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Are the Florida Gators National Title Contenders This Season?
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12/18/2024
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Michael, I'm excited about this. My alma mater seems to be one of the best teams in the country,
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at least thus far. My Gators, they win 90 to 84 against North Carolina yesterday. They've
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been nothing but stellar to start the season here. And I wonder, Mike, is this legit? Is
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this real? Because the more they play and play against good competition, by the way,
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gets them ready for the SEC. Are the Gators one of those teams that we could see at the
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end of the regular season getting a one or a two seed in the NCAA tournament?
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Well, I think they're very good, but they have had the advantage of playing teams that are just
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below, or maybe a little bit less than that, the top echelon. They'll play top echelon when they
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get into the SEC. Kentucky and Auburn, Alabama are all outstanding. And if they can fare well
00:52
against those opponents, that would be significant for them. I like their team.
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They move the basketball well. They shoot it well. They have size inside. I thought they did
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a really nice job against Carolina of establishing what the game was going to be about. And Carolina
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had to be a bit frantic with their offense. I mean, they ended up scoring. Carolina scored
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very well. R.J. Davis got it going, but they needed to be perfect down the stretch to hang
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with what Florida was bringing. Carolina could not guard them without fouling.
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So I like their team. But one of the things about this SEC, honestly, Craig, is that the
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scheduling has been genius. The teams like Auburn and Alabama that can handle it have gone out and
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challenged the biggest heavyweights that are out there. And the teams like Florida and Oklahoma
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that are very good, but maybe not elite, aren't taking big risks
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in non-conference. And it's paying off very well for them.
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