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Sent From Shane's iPhone Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! ALPCA #8756 Europlate #1045 > On Feb 14, 2016, at 7:45 AM, Realtracs <[email protected]> wrote: > > Their performance was disgusting. > Couldn't make a layup under the basket. All of those offensive rebounds > wouldn't have been necessary if we'd have just made more shots. > It was difficult to watch. > Softball! I'm a softball fan!! > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI, SFR > Real Estate Broker > PARKS > 305 B Indian Lake Blvd > Suite 220 > Hendersonville TN 37075 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > Office: 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 13, 2016, at 10:35 PM, Charles Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well I thought they had turned the corner with that big win against West >> Virginia but it must have been a wrong turn. >> I really hope that Mike White can get it going as he seems like a very >> likeable fellow and he's very intense. It already seems that he's taking >> more heat for a 16-9 team than Billy D did last year for sub 500 team but I >> guess that's what happens when you follow a legend. >> >> Charlie >> >>> On 2/13/2016 11:22 PM, Shane Ford wrote: >>> Dooley: Gators 'awful' on offense, must overcome mediocrity >>> >>> >>> Florida forward Dorian Finney-Smith reacts after a play against Alabama. >>> >>> Matt Stamey/Staff photographer >>> By Pat Dooley >>> Gainesville SUN Columnist >>> Published: Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 7:58 p.m. >>> Last Modified: Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 7:58 p.m. >>> When the final horn sounded, there were some high-flying Alabama basketball >>> players on the O’Connell Center floor. They were bumping hips and bumping >>> chests and Crimson Tide staff members were giving those kind of neck hugs >>> that hurt and feel great at the same time. >>> >>> Photo Galleries >>> >>> UF vs Bama: Sidelines >>> Tide rolls Gators >>> Meanwhile, Florida was walking off the court in disbelief. This wasn’t >>> supposed to happen, not at home, not with a daunting road trip on the >>> horizon. >>> >>> But it happened, that game that you know this team is capable of but you >>> hoped it had buried weeks ago. >>> >>> Florida was awful Saturday, just plain awful, offensively. Alabama’s >>> defense contributed to it, but it was as much Florida’s ineffectiveness as >>> anything. >>> >>> The Gators couldn’t take advantage of a huge rebounding advantage (54-35) >>> or Alabama’s best player (Retin Obasohan) fouling out with 5:35 to play. >>> They could never get Dorian Finney-Smith involved and got too much of Chris >>> Chiozza and Justin Leon. >>> >>> Nothing against those guys, but when they combine to take 23 shots and >>> Finney-Smith only takes eight, you’ve got a problem. >>> >>> That was the Alabama game plan, to make Florida’s best player uncomfortable. >>> >>> “It’s a big part of college basketball,” said Florida coach Mike White. >>> “For us, unfortunately, we rely on Dorian so much that when people don't >>> see him making baskets, we don't play with a lot of confidence.” >>> >>> Add in enough missed two-footers to last a season, and you’ve really got a >>> problem. >>> >>> “We just weren’t finishing,” said forward Devin Robinson. “That’s just the >>> way it is sometimes. We just weren’t making shots.” >>> >>> It was a night of bad basketball and the team that played the worst felt >>> the worst when it was over. >>> >>> “Extremely frustrating,” Leon said. >>> >>> The two teams combined to miss 64 shots and they weren’t all because of >>> defense. The 21 missed free throws illustrated that. >>> >>> For Alabama, Saturday night was a big win. Avery Johnson’s team has now won >>> five of six games and broke an 11-game losing streak to Florida. Many of >>> those games were of the low-scoring variety, but Florida always found a way >>> to win. >>> >>> On this night, the Gators found a way to lose. >>> >>> “We had 23 offensive rebounds and, wow, scored 55 points,” White said. “I’m >>> not sure I’ve seen a box score like that.” >>> >>> Or a box score that included a 1-for-12 performance from Florida from the >>> 3-point line in the second half. >>> >>> You’ve seen those games where a team starts making shots and it seems like >>> nobody can miss and it feels like makes are contagious. Now, imagine the >>> opposite of that. >>> >>> “We felt that,” Johnson said. “We did a nice job of mixing our defenses. >>> They missed a lot of shots. They missed some free throws. That’s the way it >>> goes sometimes.” >>> >>> It’s been going well for Johnson lately in his first year as the Alabama >>> coach. Suddenly, Alabama is knocking on the bubble’s back door. >>> >>> “We want to stay under the radar,” Johnson said. “We’re not talking about >>> bubble, but it’s good to be in the conversation.” >>> >>> On the other hand, Florida’s postseason hopes took a body blow with this >>> home loss, especially when you consider that four of the last six games for >>> the Gators are on the road, where they have not exactly been crisp >>> offensively. >>> >>> I don’t care what the numbers say. Florida’s RPI is becoming irrelevant. >>> The bottom line is that this is a 16-9 team. >>> >>> Getting to the NCAA Tournament isn’t supposed to be easy, even in a season >>> like this one filled with so much parity and mediocrity. If these Gators >>> want to dance, they need to do more than meekly tap someone on the shoulder. >>> >>> It’s time for this team to fight, to see what it is made of. >>> >>> I get that this kind of night can happen, even with a big crowd cheering >>> you on. >>> >>> It’s what you do after they happen that matters. >>> >>> Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. And follow >>> at Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent From Shane's iPhone >>> Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! >>> ALPCA #8756 >>> Europlate #1045 >>> -- >>> -- >>> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >>> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 >>> National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 >>> National Football Champions | >>> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >>> Tim Tebow (2007) >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "GatorNews" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 >> National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 >> National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier >> (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "GatorTalk" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier > (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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