We’re a Good Team

The NCAA no longer has teeth. They’ll roll over and change the rules to match the states before they eat another giant L in court.

 

The rule-followers can then bring suit against the NCAA to force it to follow its own rules and immediately declare ineligible any UGA athletes on the payroll. It would be fun theater at the very least.

 

We're moved up to #17 in KenPom.

 

Seems like the team is reading these press clippings as well

 

You know you are probably pretty good when you have to “bounce back” from a 24 point victory. The next few games should be a lot of fun and very telling. Go Gators!

 

Not even sure I would describe this as a “letdown.” It’s basketball. Sometimes shots don’t go down. We were without two rotation players, which is not insignificant. We had a 24 pt lead at the half and had more than doubled their output. We took (and missed) way too many threes in the second half. And, as you said, probably the most competitive guy on the team, Condon, had the worst shooting night of his career in terms of missed shots. That has nothing to do with a letdown or with him “reading his own press.”

If just a handful of additional shots go down in the second half, we win by 35, and no one bats an eyelash. But that’s hoops.

 

About leadership...like last year, Richard is the one talking in the huddles. I admire him and he looks to have improved some but wish we had a leader with a bit more fire. Clayton and Martin are quiet types. Clayton as a vocal leader would probably help in games like this one and tougher ones in conference and tourney. Also Mark Wise and Patric Young were talking about how tough Donovan was after lackluster games and I hope we have the same thing going on now.

 

UF's win against JU looks better now, after they just beat VaTech on the road.

 

Nice win, Dolphins!

 

Also, USF beat Portland today.

 

Seems we have two good teams again

 

There's symbiosis between the two teams. Particularly if the football team is winning. I'm not saying a recruit will come because we have a great FB team, but all things being equal, it helps.

 

BD used to say that he used the football team's success a lot in his recruiting. It was about the whole Gator Nation.

 

I think this team's potential and how deep they go depends on the center position.

We have the talent at guard and can match up with most anyone and the forwards give us good variety with several options for CTG. So the 5 is key. Chin doesn't have to be some double digit scorer and/or rebounder, especially when Condo can give us extra production at the 4 and 5. Chin is still young in experience at the game of basketball and has plenty of room to grow. Unknown if it happens this year but his he does have his limits on offense so far this season, known going into the season.

Handlogten and Samuel did a great job on the boards last year and if we can get anywhere close to that this year, we could go far. Martin will help in many ways on the boards, as well, but the bigs have to be more consistent getting rebounds. If Chin can be an average 7 and 7 guy for us, we will be happy for the production. Anything less, than averaging 5 and 5, will make me wonder if a change is needed. He just needs an extra bucket and a few rebounds a game to get there. Chin is also the team leader in personal fouls, tied with Clayton, but plays about half as much. These next 5 games will give us a better idea of what this team can do against better competition.

SEC play starting at Kentucky is only 7 games away. In the end, it doesn't matter who starts or how much they play, it's about the right rotations. CTG is still fine tuning and will begin to plug in the right pieces over the next 5 games. I'm not saying CTG needs to change the lineup, but we will know more about Chin's ability or liability in the next few weeks.