>From scout or rivals (not sure which) 4 of the top 17 recruits in UF history >will be in uniform next year; Nembhard and the three new guys...
-Zeb Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 24, 2019, at 2:30 PM, Charlie <imaga...@outlook.com> wrote: > > I think Coach White better show some serious improvement next season or this > time next year we'll be discussing who the next Mens BB coach will be. > Charlie > >> On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 8:35 AM Broadreach Financial Services >> <broadreach...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> Congratulations to the Gator Men’s Basketball Team, Coach Mike White and his >> staff on a great year of building and development of our program. This young >> team, led by dedicated, but in different ways flawed Seniors should be proud >> of their leadership, growth and all the while maintaining the Gators as an >> SEC and NCAA relevant team! >> >> Go Gators! 🐊 >> >> >> Michigan Wolverines’ pink shoe superstition helps takes them to the Sweet 16 >> >> Read more here: >> https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/article228337699.html#storylink=cpy >> >> Michigan’s Zavier Simpson (3) drives against Florida’s Andrew Nembhard, >> left, Kevarrius Hayes (13) and Jalen Hudson (3) during the first half of a >> second round men’s college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, in Des >> Moines, Iowa, Saturday, March 23, 2019. NATI HARNIK AP >> >> Read more here: >> https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/article228337699.html#storylink=cpy >> >> https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/article228337699.html >> BY JASON DILL >> THE MIAMI HERALD >> Additional article content not readily reproduced here can be seen at URL at >> the top of the story. >> The Michigan Wolverines continued flexing Big Ten muscle in the 2019 NCAA >> men’s basketball tournament, dispatching the Florida Gators with ease on >> Saturday, 64-49. >> >> Now the Wolverines head to the Sweet 16 next week in Anaheim, California, >> against the winner of Sunday’s second-round game between Buffalo and Texas >> Tech. >> >> Most of Michigan’s players wore pink shoes against the Gators. >> >> But why? >> >> >> >> Well, the Wolverines wore the pink kicks in 2018 to raise awareness for >> breast cancer. Then they reeled off 14 straight victories in getting to last >> year’s national championship game. >> >> Despite that ending in a loss to Villanova, the Wolverines kept the >> superstitious shoes in style for this season and they continued the trend in >> yet another tournament run. >> >> To get to the Sweet 16, it meant avenging a football bowl loss to Florida. >> >> UF dismantled the Wolverines in this year’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at >> Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The New Year’s Six bowl game wasn’t close >> with the Gators winning 41-15. >> >> But that was on the gridiron and Michigan showed superiority on the hardwood >> as Jordan Poole led the Wolverines with 19 points. >> >> >> Read more here: >> https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/article228337699.html#storylink=cpy >> Michigan returning to Sweet 16 after toppling Florida 64-49 >> >> https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-florida/article228341909.html >> BY ERIC OLSON AP SPORTS WRITER >> THE MIAMI HERALD >> Additional article content not readily reproduced here can be seen at URL at >> the top of the story. >> >> DES MOINES, IOWA >> Michigan's biggest concern against Florida was facing the Gators' lockdown >> defense. >> >> The solution? Beat Florida at its own game. >> >> Michigan is back in the Sweet 16 for the third consecutive year after >> pulling away for a 64-49 win in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on >> Saturday. The Wolverines held Florida to its lowest point total of the >> season. >> >> "Holding this team to 49 points is incredible," Michigan coach John Beilein >> said. "That's how we won the game." >> >> The 10th-seeded Gators (20-16) shot just 29 percent in the second half and >> 34.5 percent for the game as Michigan, the No. 2 seed in the West Region, >> advanced to the Sweet 16 for the fifth time in the last seven years. The >> Wolverines are the 2018 national runner-up. >> >> Jordan Poole scored 19 points and the Wolverines took charge in the final >> minutes as Florida became the eighth Michigan opponent to fail to crack 50 >> points. Charles Matthews said the emphasis on defense began last summer. >> >> "Guys playing one-on-one sun-up to sundown," he said. "Nobody wanted to get >> embarrassed and get talked