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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2014 10:47:14 GMT -5
Florida bench playing role in success - Besides the 9 ship players mentioned, Jacob Kurtz, a 6'6"/210 walkon, can come off the bench to play defense, rebound, and press. Jacob doesn't have much offensive ability, but he knows the system and he is scrappy at everything else. I consider the Gators capable of going 10 deep in a pinch. Obviously, you have to get the ship players the minutes and the development as they have much higher ceilings, but Jacob Kurtz is a player:
By Kevin Brockway
Staff writer
Published: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 9:33 p.m.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Florida coach Billy Donovan talked about the importance of using his bench more following last week's three-game homestand.
On Tuesday night, UF's bench stepped up during its 67-58 win at Tennessee. Florida outscored the Volunteers' bench 14-6, with some surprise contributors.
Sophomore forward DeVon Walker chipped in with six points and a steal, going 2-for-2 from 3-point range. It was just the second time this season, and first time in SEC play, that Walker made two 3-pointers in a game. Walker entered the Tennessee game shooting just 22.9 percent from beyond the arc, with his last 3-pointer coming Jan. 23 at Alabama.
“DeVon gave us good minutes,” Donovan said. “He knocked down two 3s which was good to see, considering he has not shot the ball particularly well, and it's hard to shoot the ball well when you have sporadic minutes like he does. But he gave us a great boost.”
Freshman point guard Kasey Hill added four points and two steals in 20 minutes off the bench, and sophomore forward Dorian Finney-Smith had four points, five rebounds and three assists in 27 minutes. Freshman forward Chris Walker, in his third game, had no points and three rebounds in five minutes.
“Those guys were huge, especially DeVon,” Florida senior center Patric Young said. “I know he's been struggling a little bit with his confidence. For him to come in there and knock down some big 3s was big for us.”
The bench production allowed Florida to keep players fresh and weather some foul trouble. A big reason why Young was able to out-hustle Jarnell Stokes for loose balls and rebounds late was that Young was approaching just 23 minutes on the floor in the closing minutes. Stokes finished the game playing 35 minutes.
Donovan said he wants to continue to find ways of getting more minutes for Chris Walker, who showed some freshman jitters in his first road game. The former McDonald's All-American from Bonifay had two turnovers in his brief stint on the floor, including a travel after a defensive rebound.
“We got some decent minutes from Chris Walker,” Donovan said. “I thought he would play maybe a little bit more, but we were able to weather some foul trouble. I thought this was a game potentially where both frontcourts could be in foul trouble because both frontcourts are physical. I think both teams worked through that, so he didn't play a lot in the second half.”
With a rotation of scholarship players that's now nine deep, Donovan can afford to mix and match more during the course of the game. Young said he wasn't surprised by the performance of UF's bench against Tennessee.
“I'm really happy they were able to contribute,” Young said.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2014 18:33:12 GMT -5
UF vs UK - Probable Starters & Bench:
FLORIDA PROBABLE STARTERS
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. P/RPG
15 Will Yeguete F 6-8 230 Sr. 5.5/5.3
24 Casey Prather F 6-6 212 Sr. 15.3/5.3
4 Patric Young C 6-9 240 Sr. 10.5/6.4
5 Scottie Wilbekin G 6-2 176 Sr. 13.0/3.7a
20 Michael Frazier II G 6-4 199 So. 12.6/3.4
23 Chris Walker C/F 6-10 220 Fr. 2.7
10 Dorian Finney-Smith F 6-8 220 So. 9.4
25 DeVon Walker G/F 6-6 195 So. 2.7
0 Kasey Hill G 6-1 181 Fr. 5.9
KENTUCKY PROBABLE STARTERS
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. P/RPG
30 Julius Randle F 6-9 250 Fr. 15.8/9.9
44 Dakari Johnson C 7-0 265 Fr. 4.8/3.6
1 James Young G 6-6 215 Fr. 14.1/4.3
2 Aaron Harrison G 6-6 218 Fr. 13.8/3.2
5 Andrew Harrison G 6-6 215 Fr. 11.0/3.5a
Willie Cauley-Stein C/F 7-0 244 So. 7.8
Alex Poythress F 6-8 239 So. 6.9
Jarrod Polson G 6-2 182 Sr. 1.2
Dominique Hawkins 6-0 193 Fr. 1.0
Experience, defense, and teamwork/chemistry goes to UF. Talent, offense, and home court goes to UK. It should be an interesting and entertaining game of contrasts.
