Florida’s crazy run

[Pitt666]

3 straight wins after being down 9. They were tied with UConn with 2 minutes to go, yet found a way to win and are now national champs. Unlike Pitt who found a way to lose against Butler in their round of 32 matchup.

Yet, Florida had one of the hardest paths ever. Excluding the round of 64, they had a back-to-back champ top 10 preseason 8 seed, a 4 seed, a 3, seed, the number overall 1 seed, and needed to beat a 1 seed for the title. This will likely be the new path needed for champs as Florida’s 2006 run as a 3 seed beating a 14, 11, 7, 1, 11, 2 to win it all is likely never to happen again with NIL.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

3 straight wins after being down 9. They were tied with UConn with 2 minutes to go, yet found a way to win and are now national champs. Unlike Pitt who found a way to lose against Butler in their round of 32 matchup.

Yet, Florida had one of the hardest paths ever. Excluding the round of 64, they had a back-to-back champ top 10 preseason 8 seed, a 4 seed, a 3, seed, the number overall 1 seed, and needed to beat a 1 seed for the title. This will likely be the new path needed for champs as Florida’s 2006 run as a 3 seed beating a 14, 11, 7, 1, 11, 2 to win it all is likely never to happen again with NIL.

They reminded me of Pitt in that they got down 9 every game.

 

[FireballZ]

Are you two twins? Possibly Siamese?

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

I know basketball is a game of runs, but my assistant coaching staff might include a sports psychologist and possibly a hypnotist. Almost every game I watched involved one team obtaining a 10+ point lead and then seemingly getting complacent and losing it. It's gotten to a straight WWF point, where a guy get pummeled for an entire match and then hulks up or makes a hot tag.

The rate at which these large leads disappear is insane. The team that is up starts playing completely differently, while the other teams becomes hyper-focused.

 

[Pitt666]

I know basketball is a game of runs, but my assistant coaching staff might include a sports psychologist and possibly a hypnotist. Almost every game I watched involved one team obtaining a 10+ point lead and then seemingly getting complacent and losing it. It's gotten to a straight WWF point, where a guy get pummeled for an entire match and then hulks up or makes a hot tag.

The rate at which these large leads disappear is insane. The team that is up starts playing completely differently, while the other teams becomes hyper-focused.

Florida was the deepest of the final four teams, all of which were historic from an efficiency standpoint. Made for some interesting games to watch and likely for major fan base heart attacks.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Florida was the deepest of the final four teams, all of which were historic from an efficiency standpoint. Made for some interesting games to watch and likely for major fan base heart attacks.

I don't know if they were deeper than Duke. I looked at a mock draft that had like 6-7 Duke guys getting drafted.

 

[Pitt666]

I don't know if they were deeper than Duke. I looked at a mock draft that had like 6-7 Duke guys getting drafted.

Duke was probably the most talented and with most potential. But at present, Florida could run 7-8 with solid minutes. Even now. Clayton is still a late first/second round mock. But if they land guards they still have Condon, Hough, Chenyuli returning and could make another run.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Duke was probably the most talented and with most potential. But at present, Florida could run 7-8 with solid minutes. Even now. Clayton is still a late first/second round mock. But if they land guards they still have Condon, Hough, Chenyuli returning and could make another run.

I'm assuming Duke could do the same. I mean, at the end of the day they were pretty similar, though. If anything, I would say Duke should have beat Houston and Florida should have lost to them. If you shuffled those FF teams up and picked the matchups up out of a hat, it might take a while to get a repeat winner.

 

[TD_6082]

Florida did it with ZERO top 100 recruits

No top-100 recruits but at least three NBA players? How development is the secret sauce behind Florida's rise

Florida's staff is on the verge of owning the crown as the best developmental staff in college basketball.

www.cbssports.com

 

[thebadby2]

I'm assuming Duke could do the same. I mean, at the end of the day they were pretty similar, though. If anything, I would say Duke should have beat Houston and Florida should have lost to them. If you shuffled those FF teams up and picked the matchups up out of a hat, it might take a while to get a repeat winner.

Duke was loaded, had it all--talent, length, shooting, rebounding, defense, depth, all of it. They were the best team in the field and if they played Houston or FL 10 times, they'd probably win 7-8--but as we all know and as we see every year, that doesn't guarantee anyone anything in March.

 

[thebadby2]

Florida did it with ZERO top 100 recruits

No top-100 recruits but at least three NBA players? How development is the secret sauce behind Florida's rise

Florida's staff is on the verge of owning the crown as the best developmental staff in college basketball.

www.cbssports.com

The article credits Florida for "developing" players that spent 4 years as outstanding players at mid-majors before coming to Florida.

Come on now.

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

I saw a quote that Florida had no top 100 recruits. I'm not going to go year by year to confirm but they definitely had a lot of 23 year old guys who weren't elite enough to join the NBA but stayed in college hoops long enough to really learn how to play (mostly from other coaches!) I mean sorta true of Houston too though Sampson kept most of his guys in place. And Auburn had the oldest team in the country.

 

[Pitt666]

I saw a quote that Florida had no top 100 recruits. I'm not going to go year by year to confirm but they definitely had a lot of 23 year old guys who weren't elite enough to join the NBA but stayed in college hoops long enough to really learn how to play (mostly from other coaches!) I mean sorta true of Houston too though Sampson kept most of his guys in place. And Auburn had the oldest team in the country.

Which you wonder how to play the NIL game going forward. Most assume pay for the transfers who have proved it already, but you certainly don’t pass on a Cooper Flagg out of high school…An older Duke team likely could have withered Houston’s late push, but they did not have that experience before. They were that good but just missing experience.

 

[TD_6082]

Which you wonder how to play the NIL game going forward. Most assume pay for the transfers who have proved it already, but you certainly don’t pass on a Cooper Flagg out of high school…An older Duke team likely could have withered Houston’s late push, but they did not have that experience before. They were that good but just missing experience.

Duke was the best team in the tourney. They controlled most of the game. They simply failed to close them out. The guy that did the most self-inflicted damage was Proctor, and he has the most experience. Duke was also atrocious in-bounding the ball down the stretch.

 

[thebadby2]

Duke was the best team in the tourney. They controlled most of the game. They simply failed to close them out. The guy that did the most self-inflicted damage was Proctor, and he has the most experience. Duke was also atrocious in-bounding the ball down the stretch.

Exactly--was just gonna mention that one of Duke's most experienced players was the worst Duke player on the floor most of the night.