about the next day." >> >> The matchup of two of the nation's highest-ranked defenses often produced >> rag-tag play. Florida played its usual combination defenses and caused >> confusion — Ignas Brazdeikis had an entry pass intended for him sail right >> past him out of bounds, and the 7-foot-1 Jon Teske fumbled the ball down low >> repeatedly as the Gators swatted at it. >> >> Even so, the Gators couldn't slow Poole, who made four 3-pointers, or >> overcome their poor shooting. >> >> "I thought they were super disruptive on the defensive end," said Jalen >> Hudson, who led the Gators with 11 points. "It was pretty hard for us to get >> into the lane and really shake them." >> >> Zavier Simpson had nine points, nine rebounds and nine assists, while Teske >> had eight points to go with 10 rebounds. >> >> Florida kept it close with its 3-point shooting in the first half, but >> Brazdeikis' 3-pointer started an 11-0 run to open the second that put >> Michigan up 43-28. >> >> "We made some adjustments at halftime," Matthews said. "We wanted to shut >> off the water. The coaching staff did a great job and we just followed the >> plan." >> >> Florida wasn't done, though. The Gators scored nine straight points to close >> the gap before Poole was fouled shooting a 3 and made all three free throws. >> >> The Michigan lead was back to double digits when Livers took a bounce pass >> from Brazdeikis, drove on Kevarrius Hayes, got fouled and made the free >> throw with 7 ½ minutes left. >> >> The Gators kept it close in the first half by making 6 of 12 3-pointers. But >> they missed eight of their first nine from distance in the second half and >> eventually tired against the bigger Wolverines. >> >> Michigan outscored the Gators 13-5 to end the game and finished with >> authority as Isaiah Livers and Poole thrilled their cheering section with >> thunderous dunks. >> >> "Second half it got away from us," Florida coach Mike White said. "We didn't >> make the best decisions offensively. I thought we played really hard second >> half and left it on the floor. Playing behind the second half, we expended a >> lot of energy." >> >> BIG PICTURE >> >> Florida: The Gators played one of the toughest schedules in the country and >> turned it up at the end of the season after finishing eighth in the >> Southeastern Conference. Florida upset LSU to make the NCAA Tournament for a >> third year in a row under White. The Gators beat Nevada in the first round >> but met their match against a Michigan team that mixes a lockdown defense >> with an offense with multiple threats. >> >> Michigan: Michigan's only three losses since mid-February were to Michigan >> State. The Wolverines are 30-3 against everybody else this season. >> >> IGGY'S TOUGH DAY >> >> Brazdeikis, the Big Ten freshman of the year, never quite got going. He >> missed five of his first six shots and went to the bench with his second >> foul with 3:50 left in the first half. >> >> Michigan went right to him to start the second half. He launched a 3 from >> the top of the key that popped up out of the basket and dropped straight >> through, with the big freshman running backward down the court with both >> arms raised. He never scored another point, but his bucket started an 11-0 >> run that put the Wolverines up 43-28. >> >> UP NEXT >> >> Florida: Season over. >> >> Michigan: The Wolverines play a West Region semifinal in Anaheim, >> California, Thursday against the winner of Sunday's game between Buffalo and >> Texas Tech. >> >> <NCAA_Florida_Michigan_Basketball_21617.jpeg><NCAA_Florida_Michigan_Basketball_62488.jpeg><NCAA_Florida_Michigan_Basketball_18114.jpeg> >> 1 >> of 5 >> Florida center Kevarrius Hayes walks off the court after a second round >> men's college basketball game against Michigan in the NCAA Tournament, >> Saturday, March 23, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. Michigan won 64-49.CHARLIE >> NEIBERGALLAP PHOTO >> >> Read more here: >> https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-florida/article228341909.html#storylink=cpyRead >> more here: >> https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-florida/article228341909.html#storylink=cpy >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 >> National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 >> National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "GatorNews" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gatornews+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier > (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatortalk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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