ESPN Gameday will be in Lexington. The game starts on ESPN at 9 PM EST.
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Post by oujour76 on Feb 14, 2014 8:45:12 GMT -5
Heart wrenching doesn't begin to describe it. Something that will never go away.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2014 10:48:02 GMT -5
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Post by mscott59 on Feb 14, 2014 10:52:10 GMT -5
story may be old, but that gaping void never really goes away. you just learn to live with it better. amazing it happened to 3 coaches on one staff. it looks like all of them have been able to leverage that pain into some positive action. i know that connecting w/others who've shared similar experiences helps. a lot. mark scott tosu 81 |
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Post by beuycek on Feb 14, 2014 11:08:08 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this article. I cry every time I read it. I am with you. Had some watery eyes myself this morning when I read it. My wife and I have had our fair share of struggles with my oldest daughter's situation but I can't even begin to relate to what these three men (and their families) have endured. Unimaginable pain and grief. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2014 11:24:28 GMT -5
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Stokes previews Florida-Kentucky matchup
Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 2:42 by Kevin Brockway
It’s never too early to talk about Florida and Kentucky. The No. 3 Gators and No. 14 Wildcats will meet in a ranked prime-time showdown Saturday night in Rupp Arena as the two top teams in the Southeastern Conference.
Tennessee power forward Jarnell Stokes has faced Florida and Kentucky three times. The Vols went 0-3 in the three meetings, with two losses to UF and a loss at UK.
Asked to compare Florida and Kentucky, Stokes responded: “Florida is a great defensive team, probably the best defensive team I’ve faced in the country. Kentucky has playmakers. I think that will be a really good game. I look for Florida to double-team (Kentucky forward Julius) Randle, probably cause a lot of turnovers.”
The Gators haven’t won at Rupp Arena since 2007. Florida had a prime opportunity to win there last year, but went scoreless in the final 7:36 of s 61-57 loss to the Wildcats last season.
How big is the matchup? Scouts from 13 different NBA teams have been credentialed for the game. The list includes the Charlotte Bobcats, Milwaukee Bucks, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2014 13:53:00 GMT -5
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Franz Beard, February 14, 2014
If the Florida Gators and the Kentucky Wildcats were horses and you judged their rosters by NBA talent standards you would come to this conclusion: Kentucky is Secretariat; Florida is Mr. Ed.
On paper, Saturday’s matchup (ESPN, 9 p.m.) between the Gators and Kentucky at Rupp Arenas is a complete and total mismatch. Kentucky’s roster is so overflowing with talent that John Calipari has to ration minutes to guys like Alex Poythress and Willie Cauley-Stein, who would have been lottery picks last June when the NBA drafted. Those guys come off the bench now because Calipari starts five freshmen, all of whom are expected to go pro after one college season.
As for Florida, Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated and CBS says, “If you look at the Gators’ roster, it’s hard to find a sure-fire pro.”
Kentucky definitely wins the style points. The revolving door of one-and-dones that John Calipari touts in his recruiting pitch has made Lexington the sexy place to be. Recruits aren’t the only ones who bought into it. Nearly every preseason magazine or website had the Wildcats cutting down the nets the first Monday in April. Back in October Poythress said he and his teammates didn’t see any reason why the Wildcats couldn’t go 40-0 this year.
