2024-25 Basketball,,, all things considered...

[NavigatorII]

Looking at UNF's schedule, they're not exactly a above average team but they did beat Ga Tech and S Carolina, but a 54 point win?!

I watched about 10 minutes and switched the channel. That was an unwatchable beatdown. 😂

 

[instaGATOR]

Jus-damn! It looked to me like they watched those 2 utube 'training' vids that I put up, the way they played. 😉

Ended the first half at 54 - 17 with 10 players getting minutes, and with 9 of them getting points. Additionally, they shot 48.8% from the field, 50% from deep and were a perfect 7-for-7 at the free throw line.
They finished with 20 team assists coming from 8 different players.
This is the 3rd time that the Gators have had 20 assists or more in a game this season.
Final score - UF 99 - 45 UNF
Next victim will be Stetson on Dec. 29th at home, game on SEC-N.

The BIG's went big in this game.
When you have 3 bigs going for double-doubles, it's gotta be a sure win...

Sam Alexis ------- 14 Pts + 12 Rbs, 1 Blk
Alex Condon ----- 12 Pts + 10 Rbs, 2 Blks, 1 Ast
Thomas Haugh -- 10 Prs + 10 Rbs, 1 Blk, 2 Asts, 2 Stls
Rueben Chinyelu - 6 Pts + 6 Rbs, 2 Asts
Combined for --- 42 Pts, 38 Rbs, 4 Blks, 5 Asts, 2 Stls....
While they also combined for 14 for 14, 100% at the FT line. 😲

Seven players were 100% at the line, the team went 22 of 27, 81.5%.

Then the CG/SF's were also banging it all game:

Will Richard ---- 26 Pts, 5 Rbs, 2 Asts, 2 Stls
Walter Clayton ---- 8 Pts, 1 Rb, 3 Asts, 3 Stl's
Alijah Martin ------- 8 Pts, 3 Rbs, 3 Asts, 2 Stl's, 1 Blk
Isaiah Brown ------ 7 Pts, 4 Rbs, 1 Stl
Urban Klavzar ----- 6 Pts, 3 Rbs, 3 Ast
Denzel Aberdeen - 2 Pts, 6 Rbs, 4 Asts, 1 Stl
Kajus Kublickas --- 0 Pts, 2 Rbs
Combined for ---- 57 Pts, 24 Rbs, 16 Asts, 8 Stls, 1 Blk

They are 12-0 and have yet to have any player foul out of a game.

One more tune-up, and then the REAL season begins @ Kensucky....

 

[gatordad3]

 

[Gator Fever]

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Of course the Alligator would run with any claim whether they had something other than a "she said" backing it up or not. Don't know the whole deal here but if nothing big is done by the school I doubt there was much evidence of anything pretty bad.

 

[instaGATOR]

Of course the Alligator would run with any claim whether they had something other than a "she said" backing it up or not. Don't know the whole deal here but if nothing big is done by the school I doubt there was much evidence of anything pretty bad.

Just being the skeptic,,,, or the $$$ + threats are finally paying off.....
(unable to find any evidence)
After all, they've never lied to us before,,, or have they?

 

[gatordad3]

 

[gatordad3]

As Miami coach Jim Larranga is set to retire, here is a delusional list of candidates.

So why would a coach who has Iowa State ranked 3rd in the nation have any interest in an athletic program like Miami? Look who else is on the list.

 

[gatordad3]

Sorry, I couldn't resist.
@BSC911 believes it. Both tweets anyway.


@nail1988 @NavigatorII @Gator Fever

 

[Countygator1]

Funniest part of that fake post is that the coaches would join Miami mid season. LOL

 

[instaGATOR]

And now, back to the sports portion of this thread....

Defense Improvements in Basketball, leading to a #6 Rankings in a 12-0 season start: With 247Sports #7 Ranked Transfer Class.
CG Alijah Martin
PF Sam Alexis
C/PF Rueben Chinyelu

But there’s more to it than just these 3 defense minded xfer-ins, the Gators are also seeing higher minutes and better production from guys like CG Denzel Aberdeen and SF Thomas Haugh this season. Both are above-average defenders in their respective ways......

You can go more in-depth here:

Gators Basketball's Defense Shows Clear Improvement

The Florida Gators historic start to their season be possible in part to strong improvements made on defense

www.si.com

 

[ocalaman]

Gators cruise over Stetson, finish pre-conference schedule 13-0. Reality hits in a few days for all SEC teams. Incredible start for the good guys, though.

