch, even when we won a couple.

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Originally Posted by UFG8rGuy3283

You guys are ridiculous. Go back to watching football.

UK had to have this game. We already won the regular season. Instead of complaining, how about enjoying what has been another great season.

The_Graygator · 03-09-2013, 02:27 PM

Had a feeling we'd lose, but not because of just not showing up to play. I thought the refs would be our downfall.

This team simply isn't consistent enough to make a deep run in the tourney.

Glad I was over at the gun show and didn't watch it.

xenythx · 03-09-2013, 02:27 PM

Billy did not coach a very good game. We made predictable runs when WCS was on the bench, when we attacked Wiltjer on offense, and when Rosario was on the bench. For some reason, Billy went away from the latter two.

gatorbogey · 03-09-2013, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by diamondted13

I hate to be so right about this team. But I called it after the Zona game. Fatally flawed. It is so in their heads it's not even funny. They have never been able to get over the Louisville game. A team with 3 seniors and 2 juniors starting. It boggles the mind that this can happen over and over and over. There is no other explanation other than a MENTAL block. The last 7:36 was a giant chinese fire drill. I'm not sure I've ever seen a team go completely scoreless for the last 7:36. No field goals? Seen that. Zero pts? Never seen it. Ever.

and the way to have them get over the mental block is to lambast them by calling them chokers and pathetic? not calling you out, but you've i.d.'ed the obvious mental aspects. you'll never get them to optimize their performance at the end of the tight game by calling the team and individuals 'chokers'.

they do need to find a way to suceed in the pressure situation of a game to get over the hurdle.

whitelakegator · 03-09-2013, 02:29 PM

So we had the chance to put a dagger in the hearts of our biggest bball rival and we choke?

We could have sent them to an NIT and we crumble like stale bread.

Huge disappointment. No more rationalizations please. The team has no one that can hit a big sht late in close games. No points the final 8 minutes. That is truly awful.

UFish · 03-09-2013, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorRade

But here, I'm willing to take this bet. What do you consider choking? Losing in the first round? The second? Or losing in the sweet 16? I'd say making the elite 8 is not a choke, so I'd assume you must be predicting one of the former.

Advancing to the elite 8 and taking either a comfortable or at least commanding lead into the last 8-10 minutes before losing a close game is choking.

Make no mistake. If someone offered me a choice between a blowout loss in the Sweet 16 or a heart-wrenching close loss choke job in the elite 8, I'd take the latter ten times out of ten.

Depending on where we're seeded, I honestly think we'll walk to the Sweet 16. But I'd be surprised if we went further than that. This group has the same habits of the last two teams with better defense and less talent.

UFG8rGuy3283 · 03-09-2013, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by IH8REFS

You're ridiculous. Go back to baking cupcakes. Not scoring for the last eight minutes to lose to a bubble team qualifies as a choke.

Baking cupcakes. Good one! Wow, that hurts.

I guess I just don't see things the same way as most. My expectations coming into this year were to compete for the SEC championship and make a run in the big tourney.

1 of 2 accomplished.

What irritates me is seeing people who rarely post here come out of the wood work when we lose and start talking about how this team is nothing but a bunch of choke artists.

Crap like this happens in basketball. Crap like this happens in life.

Let's just not even go to the tournament next week or the week after because we'll just choke anyway so why bother wasting the university's resources.

Let's see what happens. If we win the SECT next week, then what?