Well, here it is February and 40-0 is definitely out of the question. Kentucky (19-5, 9-2 SEC) has taken it on the chin five times including twice on the road in the SEC at Arkansas and LSU, which have a combined league record of 10-12. In most of their games, the Wildcats have looked like an NBA team warming up but except for rare dominating stretches, anything but the best team in the country once the whistle blows and the games start for real.
Now, because it’s just February and anything is still possible, Kentucky could certainly find that elusive team chemistry, get hot as a pistol and pillage and plunder everything in its path to a second national championship in three years. The “experts” could still crow that they got it right if Kentucky figures things out.
Anything is possible. Probable? Hardly.
The team that looks like it can cut down the nets is Florida (22-2, 11-0 SEC), which comes into Saturday night’s game ranked third nationally and riding the momentum of a 16-game winning streak. The last time the Gators took one on the chin was back on December 2 when Connecticut’s Shabazz Napier scored on a buzzer beater, a shot he might not have gotten off if lockdown defender Scottie Wilbekin had been on the floor. Wilbekin sprained an ankle a few minutes earlier and wasn’t there at the finish, otherwise the outcome might have been different.
Since then the Gators have taken out everything and everybody in their path including Kansas, Memphis and 11 SEC opponents including five on the road. The other 13 teams in the SEC – Kentucky included – have lost at least two roadies.
While Kentucky has struggled to play at a consistently high level this season, it’s the Gators who have almost grudgingly earned the national attention. The experts are just now starting to come around to the fact that Florida is very capable of winning a national championship. That might have something to do with the fact the Gators lack the high profile stars or one-and-done freshmen biding their time until they sign those multi-million dollar NBA contracts. Former Virginia Tech coach and now ESPN analyst Seth Greenberg says the Gators have no stars but instead are the perfect fit of role players who know and understand what they have to do to help the team win.
Kentucky starts five high profile rookies who were part of an eight-man recruiting class that the so-called experts said was the greatest in history.
Florida starts four seniors and a sophomore who was a top 100 recruit who didn’t rate anything more than a courtesy glance from the Kentucky coaching staff when he was in high school. There is and never has been a sense of entitlement with seniors Scottie Wilbekin, Patric Young, Will Yeguete and Casey Prather. Michael Frazier, the non-senior starter, began his Florida career the same as his senior brethren – on the bench waiting to hear his name called so Billy Donovan could steal a few minutes of rest for a veteran.
When asked Monday if having to work their way up from the bottom to their current starting roles has helped, Wilbekin replied, “Yeah, I think it has and it definitely makes you more hungry when you get to this position. It gives you more of an appreciation.”
The attitude of the starters, particularly the seniors, has rubbed off on the rest of the team. The Gators will head into Saturday’s game with the chip that’s been on their shoulders since the season began to go against Kentucky, which is 14-0 this season at Rupp.
No one will have to remind the Gators that nobody on the current roster has ever won at Rupp. Why, the last time Florida left Rupp with a win was February 10, 2007, which coincidentally was a national championship season. A win Saturday night could be the next big step for a Florida team that has its best chance to hoist the Waterford Crystal national championship trophy for the first time in six years.
This is just one game, but its importance can’t be overstated. A Florida win gives the Gators a three-game SEC lead over Kentucky with six games to go and could be the propellant that takes Florida to a conference championship and more. On paper and in warmups, Kentucky might look like a champion but not every champion looks like Secretariat. Sometimes champions look like Mr. Ed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2014 13:56:12 GMT -5
Calipari has called out the 24,000 UK fans to stand and be loud from the 8 minute time out in the second half until the end of the game. UK fans did that last year from the 7:32 mark and UF went scoreless in losing the game 61-57, a game UF should have won. Given the vast experience of this Gator team, I doubt this will work two years in a row.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2014 14:05:37 GMT -5
My UF at UK prediction
UK 75
UF 65
I think UK will play their best game of the year and extend their 22 game home winning streak. The ultimate difference in the game will come at the free throw line as I think the SEC refs will call a one sided game for UK, say 30 free throws for UK to 15 free throws for UF.
