Florida vs. Maryland: Unpacking the Surprising 6.5-Point Spread

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00:00Gators and Maryland Terrapins.

00:02All right, Mike, so here we go.

00:03The Gators are six and a half point favorites.

00:07Both teams played right down to the wire in the last game.

00:10So that's why this line is a little perplexing to me.

00:12Now, I'll give you my opinion,

00:13and I want you to give me yours here,

00:15is that I think had the Gators played better against UConn,

00:21that this line would be nine and a half or 10.

00:23That's my opinion.

00:24Nobody really expected Maryland to win the game

00:27that they're going to play tonight.

00:28A lot of people thought they would get to this point.

00:30So does that mean that you're getting any value here

00:34by taking Florida at this low spread?

00:36Because if something happens tonight, Mike,

00:38and they crush Maryland, which is what I'm rooting for,

00:41they're going to be just as big or if not even

00:43a bigger favorite in the next round.

00:45Yeah, I think that this is the game for Florida

00:47to get to the final four, to be honest with you.

00:50I've looked at this Maryland game,

00:51and I thought all along that if Maryland,

00:54just the geography's bad, right?

00:57Purdue gets to go to Indianapolis

00:59because they are closer to Indianapolis.

01:02But in that region are two teams

01:05that I think Maryland would do well against,

01:07Houston and Tennessee.

01:10But I don't think they're very well matched against Florida.

01:13And I really don't like the fact

01:15that Maryland didn't play well last round.

01:17The one saving factor for the Terps

01:20is the fact that Florida also played poorly.

01:22And so what has to happen for this to go well for Maryland

01:27is first of all, Maryland has to remember

01:30that they have a front court.

01:31They never forgot it much during the regular season,

01:34but against Colorado State, they completely abandoned it.

01:37Derrick Queen, who is, in my opinion,

01:40the second best American prospect in this draft,

01:44or third at worst behind Rutgers' terrific guard.

01:49But I really like Derrick Queen,

01:52and he was matched against a 6-3 guard

01:56for most of the stretch run against Colorado State,

01:59and Maryland never threw him the ball until that final trip.

02:02And the player, Ethan Morton, that was guarding him,

02:05yep, same guy, so why didn't you go to that earlier?

02:08That bothers me about Maryland tonight.

02:10I think Florida comes back with a better effort tonight,

02:13and I do think that you've got a point about value.

02:17I think that Maryland, with all the commotion

02:20around their program about whether Kevin Willard will stay

02:24is not a good deal for the Terps as well.

02:26So for me, I think you're absolutely right.

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