I marked this as an L in the season contest thread, and while I think this is definitely winnable, I haven't seen enough to go against that pick with certainty. Then again I could hedge my very meaningful and completely irrelevant empty internet bets and pick the good guys to win here. I hope no one is reading all this stream of consciousness. UF 83 UK 89 MVG Condon SOG +4 good guys
Gators. 87 Kats. 85 Richard -4 Let’s continue to fight for forty minutes. Everybody that laces them up, play with smarts and aggression. Work the ball for good shots when the defense is set. Of course, everybody show them we can rebound and run! Goooooooo Gators!!
Could the SoG (FT attempt differential) be the difference in the game? Well, the cats got 28 FTs and the Gators got 29, so not really. Made FTs, though, were 20-18 in favor of the cats and that proved to be a difference, esp. with their made FTs down the stretch. Lotta good picks for this game. This one was closest to the score: murph gets .5 for the KY score. bullish had the right scores, but wrong teams. Good pick, but no pts.
Several had Pullin for top performer. Added a few people to the Leaderboard today. SoG was +1. Pullin................1.79 Clayton Jr. ........1.40 Leaderboard ApexNC..............6.0 tampajack1.........6.0 gator954............5.5 gatorstevelp........5.0 murphree_hall.....5.0 Singaporegator....4.5 wa_gatorfan........4.5 gatordavisl..........4.0 thenazz..............4.0 beechgator..........4.0 fox.....................3.5 jrpgator..............3.5 jcmiller910..........3.0 GatorLurker.........3.0 lifetimeg8r...........2.5 jeffphillips21........2.5 GatorRade...........2.0 core545..............2.0 gatortenor37.......2.0 bperkins10..........2.0 BTEGator.............2.0 lostgator.............1.5 firegator.............1.5 gulfgator.............1.0 gatormonk..........1.0 bullish................1.0 potomacgator......0.5 shane4three........0.5 g8wayg8r............0.5 gatorz2009.........0.5 number1............0.5 exiledgator.........0.5 ETGator1...........0.5 wingtee.............0.5 bogator.............0.5
The Hall of Victory Loyola Maryland.............gator954, thenazz (6) Virginia.........................ApexNC, GatorRade (3) FAMU............................ApexNC (2) FSU..............................fox (7) Pitt...............................jrpgator, gatorstevelp (4) Baylor...........................gator954, tampajack1, jcmiller910 (18) Wake Forest..................gatordavisl (15) Merrimack.....................wa_gatorfan (9) Richmond......................Singaporegator (3) ECU..............................lifetimeg8r (4) Michigan.......................beechgator (35) Grambling.....................murphree_hall (2) Quinnipiac.....................tampajack1 (3) Kentucky.......................GatorLurker (3) Should we ever meet in person, a delicious mug of ale shall be bestowed upon you. And if you don't drink, I will give your mug to Calipari after spitting in it.
I take no pleasure in getting the closest final score. I knew it should be a game in the mid-80s and was hoping that the Gators would come out on top in a close one. Drat.