I hope I'm wrong, but the home court advantage in Lexington is even greater than the home field advantage in Tuscaloosa.
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Post by mscott59 on Feb 14, 2014 14:40:21 GMT -5
Written by Franz Beard, February 14, 2014 If the Florida Gators and the Kentucky Wildcats were horses and you judged their rosters by NBA talent standards you would come to this conclusion: Kentucky is Secretariat; Florida is Mr. Ed. On paper, Saturday’s matchup (ESPN, 9 p.m.) between the Gators and Kentucky at Rupp Arenas is a complete and total mismatch. Kentucky’s roster is so overflowing with talent that John Calipari has to ration minutes to guys like Alex Poythress and Willie Cauley-Stein, who would have been lottery picks last June when the NBA drafted. Those guys come off the bench now because Calipari starts five freshmen, all of whom are expected to go pro after one college season. As for Florida, Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated and CBS says, “If you look at the Gators’ roster, it’s hard to find a sure-fire pro.” Kentucky definitely wins the style points. The revolving door of one-and-dones that John Calipari touts in his recruiting pitch has made Lexington the sexy place to be. Recruits aren’t the only ones who bought into it. Nearly every preseason magazine or website had the Wildcats cutting down the nets the first Monday in April. Back in October Poythress said he and his teammates didn’t see any reason why the Wildcats couldn’t go 40-0 this year. Well, here it is February and 40-0 is definitely out of the question. Kentucky (19-5, 9-2 SEC) has taken it on the chin five times including twice on the road in the SEC at Arkansas and LSU, which have a combined league record of 10-12. In most of their games, the Wildcats have looked like an NBA team warming up but except for rare dominating stretches, anything but the best team in the country once the whistle blows and the games start for real. Now, because it’s just February and anything is still possible, Kentucky could certainly find that elusive team chemistry, get hot as a pistol and pillage and plunder everything in its path to a second national championship in three years. The “experts” could still crow that they got it right if Kentucky figures things out. Anything is possible. Probable? Hardly. The team that looks like it can cut down the nets is Florida (22-2, 11-0 SEC), which comes into Saturday night’s game ranked third nationally and riding the momentum of a 16-game winning streak. The last time the Gators took one on the chin was back on December 2 when Connecticut’s Shabazz Napier scored on a buzzer beater, a shot he might not have gotten off if lockdown defender Scottie Wilbekin had been on the floor. Wilbekin sprained an ankle a few minutes earlier and wasn’t there at the finish, otherwise the outcome might have been different. Since then the Gators have taken out everything and everybody in their path including Kansas, Memphis and 11 SEC opponents including five on the road. The other 13 teams in the SEC – Kentucky included – have lost at least two roadies. While Kentucky has struggled to play at a consistently high level this season, it’s the Gators who have almost grudgingly earned the national attention. The experts are just now starting to come around to the fact that Florida is very capable of winning a national championship. That might have something to do with the fact the Gators lack the high profile stars or one-and-done freshmen biding their time until they sign those multi-million dollar NBA contracts. Former Virginia Tech coach and now ESPN analyst Seth Greenberg says the Gators have no stars but instead are the perfect fit of role players who know and understand what they have to do to help the team win. Kentucky starts five high profile rookies who were part of an eight-man recruiting class that the so-called experts said was the greatest in history. Florida starts four seniors and a sophomore who was a top 100 recruit who didn’t rate anything more than a courtesy glance from the Kentucky coaching staff when he was in high school. There is and never has been a sense of entitlement with seniors Scottie Wilbekin, Patric Young, Will Yeguete and Casey Prather. Michael Frazier, the non-senior starter, began his Florida career the same as his senior brethren – on the bench waiting to hear his name called so Billy Donovan could steal a few minutes of rest for a veteran. When asked Monday if having to work their way up from the bottom to their current starting roles has helped, Wilbekin replied, “Yeah, I think it has and it definitely makes you more hungry when you get to this position. It gives you more of an appreciation.” The attitude of the starters, particularly