Three takeaways from Florida's blowout win over Stetson

Sunday brought another big margin of victory for the Florida Gators as they closed out the non-conference schedule with a 40-point win over Stetson.

gatorswire.usatoday.com

 

[Gator Fever]

Gators cruise over Stetson, finish pre-conference schedule 13-0. Reality hits in a few days for all SEC teams. Incredible start for the good guys, though.

https://gatorswire.usatoday.com/2024/12/29/florida-basketball-stetson-hatters-takeaways/[/Uclown.

KY should be a good test especially on the road but surprisingly the last 7 years we are 3-4 on their court and only 1-6 on our court. Haven't watched a lot of KY but they seem to live or die by their 3 pt shooting. They weren't dropping is how Ohio State roughed them up.

 

[instaGATOR]

Kensucky Schedule: 10-2 , 8-0 Home, 0-1 Away, 2-1 Neu

W 11-12 - UK 97 - 68 Dukie

L 12-3 - UK 66 - 70 Clemp's-son (10-3) - lost a close one

W 12-7 - UK 90 - 89 Gonzaga - won a close one

W 12-14 - UK 93 - 85 Louisville (8-5) single digit win over a 5 loss team

L 12-21 - UK 65 - 85 tOSU (9-4) - got blown out by 20 Pts to a 4 loss team
tOSU lost to -- aTm, Pitt, Maryland, and AU..
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12-31 - UK ?? - ?? Brown (7-4 Ivy league) -- Last warm up before Gators

1-04 - UK ?? - ?? UF -- GoooooooooooGATORS!
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I left out UK's directional schools and other patsy opponents.
Go here to see their entire schedule if you're curious:

Men's Basketball

The Official Athletic Site of UK Athletics, partner of WMT Digital. The most comprehensive coverage of Kentucky Wildcats Men’s Basketball on the web with highlights, scores, news, schedules, rosters, and more!

ukathletics.com

 

[instaGATOR]

Dec 23, 2024 - AP Basketball Top 25 Rankings:

1. Tennis-sea 11-0
2. Auburn 11-1 - lost -6 @ Dukee
3. Iowa St 10-1
4. Dukee 10-2
5. Bama 10-2 - lost to #21 Purdue -9, lost to #9 Ore -2.
6. Florida 12-0 --> 13-0 - closest win @ N.C. +6, all other's by double digits, no top 25 opps.
7. Kansas 9-2
8. Marquette 11-2
9. Oregon 11-1
10. UK 10-2 - lost to 10-3 NR Clemp's-son, lost to 9-4 NR tOSU
11. UConn 10-3
12. OK 12-0
13. aTm 10-2
14. Gonzaga 9-3
15. UH 8-3
16. Miss 11-1
17. Cincy 10-1
18. MichSt 10-2
19. MsSt 11-1
20. SDSt 8-2
21. Purdue 8-4
22. UCLA 10-2
23. Ark 10-2
24. ILL 8-3
25. Baylor 7-3

That's 9 SEC's in the Top 25 with 3 still undefeated, Tn-UF-OK

+ SEC's receiving votes: UGly (12-1) lost to #15 Marquette -11
Mizzou (10-2) lost @ Memphis -8, and lost Neu-site ILL -3

 

[TEBOW TIME]

Dec 23, 2024 - AP Basketball Top 25 Rankings:

1. Tennis-sea 11-0
2. Auburn 11-1
3. Iowa St 10-1
4. Dukee 10-2
5. Bama 10-2
6. Florida 12-0 --> 13-0
7. Kansas 9-2
8. Marquette 11-2
9. Oregon 11-1
10. UK 10-2
11. UConn 10-3
12. OK 12-0
13. aTm 10-2
14. Gonzaga 9-3
15. UH 8-3
16. Miss 11-1
17. Cincy 10-1
18. MichSt 10-2
19. MsSt 11-1
20. SDSt 8-2
21. Purdue 8-4
22. UCLA 10-2
23. Ark 10-2
24. ILL 8-3
25. Baylor 7-3

That's 9 SEC's in the Top 25 with 3 still undefeated, Tn-UF-OK

+ SEC's receiving votes: UGly (12-1) lost to #15 Marquette -11
Mizzou (10-2) lost @ Memphis -8, and lost Neu-site ILL -3

I dont watch much college basketball until March but looks like SEC is doing well like they do in football

 

[instaGATOR]

I dont watch much college basketball until March but looks like SEC is doing well like they do in football

Neither do I. And the rankings don't mean much this early in the season anyway.
When they get about half way through the Conf. schedules, then the rankings and W/L records begin to matter.

