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Top Twenty Reasons Florida Will Beat UCLA
ESPN.com ^ | 4/3/06 | Pat Forde

Posted on 04/03/2006 10:58:18 AM PDT by subterfuge

By Pat Forde ESPN.com

1. Find the weakness in Florida. Go ahead. I'll wait

2. Billy Donovan has been here before. Ben Howland has not.

3. Banners don't win championships, players do Tradition is a valuable thing to have on your side in the banter between fans. But UCLA's 11 national championships won't help the Bruins one iota come tipoff Monday.

4. Florida has had the stronger tournament run

5. UCLA used up all its good karma escaping Gonzaga The Bruins' desperate scramble to score the final 11 points of the game and extricate themselves from near-certain defeat was the Rally of the Year. 6. Balance Florida has five players averaging double figures for the season. And for the postseason. And for the NCAA Tournament.

7. Layups, dunks and Lee Humphrey That's been Donovan's offensive mantra this NCAA Tournament. The Gators are pounding it inside, driving hard to the basket, getting high-percentage shots ... or kicking it to Humphrey

8. Corey Brewer: matchup trouble The 6-foot-8 Brewer has had a great Tournament, averaging 14.4 points and making 50 percent of his 3-point shots. He killed George Mason Saturday night, and he'll be a handful for UCLA as well.

9. The Bruins don't want to run with Florida

10. Florida doesn't mind grinding with the Bruins .

11. This is not a dance team mismatch Yes, UCLA's dance team is a No. 1 seed -- one of the strongest No. 1s in recent memory. Wow.

12. Scratching the 10-year title itch It's been a decade since Florida won the national title it most cares about, in football.

20. It's Florida's time It's time for the worshipers of the pointed ball to realize what can happen with the round one. Florida 65, UCLA 59.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.espn.go.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: basketball; bruinruin; bruins; collegebasketball; gaators; gatorbait; marchmadness; ncaa; ucla; uf; universityofflorida
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To: cyn

I was just about to ping you here......LOL

But you beat me.

Looks like this is the only thread on the game!


61 posted on 04/03/2006 7:52:08 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
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To: OXENinFLA

Hey, oxen -- sorry for those orange & blue posts on the 24 thread. heheh.


62 posted on 04/03/2006 7:52:44 PM PDT by cyn (gaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitg)
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To: JulieRNR21

yeah, I was sure there'd be a thread going tonight!

course I can't type AND watch and "whoohooo" all at the same time ... good to see you here. This is wonderful, a good night to be a gator!


63 posted on 04/03/2006 8:01:04 PM PDT by cyn (gaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitg)
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To: cyn; OXENinFLA; bill1952; FRONTLINER; M Kehoe; MinuteGal; Joe Brower

GO GATORS GO!!!!!

64 posted on 04/03/2006 8:12:58 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
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To: JulieRNR21

now 68 - 53! good to get that margin back.


65 posted on 04/03/2006 8:27:29 PM PDT by cyn (gaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitg)
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To: cyn

... with a minute and a half to play, wow, it's gone fast, these last few minutes. I was worried as we lost some of the margin earlier this half.


66 posted on 04/03/2006 8:29:07 PM PDT by cyn (gaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitg)
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To: cyn; OXENinFLA; floriduh voter; All

Congratulations to Florida Gators.....NCAA Champs

67 posted on 04/03/2006 8:33:17 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
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To: cyn

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!


68 posted on 04/03/2006 8:34:12 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: muawiyah

I hate Digger Phelps.


69 posted on 04/03/2006 8:35:31 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: JulieRNR21
Woohoo!

WAY TO GO, GATORS!

Good right to the end!!

70 posted on 04/03/2006 8:36:35 PM PDT by cyn (gaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitg)
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To: dfwgator

This is a great night to have "gator" in you name! Good game, woohoo!


71 posted on 04/03/2006 8:38:47 PM PDT by cyn (gaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitg)
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To: cyn

20. It's Florida's time

Arguably the state richest with athletic talent in America, it has never won a college basketball championship. There are scads of football titles strewn about the place, but nothing in hoops. It's time for the worshipers of the pointed ball to realize what can happen with the round one. Florida 65, UCLA 59.


Actual score: FLA 73 UCLA 57

Congratulations to Billy Donovan and all the FL Gators!


72 posted on 04/03/2006 8:43:25 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
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To: JulieRNR21; dfwgator

yes -- coach gave credit all around just now. I'm watching the highlights now, can't get enough of it! But time for bed.

Later, gators!


73 posted on 04/03/2006 8:52:38 PM PDT by cyn (gaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitgaterbaitg)
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To: cyn

Now if we can help KH also win in 2006.....I'll be doubly happy!

Nite Nite......Sweet Dreams!


74 posted on 04/03/2006 9:06:25 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
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To: Marius3188

Ah yes, 1996. Wasn't that the infamous do-over game?


75 posted on 04/04/2006 8:36:18 AM PDT by elc
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To: JulieRNR21

woo hoo!


76 posted on 04/04/2006 9:02:48 AM PDT by floriduh voter ( www.conservative-spirit.org www.tg2006.com Tom Gallagher 4 Governor)
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To: Richard Kimball
Spurrier reminds me of Bobby Knight. If they had a personality contest there might not be a winner

I'll send you a hundred bucks if you're not a loser Bulldog or UT fan that got pissed at all the losing to the GATORS. I suppose you could also be a Kentucky, VAndy, South CArolina fan also. Your ridiculous comparison reveals your lack of intelligence.

77 posted on 04/05/2006 8:06:42 AM PDT by subterfuge ("The GATOR boys are HOT right now."---Joakim Noah)
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To: muawiyah
Those assets were not very good on holding the lead. There are only 3 Florida players who carry the load when Humphrey is off his feed, and he will be tonight. Can you say "partytime". I think part of your impression of Florida's capabilities comes from too much watching of their games in an otherwise weak conference. Then, too, there's that NBA thing, and these guys know the NBA scouts are in the audience.

How is that crow tasting muawiyah? It appears everything I said came to pass, and everything YOU said was hogwash! Who was your pick to win it all? Duke? Ha! The Gators would have annihilated them!

78 posted on 04/05/2006 8:11:07 AM PDT by subterfuge ("The GATOR boys are HOT right now."---Joakim Noah)
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To: skaterboy
There are a few people on ESPN who know what they are talking about but I dont consider this guy one of them

Well he was sure right on this particular team, eh? The GATORS dominated the entire tournament. The only team that gave them a decent game was Georgetown.

79 posted on 04/05/2006 8:13:22 AM PDT by subterfuge ("The GATOR boys are HOT right now."---Joakim Noah)
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To: subterfuge
You still had Humphrey avoiding mixups under the nets. Why is that?

Having watched the entire game very carefully I'd suggest that if the referees had stopped play every time your young traveler shuffled his feet wrong or forgot to dribble the ball, we'd still be watching it 3 days later!

A correctly referred game would have put Florida out in the first round.

80 posted on 04/05/2006 8:15:03 AM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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