That's usually the case when you lose 7 to the NBA. Pretty amazing how good we are considering that tho. Me thinks.
Now That Florida is Back
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I think Florida made a very good hire. I am impressed with Mike White. I believe he will recruit well in Gainesville and keep Florida at the top. Let's face it - nobody in the SEC has really competed year in and year out with Calipari - but White is 20 years younger than Calipari - in 4 or 5 years he could be the guy in the SEC.
Go Big Blue!
And in the last 20 years we have more titles and final fours than your team has in their entire history. See how easy it was to make you look very stupid?
Nope! Don't have our basketball history or Bamas football history. Like I said, good at both but not great at either. But I guess that's nice too. Enjoy!
Kentucky hasn't lost this year? When they did were you guys claiming it to be the end of an era?
Or John Wall, Anthony Davis, CAT, Eric Bledsoe, Brandon Knight, Big Cuz, Booker ...............
Or the next Anthony Davis, John Wall, Demarcus Cousins, Nerlins Noel, Julius Randle, Jamal Murray, Tyler Ulis, Karl Townes, Michael Kidd Gilchrist, Eric Bledsoe, Willie Cauley Stein, James Young…. I think you get the picture.
You see that's where you're wrong… again. Nobody was calling for Calipari to be fired. GTFOH with that crap.
I just don't understand someone calling for a coaches head coming off back to back final 4s and your team is still top 25.
Yeah, but I wasn't one of them professor. If you look back, I have actually been calling out those people and defending my coach.
Posts like this make me scratch my head. We still have to play Florida in Gainesville and given our performance on the road this year; who knows what will happen down there.
We've lost two games for sure we should have won. Auburn and Tennessee.
So, let's see how it goes this year then we can worry about the distant future.
Unless they are in fact trolls, or have a personal vendetta or dislike for coach Cal.
Its still gonna be Florida. They'll start having some really good teams soon. If they only lose DFS and bring everyone else back they'll be top 25 next year. guys like Allen, Egbunu, Robinson, Chiozza, Francis-Ramirez, Hayes, and even Hill and Leon should all be improved from this season. I don't see them being top 10 good, but they should definitely be a top 25 caliber team next season. Other than that. A&M is going to continue to bring in good players and they should be pretty good next year too. Auburn could be on the rise as well. And maybe Rick Barnes brings Tennessee back from the depths in the next few years. And also. Bama and Mississippi St even has some good players coming in next year. Mississippi State has several 4 stars coming in.
First of all, congratulations on your win at Rupp. I think too many of you enjoyed that butt-kicking of the Gators! Don't lie!
Would Florida had a better chance in this game if it was played earlier in January at your place? btw, Kentucky still has to visit Gainesville, so, see you then.
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Historically, Florida has won the SEC title in three of the last five years and Kentucky has won three SEC titles in the last six years. So, Florida is not going anywhere and are still in contention for this year's SEC title along with up to 6-9 other teams.
The SEC has been very competitive this year. This week, LSU (8-2) has a chance to put some distance from the other contenders if it can defeat South Carolina on the road and Texas A&M at home.
With Texas A&M's loss to South Carolina, Florida (6-4) is still in a 3rd place tied with Georgia (6-4) of all teams while UK (7-3) went up to a 2nd place tie (w/USC & A&M). After your game today, I really think that Florida has a much more favorable schedule than what Kentucky will have.
http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_355_Men.html
In the SEC, Florida has been 5-0 at home (6-0 with WVU win) but only 1-4 on the road. However, the Gators have already played Tenn, Vandy, Texas A&M, and Kentucky on the road. Ole Miss has been UF's only road win. This is what is left on UF's schedule:
UF (H): Miss, Alabama, Vandy, Kentucky
UF (A): Georgia, USC, LSU, Missouri
http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_357_Men.html
Kentucky has also been 5-0 at home but 2-3 (2-4 with KU loss) on the road. I really think that the difficulty of your schedule is kind of back loaded and more difficult.
UK (H): Georgia, Tenn, Alabama, LSU
UK (A): USC, Texas A&M, ?Vandy, Florida
The SEC is still wide open with many contenders left. Even teams like Ole Miss (5-5) & Georgia (5-5) can get hot and finish their season strong. We still have all of February to see how everyone will do in the SEC.
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Yeah it aint no mystery we are struggling lil bit this year. That being said we had many of dominating halfs this year and we will have more. Even though we have struggled in few games. We can show up and just about out talent eveyone in country. That also being said most our talent is young like allways hince the 6 losses etc.. When we go to odome yeah we might take an L but If our Team that showed up against Kansas,Mizz,Ark, UF. I like our chances at the O dome plus I would Like our chances against anyone in country. We are Young and this Kentucky team has yet to reach their ceiling. Heck they are not even half way to their ceiling. I can see this team making a deep run but due to youth of team. I also can see us upset early in march or a loss at UF. This team does keep you guessing but I like our talent pretty much against anyone anywhere in country. We recently showed that at Kansas where a top 3 team on the biggest home court advantage had to shoot 47 FT's and take us to OT to escape. What Kentucky will you get? The the one that just played or the one that got beat by UT.
First of all, congratulations on your win at Rupp. I think too many of you enjoyed that butt-kicking of the Gators! Don't lie!
Would Florida had a better chance in this game if it was played earlier in January at your place? btw, Kentucky still has to visit Gainesville, so, see you then.
