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2021-22 Basketball Primer

This is a sad reality. Keeping the kids in one place longer than a lunchtime is tough. How nice it was back in the day when they would come in and stay four years and you really got to know them.
Until you decided you needed their scholarship and gave them the boot, anyway.
 
Just let me know when I can give my prediction for the Sat game so I dont get a beatdown for not coming on beforehand. I have never done that before, but I am just making sure that my ass is clear.
 
I watched an entire Gator women's BB game tonight for the first time in years. Florida won at Mississippi State 73-64 in a tough game in which they were down 3 at the half, but dominated the 4th quarter and pulled away for a fairly easy win. Gators are now 18-6, 8-3 in the SEC. Their best player, Kiki Smith, missed numerous layups and didn't have her best game, plus the team had 18 turnovers against a tenacious, quick Bulldog defense. But Florida shot 45% from the field, made 5-12 3's and 18-23 free throws, while outrebounding Miss. St. 45-29. This is a well coached team that plays hard and together and uses a deep bench. The Bulldogs had won 8 straight in the series vs. Florida and we're ranked for the first time since 2016. Not bad!
 
I watched an entire Gator women's BB game tonight for the first time in years. Florida won at Mississippi State 73-64 in a tough game in which they were down 3 at the half, but dominated the 4th quarter and pulled away for a fairly easy win. Gators are now 18-6, 8-3 in the SEC. Their best player, Kiki Smith, missed numerous layups and didn't have her best game, plus the team had 18 turnovers against a tenacious, quick Bulldog defense. But Florida shot 45% from the field, made 5-12 3's and 18-23 free throws, while outrebounding Miss. St. 45-29. This is a well coached team that plays hard and together and uses a deep bench. The Bulldogs had won 8 straight in the series vs. Florida and we're ranked for the first time since 2016. Not bad!
I too watched and was impressed how quick our guards are To the basket. I know others have said we need to remove the interim from coach Finley. I have to agree.
 
I watched an entire Gator women's BB game tonight for the first time in years. Florida won at Mississippi State 73-64 in a tough game in which they were down 3 at the half, but dominated the 4th quarter and pulled away for a fairly easy win. Gators are now 18-6, 8-3 in the SEC. Their best player, Kiki Smith, missed numerous layups and didn't have her best game, plus the team had 18 turnovers against a tenacious, quick Bulldog defense. But Florida shot 45% from the field, made 5-12 3's and 18-23 free throws, while outrebounding Miss. St. 45-29. This is a well coached team that plays hard and together and uses a deep bench. The Bulldogs had won 8 straight in the series vs. Florida and we're ranked for the first time since 2016. Not bad!
They are playing well. I know we have lots of season left, but any idea on recruits we have coming in this year?
 
Haters Claim: Everyone digresses under Mike White's coaching.....

"He was our best player tonight," White said postgame.
The senior tied his mark for the 2nd-most points he's recorded in a game with 23, knocking down a career-high 7 of 11 3's (63.6%) in the process.
He complemented his dominant day shooting the basketball with:
23 Pts,1 Rb, 2 Asts, 2 Blks, 1 Stl, and he took a charge.

On how he Jones felt about his performance... "It felt great. It felt even better that my teammates were actually just looking for me, telling me, 'Run here, run there, I'll look for you." I think that's the best feeling as a shooter going in. The team isn't getting jealous, they're actually looking for me. I think that was the best part." -- Nothing to do with how they are coached I guess, but I sure hope that all of the others will keep on digressing at the same levels as Jones...

True Fr SG/SF Reeves -- On keeping the lead throughout the game...
"It was just the urgency. It felt good to keep that same urgency. Even when they were coming back, that feeling of not wanting to lose. We know that these SEC wins are hard to come by. Everyone is good no matter what their record is. So, it felt good."

And any 'foot off the gas' BS needs to remember Ga's last game.
@ #1 AU 72 - 70 UGly - AU won on a buzzer beater --- @ UF 72 - 63

When the Gators have a team shooting slump, it has nothing to do with the coach taking HIS foot off the gas with what he's calling for,,, cause team shooting slumps happen.

While it sucks that their BIG-MAN (JJ) center backup is out for the coming nasty stretch....
NCAA Net Rankings: -- #48 UF vs #5 UK - #74 aTm - #31 Ark - #9 AU - #5 UK

I'll be happily surprised if they can get 2 wins out of the next 5 matchups.
That stretch might be tougher than the 1st 4 games in the coming Dance.