the seniors, has rubbed off on the rest of the team. The Gators will head into Saturday’s game with the chip that’s been on their shoulders since the season began to go against Kentucky, which is 14-0 this season at Rupp. No one will have to remind the Gators that nobody on the current roster has ever won at Rupp. Why, the last time Florida left Rupp with a win was February 10, 2007, which coincidentally was a national championship season. A win Saturday night could be the next big step for a Florida team that has its best chance to hoist the Waterford Crystal national championship trophy for the first time in six years. This is just one game, but its importance can’t be overstated. A Florida win gives the Gators a three-game SEC lead over Kentucky with six games to go and could be the propellant that takes Florida to a conference championship and more. On paper and in warmups, Kentucky might look like a champion but not every champion looks like Secretariat. Sometimes champions look like Mr. Ed. oh my god. what an incredibly misleading, if not 100% false, lead. uf, the program that's been elite 8 the last 3 years, who've gone 9-3 in the ncaa tournament, who's lost just 2 games all year, is 'mr. ed'. uk, an inconsistent 19-5, who a year ago not only didn't make the ncaa but didn't even win a game in the nit, is secretariat. lyrical? yes. accurate? not even close. who ever the editor is who approved the premise of this story should be fired. even if he/she is in gainesville. mark scott tosu 81 |
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Mark, I agree, Mr. Ed is kind of funny. Sometimes Franz goes a bit overboard.
Still, I think Franz is right about the talent on this UK team. The 13 UK class was regarded as the best maybe in forever. While it's the best collection of talent in the nation, the abundance of true freshmen lacks team chemistry/experience to win the SEC or a national title. That is what will give UF a chance to end UK's 22 game home winning streak, 14 this season. I don't think UF will win in Lexington, see my prediction above, but the Gators will compete and have a chance.
I likewise don't think UK can win in Gainesville so tomorrow night along with UF at Ole Miss is the best chance to stop UF from going 18-0 in SEC play.
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Bilas: ‘Don’t see point’ of Chris Walker suspension
Friday, February 14, 2014 at 7:30 by Kevin Brockway
ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas was outspoken about Florida freshman forward Chris Walker’s uncertain situation before he was re-instated by the NCAA.
Bilas remained steadfast in his views on the topic Friday. Walker was reinstated for UF’s Feb. 4 game against Missouri after serving a 12-game suspension from the NCAA for receiving impermissible benefits from agents and travel-league coaches. Walker was admitted to UF for its second semester and would have been available to play his first game Dec. 17 against Memphis if he wasn’t suspended.
“I still don’t see the point,” Bilas said. “Chris Walker is playing now. Why he couldn’t be in school and playing the whole time is a mystery. It’s a ridiculous thing. To have the NCAA have a clearing house where every prospect, not just every player, every prospect had to play 70 or 80 bucks, I just paid it for my kid, just to go through your transcript, which is what they do at schools.
“So it’s duplicative of a core function of the schools, is beyond me. And why every kid has to pay them 70 bucks, is absurd. And what are they saying, that the school’s can’t be trusted to admit their own students and educate them. Really what they are saying, they may be committing fraud there. I mean, if that’s a problem, the accreditation services need to jump in there. That’s not a place for an Athletic Association to be governing.”
Bilas spoke at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., for a pregame taping of ESPN’s CollegeGameDay, which will air from 11 a.m. to noon from Rupp Arena and again from 8 p.m. until the opening tip at 9 p.m.
Bilas had high praise for Florida’s defense, calling it “one of the top five in the country.”
“Basketball is all about rhythm,” Bilas said. “To establish yours and disrupt theirs. And they do a good job of disrupting rhythm. They don’t allow many transition baskets in the halfcourt. They change defenses a lot. They will press. They’ll press to slow you down, sometimes they’ll press to speed you up to take advantage of you. And then in the halfcourt, they’ll play some zone, they’ll play some 1-3-1, they’ll play some man. So they keep you off balance that way. And they’re really hard to score against. It’s not like they are out forcing a million turnovers. But they are difficult to score against.”