 

[instaGATOR]

NCAA College Basketball RPI Rankings & Ratings 2024​

About The RPI Ratings​

The RPI ratings were created by the NCAA, and used to be considered by the NCAA tournament selection committee during the selection and seeding process. They have been replaced by the NET Rating, which does not have an easily reproducible formula. We publish the RPI ratings here not because we think they are good ratings, but because in the past they have been useful when trying to predict the decisions of the selection committee. In addition, the team sheets used by the selection committee reportedly still display a Strength Of Schedule ranking that's derived from the old RPI.

1. Memphis 10-3
2. Auburn 11-1
3. Oregon 11-1
4. Alabama 10-2
5. Kansas 9-2
6. Marquette 11-2
7. Florida 12-0 --> 13-0
8. Utah St 11-1
9. Purdue 8-4
10. N.Carolina 7-5
11. aTm 11-2
12. Gonzaga 9-4
13. Tennis-sea 12-0
14. AzSt 9-2
15. Pitt 10-2
16. Dukee 10-2
17. Neb 10-2
18. MichSt 10-2
19. Drake 9-0
20. Rhode Island 10-1
21. Mich 9-3
22. MsSt 11-1
23. St.Johns 11-2
24. SDSt 7-3
25. Wis 10-3

For the rest of the list, use the link:

NCAA College Basketball RPI Rankings (updated today)

NCAA college basketball RPI rankings and ratings for 2024, updated daily for all teams and available historically for every day of the 2024 season.

www.teamrankings.com

30. Kensucky
36. Chokelahoma
42. UGly
52. Miss
67. Vandy
72. Ar-kansas
81. LSU
82. SCa
103. Mizzou
121. TX
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69. FSUcks
270. scUM

 

[instaGATOR]

CBS Sports NET Ratings 2024-25

1. AU 11-1
2. Tenn 12-0
3. Drake 10-2
4. Florida 13-0
5. UH 8-3
6. Gonzaga 9-4
7. IowaSt 10-1
8. Bama 10-2
9. Pitt 10-2
10. Maryland 11-2
11. Marquette 11-1
12. MsSt 11-1
13. ILL 8-3
14. Kan 9-2
15. UCLA 11-2
16. Ore 11-1
17. UConn 10-3
18. TxTech 9-2
19. Cincy 10-1
20. Kensucky 10-2
21. aTm 11-2
22. Baylor 8-3
23. MichSt 10-2
24. tOSU 8-4
25. Az 6-5

For the rest of the list, use the link:

College Basketball Rankings 2023-24 - NET

Get the latest College Basketball rankings for the 2023-24 season. Find out where your favorite team is ranked in the AP Top 25, Coaches Poll, Top 25 And 1, NET, or RPI polls and rankings.

www.cbssports.com

 

[instaGATOR]

This is what happens when you get bored to tears I guess.... 🙄

CBS Sports NET Rating -- 4. Florida

AP Top 25 Ranking -- 6. Florida

NCAA RPI Rating -- 7. Florida
Take your pick, or how about this: 4+6+7 = 17/3 = 5.67 😳

 

[ocalaman]

Women's BB finishes pre-conference schedule 9-5 with a blowout win.

Florida Concludes Non-Conference Slate with 57-Point Win Over Hornets - Florida Gators

The Gators solidified their eighth home win of the season, defeating Alabama State 88-31 inside the O'Dome.

floridagators.com

 

[TheCatCoachesMissesMe]

I was looking back at the 06-07 schedule and this year's team is running the table vs 06-07 team. I know there's different players and such but whenever you compare you can see this year's team is very special, SO FAR. Hope they stay healthy!

 

[ocalaman]

I was looking back at the 06-07 schedule and this year's team is running the table vs 06-07 team. I know there's different players and such but whenever you compare you can see this year's team is very special, SO FAR. Hope they stay healthy!

The SEC is a much tougher basketball league now than it was back then. I'm withholding judgment until they've played a bunch of games in the SEC. Impressed so far, no doubt.

 

[Nicktheslick]

This basketball league is going to be more of a meat grinder than the football side. There is no team you can overlook especially on the road.

 

[Nicktheslick]

And yes even Georgia, that Newell dude is for real.

 

[instaGATOR]

And yes even Georgia, that Newell dude is for real.

Georgia's only loss was to #15 Marquette back in Nov in their 6th game.

Okay, but who have they beat in their 12-1 season so far?

#22 St. Johns
GaTech
Notre Dame
And a bunch of other NR'ings like UF has played.

BTW, UF has yet to play a ranked team, while UGly has already played 2, going 1-1.
Just a FYI - I didn't bring the buttsniffers up, and I haven't and don't watch anything but Gator games.