UF has lost @ #9 AU, @ #10 Tn, #15 UA, & #16 LSU, but beat #18 tOSU @ neutral site tourney.

This year, the SEC has 3 teams in the Top 10, with 2 more in the Top 25 (5).
And they could get as many as 6-8 teams into the NCAA Dance. The SEC currently has 8 teams ranked in the NET Top 56 -- jus-damn!
It's almost as if you don't watch the game but just pull up stats afterwards?
 
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Dear Mike White,,,,

Coach to lose,
miss the Dance,
suck at the NIT with poor coaching decisions,
and then resign from Socialist-U before the 'entitled fans' drag you down to their basement level....

(you would not remain unemployed for 5 minutes, there are much better B-Ball coaching jobs out there waiting for someone like you)
 
Dear Mike White,,,,

Coach to lose,
miss the Dance,
suck at the NIT with poor coaching decisions,
and then resign from Socialist-U before the 'entitled fans' drag you down to their basement level....

(you would not remain unemployed for 5 minutes, there are much better B-Ball coaching jobs out there waiting for someone like you)
Will Duke be calling?
 
Dear Mike White,,,,

Coach to lose,
miss the Dance,
suck at the NIT with poor coaching decisions,
and then resign from Socialist-U before the 'entitled fans' drag you down to their basement level....

(you would not remain unemployed for 5 minutes, there are much better B-Ball coaching jobs out there waiting for someone like you)
There are much better forums out there waiting for someone like you. Hurry and find them!
 
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Dear Mike White,,,,

Coach to lose,
miss the Dance,
suck at the NIT with poor coaching decisions,
and then resign from Socialist-U before the 'entitled fans' drag you down to their basement level....

(you would not remain unemployed for 5 minutes, there are much better B-Ball coaching jobs out there waiting for someone like you)
Let’s not go back down that path.
 
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Dear Mike White,,,,

Coach to lose,
miss the Dance,
suck at the NIT with poor coaching decisions,
and then resign from Socialist-U before the 'entitled fans' drag you down to their basement level....

(you would not remain unemployed for 5 minutes, there are much better B-Ball coaching jobs out there waiting for someone like you)
So the sales manager for your company, he's a great guy. Comes in early, stays late, very positive team player, but your sales aren't quite meeting expectations. Do you replace the sales manager? You know you could end up with somebody worse, or several somebodies in succession, but you also aren't content to be average. So what do you do? It's a tough call.

Of course, if Insta worked at your company, he would wait to see what everybody else thought, so he could take the opposing viewpoint and call everybody idiots. Because he doesn't care about the company, all he wants to do is call people idiots. It's his only goal in life.
 
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So the sales manager for your company, he's a great guy. Comes in early, stays late, very positive team player, but your sales aren't quite meeting expectations. Do you replace the sales manager? You know you could end up with somebody worse, or several somebodies in succession, but you also aren't content to be average. So what do you do? It's a tough call.

Of course, if Insta worked at your company, he would wait to see what everybody else thought, so he could take the opposing viewpoint and call everybody idiots. Because he doesn't care about the company, all he wants to do is call people idiots. It's his only goal in life.

That's a fantastic analogy.
 
KY 78 - UF 57. We fell down by 16 early, with Castleton having 4 turnovers the first 5 minutes and Appleby getting hurt 7 minutes in. The Gators kept trying to claw back in the game and made a couple of nice runs. But their big guy may be the best player in the country, certainly the best in the SEC. He had 27 points and 19 rebounds. Our guys simply couldn't block out on the defensive boards, as KY got 18 offensive rebounds, leading to them getting off 16 more shots than us. Once again we only hit 5-22 3's, had only 8 assists to 10 turnovers, while they had 17 assists and only 5 turnovers. Position for position they are better than us at every spot, plus their bench has more quality depth. Need badly to beat TAM Tuesday, with Auburn & Arkansas up after that. The bubble could be bursting.
 
