Losing to Georgia

[LizardGrad89]

Not a shocker.

When I saw that Georgia was one of the first 4 out, I knew the fix was in to get them that big win to get them into the tourney. SEC has two goals every basketball season: To get as many teams in the NCAA as possible, and get Kentucky a #1 seed. Well, UK isn't good enough this year for that seeding, no matter how much help they get, but Florida has always been the SEC's favorite whipping boy when somebody else is on the bubble and needs a win. And here we are.

Hoping the boys can win the 5 on 8 matchup anyway.

 

[Gator Fever]

Not a shocker.

When I saw that Georgia was one of the first 4 out, I knew the fix was in to get them that big win to get them into the tourney. SEC has two goals every basketball season: To get as many teams in the NCAA as possible, and get Kentucky a #1 seed. Well, UK isn't good enough this year for that seeding, no matter how much help they get, but Florida has always been the SEC's favorite whipping boy when somebody else is on the bubble and needs a win. And here we are.

Hoping the boys can win the 5 on 8 matchup anyway.

Refs were definitely helping them.

 

[Countygator1]

Candidly if we just make our free throws we win. We were awful from the line tonight. Great comeback. Dawgs won't most likely won't make the tourney.

 

[TEBOW TIME]

Candidly if we just make our free throws we win. We were awful from the line tonight.

ditto

 

[LTGator]

Candidly if we just make our free throws we win. We were awful from the line tonight. Great comeback. Dawgs won't most likely won't make the tourney.

Agreed. However that sure looked like a travel when the UGA player jumped and landed with the ball near half court (and I’m not referring to the no call back court inadvertent whistle against UF that was the correct call).

 

[Countygator1]

Agreed. However that sure looked like a travel when the UGA player jumped and landed with the ball near half court (and I’m not referring to the no call back court inadvertent whistle against UF that was the correct call).

No question dawgs benefited in the first 30 minutes from the calls. But that tends to happen at home. Gators need to beat AM, Beat Ole Miss and that should be enough to get us at least a 2 seed. Losing on the road to Bama won't hurt us.

 

[LizardGrad89]

No question dawgs benefited in the first 30 minutes from the calls. But that tends to happen at home. Gators need to beat AM, Beat Ole Miss and that should be enough to get us at least a 2 seed. Losing on the road to Bama won't hurt us.

We'll have to see what teams in the SEC tourney need a win. They always seem to get just enough, particularly if they are on our side of the bracket.

 

[Steveerino]

Refs were definitely helping them.

The old ref deal again.

 

[46885]

Not a shocker.

When I saw that Georgia was one of the first 4 out, I knew the fix was in to get them that big win to get them into the tourney. SEC has two goals every basketball season: To get as many teams in the NCAA as possible, and get Kentucky a #1 seed. Well, UK isn't good enough this year for that seeding, no matter how much help they get, but Florida has always been the SEC's favorite whipping boy when somebody else is on the bubble and needs a win. And here we are.

Hoping the boys can win the 5 on 8 matchup anyway.

The reason I even know Pat Adams name is because of Kentucky fans, this game had bubble madness victory written all over it for weeks the way UGA has kept losing and building to this one moment.. Why would they choose the big game "fixer upper" officials for such a medial mid week SEC game like this? Oh... Especially the way the 2nd half started, we IMMEDIATELY had 5 "fouls" called on us to keep the tone set.. Look we all watch basketball and see the officials always help the team that is behind, we know better than anyone because even when we're beating teams brains in by 30 at home we watch the other team get the whistle just because and shoot 25 free throws..

Florida gets the f*** you treatment in every game, just use your eyes.. The reality is Florida is just so good this year they keep overcoming it, you can blame it on free throws but we still scored 83 ****ing points that's more than enough for this team to beat anyone as we literally average giving up 66 a game.. It keeps showing how hard It is to kill this team, if a manufactured 39-13 lead still found UF with a lead with a minute left.. Good luck, because this team is used to being f'ed by the officials, it's just another day to them.. Look no further than that disgrace of a NCAA Tournament game by yacht boy whistling us for a foul every possession the 2nd half of the Colorado game then the final nail with the push off on the winning basket for them.. The only Florida teams that ever win anything in any sport are always just so good they simply overcome all the bullshit, they were doing this same thing to even our back to back team in 07 at the end of the SEC season that year where we got whacked on the road at UT, Vandy and even LSU that year, then we started beating everyone so badly again from the Kentucky and SEC tournament on there was nothing anyone could do to get in that teams way..

Every single bubble team since Saturday that's played at home against a ranked team has not only covered, they've won outright. Four of them now being SEC teams.. It happens every single year

 

[Nicktheslick]

The reason I even know Pat Adams name is because of Kentucky fans, this game had bubble madness victory written all over it for weeks the way UGA has kept losing and building to this one moment.. Why would they choose the big game "fixer upper" officials for such a medial mid week SEC game like this? Oh... Especially the way the 2nd half started, we IMMEDIATELY had 5 "fouls" called on us to keep the tone set.. Look we all watch basketball and see the officials always help the team that is behind, we know better than anyone because even when we're beating teams brains in by 30 at home we watch the other team get the whistle just because and shoot 25 free throws..