Georgia Bulldogs 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule - ESPN

ESPN has the full 2024-25 Georgia Bulldogs Regular Season NCAAM schedule. Includes game times, TV listings and ticket information for all Bulldogs games.

www.espn.com

 

[Nicktheslick]

Georgia's only loss was to #15 Marquette back in Nov in their 6th game.

Okay, but who have they beat in their 12-1 season so far?

#22 St. Johns
GaTech
Notre Dame
And a bunch of other NR'ings like UF has played.

BTW, UF has yet to play a ranked team, while UGly has already played 2, going 1-1.
Just a FYI - I didn't bring the buttsniffers up, and I haven't and don't watch anything but Gator games.

Georgia Bulldogs 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule - ESPN

ESPN has the full 2024-25 Georgia Bulldogs Regular Season NCAAM schedule. Includes game times, TV listings and ticket information for all Bulldogs games.

www.espn.com

I don’t care for Georgia at all but I have to give credit where it’s due. They are in a far better place than they were.

 

[instaGATOR]

Early Saturday 11:00 AM on ESPN, #6 UF @ #10 Kensucky.

It's in Rupp, but we've beat them there in recent years, more than in the O'Dome.
They look beatable to me as long as the Gators come in ready to go and play their game.

#6. Florida (13-0)​

With 3 Sr Guards that have scored over 1,200 career Pts each.
Bigs = PF/C 6-11, C/PF 6-10, SF 6-9, PF 6-8 -- likely redshirting 7-1, 6-11, 7-9
With the 2nd longest season start win streak in UF history.

#10. Kensucky (11-2) Both losses to NR teams, Clemp's-son & tOSU
CG Otega Oweh 6-4 215 Jr
Pts 15.9, Rbs 3.6, Ast 1.7
Has scored double digits in every game, with 21 pts 3 times.

 

[Gator Fever]

I was looking back at the 06-07 schedule and this year's team is running the table vs 06-07 team. I know there's different players and such but whenever you compare you can see this year's team is very special, SO FAR. Hope they stay healthy!

This team isn't in the league of that 06-07 team. That team starting with the 05-06 SECT was on another level when they took the game as meaningful. In the 06-07 regular season most of their losses were like you see when top NBA teams take the game off mostly. When they turned it on they were probably the best team since they won those championships. Doesn't mean this UF team can contend for a championship though.

 

[gatordad3]

This team isn't in the league of that 06-07 team. That team starting with the 05-06 SECT was on another level when they took the game as meaningful. In the 06-07 regular season most of their losses were like you see when top NBA teams take the game off mostly. When they turned it on they were probably the best team since they won those championships. Doesn't mean this UF team can contend for a championship though.

So much for the media experts who picked that very 05-06 team to finish deep down in the middle of the SEC. All we heard was how we lost well over 60% of our offense with David Lee, Matt Walsh and Anthony Roberson. None of us ever predicted what would happen with the 04's till we watched them kick ass before SEC play.

I also remember some dumbass Gator fans wanting Billy Donovan fired or leaving for Kentucky during the middle of that season.

Just remember, Joakim Noah, Taurean Green struggled during their freshmen seasons while Horford barely set foot on the court. Brewer was the only one who had any upside at the time.

 

[instaGATOR]

This team isn't in the league of that 06-07 team. That team starting with the 05-06 SECT was on another level when they took the game as meaningful. In the 06-07 regular season most of their losses were like you see when top NBA teams take the game off mostly. When they turned it on they were probably the best team since they won those championships. Doesn't mean this UF team can contend for a championship though.

Tom Izzo has led the MichSt Spartans to 8 Final Fours, one national championship, and 26 consecutive NCAA tournaments.
"You have to be good enough to make the Sweet 16, then you have to be lucky enough to win a NC.
Because once you get to those final 16 teams, any of them can win on any given day...."

I'd say that this Gator team is good enough to make the Sweet 16. After that, the LUCK comes into play..........

 

[Gator Fever]

Tom Izzo has led the MichSt Spartans to 8 Final Fours, one national championship, and 26 consecutive NCAA tournaments.
"You have to be good enough to make the Sweet 16, then you have to be lucky enough to win a NC.
Because once you get to those final 16 teams, any of them can win on any given day...."

I'd say that this Gator team is good enough to make the Sweet 16. After that, the LUCK comes into play..........

Most years but teams as good as our back to back championship teams can win it all even with luck going against them some games. I agree this team will need some luck like other top teams this year though.

 

[instaGATOR]

fever - Do I expect them to win the NC? --- NO

Is it possible for them to win a NC, IF they first get to the Sweet-16? --- Yes, in mine and Tom's opinions.

And I'll leave the NC question at that....