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KY 78 - UF 57. We fell down by 16 early, with Castleton having 4 turnovers the first 5 minutes and Appleby getting hurt 7 minutes in. The Gators kept trying to claw back in the game and made a couple of nice runs. But their big guy may be the best player in the country, certainly the best in the SEC. He had 27 points and 19 rebounds. Our guys simply couldn't bock out on the defensive board, as KY got 18 offensive rebounds, leading to them getting off 16 more shots than us. Once again we only hit 5-22 23's, had only 8 assists to 10 turnovers, while they had 17 assists and only 5 turnovers. Position for position they are better than us at every spot, plus their bench has more quality depth. Need badly to beat TAM Tuesday, with Auburn & Arkansas up after that. The bubble could be bursting.
You should beat Tam. They are a dumpster fire right now.
 
You should beat Tam. They are a dumpster fire right now.
And we're not? A&M will be just as hungry for a win. We lost to a garbage Maryland team and who could ever forget losing to Texas Southern?
Worst case scenario, UF finishes 17-14, best case, 18-13.
Now 1-9 vs AP top 25 teams this season.
 
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Might be Cheats best team. They are absolutely loaded. Their big is as good if not better than anyone I've seen. Very balanced team. They are poised for a deep run. Gators fought hard but were simply outgunned.
 
Not surprised by the outcome @ UK, nor was anyone else with eyes and a brain.
A few days ago Mike said after his scouting for the game that UK could win the NC.
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"Florida's Brandon McKissic -- the player who rolled into TyTy Washington's leg -- is being booed every time he touches the ball." -- Always fair treatment by kensucky fans....

Is TyTy the same one that early in the game kneed Appleby in thigh knocking him out of the game (that was already the 2nd time he was hard fouled btw), or was that some other kensucky thug???
jus-askin...
 
Not surprised by the outcome @ UK, nor was anyone else with eyes and a brain.
A few days ago Mike said after his scouting for the game that UK could win the NC.
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At least White is making excuses that the other team is so good now instead of placing most of the blame on our own players instead of his coaching.
 
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He has done it quite a few times in his press conferences - at least he did last season.

Note to Socialist-U and it's entitled fans,,, FIRE MIKE WHITE NOW, before he makes yet another Dance.... (of course is they don't make a post season tourney for the 1st time in his tenure, then they can use that as the new firing standard for Gator B-Ball coaches, make tourney or fired)

BTW, when is that stupid/incompetent AD getting fired for his TERRIBLE decisions?
Hired Mullen, then fired Mullen with a nice fat buy-out.
Extended White's contract with a raise. If they fire him, another nice fat buy-out.
Hired Cam Newbauer and then covered for him as long as possible.

And how about disbanding the UAA, after-all they hired both Fooley and Stricktwit....

(jus-asking) 😁
 
Note to Socialist-U and it's entitled fans,,, FIRE MIKE WHITE NOW, before he makes yet another Dance.... (of course is they don't make a post season tourney for the 1st time in his tenure, then they can use that as the new firing standard for Gator B-Ball coaches, make tourney or fired)

BTW, when is that stupid/incompetent AD getting fired for his TERRIBLE decisions?
Hired Mullen, then fired Mullen with a nice fat buy-out.
Extended White's contract with a raise. If they fire him, another nice fat buy-out.
Hired Cam Newbauer and then covered for him as long as possible.

And how about disbanding the UAA, after-all they hired both Fooley and Stricktwit....

(jus-asking) 😁

The AD saved himself from leaving anytime soon by getting rid of Mullen.
 
The AD saved himself from leaving anytime soon by getting rid of Mullen.
He should have lost his job for mishandling and covering up the Women's BB program mess that he allowed to go on published reports outlining various abuses from several former players blew it open and forced his hand.

And this may be the reason the current interim coach hasn't be given the permanent position.
 
Note to Socialist-U and it's entitled fans,,, FIRE MIKE WHITE NOW, before he makes yet another Dance.... (of course is they don't make a post season tourney for the 1st time in his tenure, then they can use that as the new firing standard for Gator B-Ball coaches, make tourney or fired)

BTW, when is that stupid/incompetent AD getting fired for his TERRIBLE decisions?
Hired Mullen, then fired Mullen with a nice fat buy-out.
Extended White's contract with a raise. If they fire him, another nice fat buy-out.
Hired Cam Newbauer and then covered for him as long as possible.

And how about disbanding the UAA, after-all they hired both Fooley and Stricktwit....

(jus-asking) 😁

I'd be willing to keep White if we could fire you.

Oh, and we need a federal law on NIL to level the playing field as much as possible. Only a MOE-RON would disagree...
 
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