Florida gets the f*** you treatment in every game, just use your eyes.. The reality is Florida is just so good this year they keep overcoming it, you can blame it on free throws but we still scored 83 ****ing points that's more than enough for this team to beat anyone as we literally average giving up 66 a game.. It keeps showing how hard It is to kill this team, if a manufactured 39-13 lead still found UF with a lead with a minute left.. Good luck, because this team is used to being f'ed by the officials, it's just another day to them.. Look no further than that disgrace of a NCAA Tournament game by yacht boy whistling us for a foul every possession the 2nd half of the Colorado game then the final nail with the push off on the winning basket for them.. The only Florida teams that ever win anything in any sport are always just so good they simply overcome all the bullshit, they were doing this same thing to even our back to back team in 07 at the end of the SEC season that year where we got whacked on the road at UT, Vandy and even LSU that year, then we started beating everyone so badly again from the Kentucky and SEC tournament on there was nothing anyone could do to get in that teams way..

Every single bubble team since Saturday that's played at home against a ranked team has not only covered, they've won outright. Four of them now being SEC teams.. It happens every single year

You make some really good points.

 

[Nicktheslick]

Several times Haugh made clean blocks only to be whistled for the foul. Pat Adams was in panic mode when we actually overcame the 26 point deficit.

 

[LizardGrad89]

So thanks to the SEC theft in Athens, instead of being SEC champs (Co champs) and being the #1 seed in the SEC Tournament and the #1 overall seed, and as such the top seed in the South, we are the #2 seed in the SEC, no title, and still slated to be the #1 seed out West, where we would have to deal with being far from our fans, and three time zones over. That's a hard path.

Good news is that Auburn lost (thank you Bama!), so we now have the same overall record, and if we win the SEC tourney we will have a better record than them, and maybe also two wins over them, which should be enough to propel us past them to the South top seed. Duke may end up the #1 overall seed, but they will be the #1 seed in the East. I just want to be #1 in the South or #2 in the East, and not go out West, and we have a path to that now.

But we should have had a piece of the SEC title, dammit!

Just to be clear, not a Georgia thing. It's the SEC pushing to get as many teams in the NCAA's as possible. Let me say, looking at bracketology, it seems Oklahoma needs a win, Arky needs a win, and Texas needs two wins and probably some help. And lo and behold, none of these teams face each other in the first round. Nothing is a sure thing, a team could just play so bad no amount of ref help makes a difference, but I see these teams getting exactly this number of tourney wins.

 

[NavigatorII]

Candidly if we just make our free throws we win. We were awful from the line tonight. Great comeback. Dawgs won't most likely won't make the tourney.

This was covered in the main season thread. As crappy as we played the first half and dug the huge hole, we take care of business at the free throw stripe and we still win by 6 or 7. Every loss this season (and there are not many), we lost because of shooting bricks at the charity stripe. The only exception was at UT on the road, and every team has one of those road games when nothing is going in. Ask Auburn. 😂

 

[gatordad3]

This was covered in the main season thread. As crappy as we played the first half and dug the huge hole, we take care of business at the free throw stripe and we still win by 6 or 7. Every loss this season (and there are not many), we lost because of shooting bricks at the charity stripe. The only exception was at UT on the road, and every team has one of those road games when nothing is going in. Ask Auburn. 😂

Against Georgia, even our best FT shooters had an off night. Yesterday it was mainly Condon and Chinlyeu at the line. Clayton Jr and Martin should have been at the FT line at least on 4-5 different occasions apiece. This season, I feel far more comfortable with Haugh at the FT line as he is shooting around 81%, which is a 20% improvement from last season.

 

[NavigatorII]

Against Georgia, even our best FT shooters had an off night. Yesterday it was mainly Condon and Chinlyeu at the line. Clayton Jr and Martin should have been at the FT line at least on 4-5 different occasions apiece. This season, I feel far more comfortable with Haugh at the FT line as he is shooting around 81%, which is a 20% improvement from last season.

I've never understood why the big guys struggle so much at the line though. Is it because they are so tall they are almost shooting almost down at the rim? This goes way back to the Wilt Chamberlain days. I just don't get it.

 

[gatordad3]

I've never understood why the big guys struggle so much at the line though. Is it because they are so tall they are almost shooting almost down at the rim? This goes way back to the Wilt Chamberlain days. I just don't get it.

It's mostly been like that with our bigs historically, with the exception of Schintzius, Horford and Noah, who were between 68-70 something percent at the line. Patric Young and Will Yeguette were not exactly great shooters at the line themselves.

 

[GatorGray]

I've never understood why the big guys struggle so much at the line though. Is it because they are so tall they are almost shooting almost down at the rim? This goes way back to the Wilt Chamberlain days. I just don't get it.

i think this is exactly it...not shooting down, per se but the shot is almost flat. They would probably do better to shoot underhand, al la the Barry's.