Earlier in the week, fellow ESPN college basketball analyst Jimmie Dykes said he didn’t blueprint to beat Florida. But Bilas sees a few slight flaws.
“You have to deal with their ball screens,” Bilas said. “And I think you do have to do a good job on the glass against them because their first shot defense is so good. But second shots are available against Florida. But if you don’t guard ball screens against them, you are going to have a really hard time.”
ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Williams had high praise for Florida senior point guard Scottie Wilbekin. Williams thinks that Wilbekin as a prime example of the value of staying in school for four years.
“Scottie Wilbekin was someone who started out as a lock-down defender and you’ve watched his game mature,” said Williams, the former Duke point guard. “That’s what happens when you stay in school. That’s what happens when you become committed to something. A lot of players want instant gratification, I want to be great right now. It doesn’t happen overnight. It happens in time … for Scottie it started off defensively and now you are seeing him evolve into this all-around great guard, where he can do it all.”
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My UF at UK prediction UK 75 UF 65 I think UK will play their best game of the year and extend their 22 game home winning streak. The ultimate difference in the game will come at the free throw line as I think the SEC refs will call a one sided game for UK, say 30 free throws for UK to 15 free throws for UF. I hope I'm wrong, but the home court advantage in Lexington is even greater than the home field advantage in Tuscaloosa. Whoops, meant to say UF by 10.  Glad I was wrong: By Chris Harry GatorZone.com Senior Writer AT THE BUZZER FLORIDA 69, KENTUCKY 59 WHAT HAPPENED: A rough first half gave way to a richly satisfying second, as Casey Prather and Scottie Wilbekin put the third-ranked Gators on their backs and ran away from 14th-ranked Kentucky with a blistering second period that silenced more than 24,000 at sold-out Rupp Arena. Prather poured in 24 points, going 8-for-9 from the floor, while Wilbekin added a career-high 23, thanks to 11-for-12 from the free throw line. After a poor-shooting first half, UF hit 64 percent after the break, including two huge 3-point shots - one from Wilbekin, one from Michael Frazier II. For the Wildcats, the loss was just their third in 84 home games for Coach John Calipari, now in his fifth season. WHAT IT MEANS: Florida seized a commanding three-game lead on the Wildcats in the Southeastern Conference, remaining unbeaten through 12 games in league play. The win was UF’s 17th straight, improving the Gators to 6-0 on the road against SEC foes. Florida is now 9-48 at Lexington and 4-18 under Coach Billy Donovan, with wins in 1998, 2006, 2007 and now 2014. IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Wilbekin is now the front-runner for SEC Player of the Year. Make that two straight games the senior point guard has set career highs for points, after scoring 23 in a huge road win at Tennessee Tuesday. Wilbekin set the tone of the UF offense and played his usual spectacular defense on the other end. STAGGERING STATISTIC: Maybe it shouldn’t be so staggering, since cold spells of offense have become a trend with this team. The Gators made just one of their first 11 shots from 3-point range, with Frazier and Dorian Finney-Smith both bricking their first three from distance. But Frazier and Wilbekin’s treys came at huge times in the second half, which certainly counts for something. SUBPLOT: Finney-Smith continued to struggle to put the ball in the basket, going 4-for-10 overall and 0-for-3 from the arc. But he finished with eight points and five rebounds, including a huge offensive carom that he fed to Frazier for his timely 3. He was a huge lift off the bench. UP NEXT: The Gators (23-2, 12-0) will be back at home for just their second Wednesday game of the SEC season when Auburn (12-11, 4-8) comes to the O’Connell Center. The Gators defeated the Tigers 68-61 on the road Jan. 18. Auburn defeated Mississippi State 92-82 Saturday behind a combined 56 points from the backcourt of Chris Denson and KT Harrell. |
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