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Historically, Florida has won the SEC title in three of the last five years and Kentucky has won three SEC titles in the last six years. So, Florida is not going anywhere and are still in contention for this year's SEC title along with up to 6-9 other teams.
The SEC has been very competitive this year. This week, LSU (8-2) has a chance to put some distance from the other contenders if it can defeat South Carolina on the road and Texas A&M at home.
With Texas A&M's loss to South Carolina, Florida (6-4) is still in a 3rd place tied with Georgia (6-4) of all teams while UK (7-3) went up to a 2nd place tie (w/USC & A&M). After your game today, I really think that Florida has a much more favorable schedule than what Kentucky will have.
http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_355_Men.html
In the SEC, Florida has been 5-0 at home (6-0 with WVU win) but only 1-4 on the road. However, the Gators have already played Tenn, Vandy, Texas A&M, and Kentucky on the road. Ole Miss has been UF's only road win. This is what is left on UF's schedule:
UF (H): Miss, Alabama, Vandy, Kentucky
UF (A): Georgia, USC, LSU, Missouri
http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_357_Men.html
Kentucky has also been 5-0 at home but 2-3 (2-4 with KU loss) on the road. I really think that the difficulty of your schedule is kind of back loaded and more difficult.
UK (H): Georgia, Tenn, Alabama, LSU
UK (A): USC, Texas A&M, ?Vandy, Florida
The SEC is still wide open with many contenders left. Even teams like Ole Miss (5-5) & Georgia (5-5) can get hot and finish their season strong. We still have all of February to see how everyone will do in the SEC.
First, Kentucky has a winning record in your swimming pool arena. Second, all those accomplishments came from your former coach. It's a whole new ballgame with a new coach. Nothing out there today showed me he's anywhere close to what you've lost.
Kentucky may not win by 19 in Gainesville, but Kentucky certainly should be favored to win the game there. If they decide to play, they'll probably win by about 8-10.
Historically, that will make the series 99-37, so not competitive at all. In addition, next year should cross the century mark against the Gators. For such a momentous occasion, Florida should do something to honor Kentucky for that remarkable accomplishment.
Pretty decent post but you should try harder to get Georgia's record right. Is it 6-4 or 5-5?First of all, congratulations on your win at Rupp. I think too many of you enjoyed that butt-kicking of the Gators! Don't lie!
Would Florida had a better chance in this game if it was played earlier in January at your place? btw, Kentucky still has to visit Gainesville, so, see you then.
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Historically, Florida has won the SEC title in three of the last five years and Kentucky has won three SEC titles in the last six years. So, Florida is not going anywhere and are still in contention for this year's SEC title along with up to 6-9 other teams.
The SEC has been very competitive this year. This week, LSU (8-2) has a chance to put some distance from the other contenders if it can defeat South Carolina on the road and Texas A&M at home.
With Texas A&M's loss to South Carolina, Florida (6-4) is still in a 3rd place tied with Georgia (6-4) of all teams while UK (7-3) went up to a 2nd place tie (w/USC & A&M). After your game today, I really think that Florida has a much more favorable schedule than what Kentucky will have.
http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_355_Men.html
In the SEC, Florida has been 5-0 at home (6-0 with WVU win) but only 1-4 on the road. However, the Gators have already played Tenn, Vandy, Texas A&M, and Kentucky on the road. Ole Miss has been UF's only road win. This is what is left on UF's schedule:
UF (H): Miss, Alabama, Vandy, Kentucky
UF (A): Georgia, USC, LSU, Missouri
http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_357_Men.html
Kentucky has also been 5-0 at home but 2-3 (2-4 with KU loss) on the road. I really think that the difficulty of your schedule is kind of back loaded and more difficult.
UK (H): Georgia, Tenn, Alabama, LSU
UK (A): USC, Texas A&M, ?Vandy, Florida
The SEC is still wide open with many contenders left. Even teams like Ole Miss (5-5) & Georgia (5-5) can get hot and finish their season strong. We still have all of February to see how everyone will do in the SEC.
As a Florida fan, I am cautiously optimistic about White. The team this year is a bit inconsistent. Playing two games like a final four contender then playing one game like a NIT cellar dweller.
Not sure if that is mostly on the players or the coach. Or equally both. But they have been playing better as of late, the game yesterday not with standing.
Not sure if that is mostly on the players or the coach. Or equally both. But they have been playing better as of late, the game yesterday not with standing.
Not that it changes your point a whole lot, but Florida has been to three Finals.
Real Time RPI has not been updated for yesterday's games, but that site projects a 6 point Florida win in the rematch
Massey's Ratings gives Florida over a 60% chance of winning the the rematch, which equates to about a 5 or 6 point win.
Hopefully White pucks up where Billy left off. The SEC needs Florida and a few other programs to be consistently good. I think Frank Martin will get South Carolina to be a legit threat on a consistent basis and I think aTm has proven they can be better than mediocre but programs like Georgia, Auburn, the Mississippi schools, Tennessee and Alabama need to take basketball more seriously. I think they started to by hiring top coaches the last couple years. We now have good coaches at Mississippi State, USC and Auburn. So far I like what I see out of White, he looks intense and seems to have a good coaching mind. The question is. Can he recruit??? Time will tell.
Is that with or without Poythress? You see, your other Florida fans don't like to hear or believe this but Poythress is a load to handle and is a big part of what UK does on both ends of the court. He didn't play yesterday.
So if UK is tied for 2nd place with 2 other teams, how in the hell could Florida he in 3rd?