Best possession of the season . . . seriously, watch this one again

SCe must have realized at that point they were destined to lose.

 

If we weren't trailing by double digits in the second half, you knew we were in trouble.

 

I watched it until the end. I remember when the game was live thinking we didn't want to be the first team to lose a conference game to them. The thing is they were not a terrible team but the SEC was so good the record made them look like one.

 

Yep. People think, "Aah, the Gamecocks were terrible, no way that game should have been close." They overlook the fact that it was a road game, and that SCe beat Clemson, the 2nd-place team in the ACC and 5-seed in the NCAAT. The Gators fell into the trap of thinking the game would be a cakewalk, but SEC road games are always iffy.

Anyhow... I was on my way to Portugal when we faced Bama in the 2nd game of the SECT. I got to watch the first half at an airport bar in Philadelphia, and only got around to watching my recording of 2nd half last night. Wow. There were a few plays in that half that I would call contenders for Play of the Season. Just wow. Every Gator played outstanding ball.

 

Honestly, it was games like this, or even the UGA away game that caused me - when I saw how far behind we were late vs TT - to think “OK guys - just need a spurt here and you’re back in it.” Others that haven’t followed how our team won and only noted W or L might have been surprised by our resilience. I wasn’t. Now, I will say that to come from down late multiple times on the biggest stage is a wholly different thing than vs USCe but as I said, the pattern was there.

 

I loved that it happened right in front of Dawn Staley.

 

Condo had a couple demoralizing offensive rebounds against TTU too.

 

As I tell my friends, we mark the opponents game down in the first half, then we turn it on!

 

This isn't one possession, but this video from Florida Basketball Hour is terrific.

 

Love it. Could be like 5 minutes longer though.

 

It seems I saw almost the same type of trip a couple of dozen times this year. Thanks for posting! I've got Gator BB withdrawals!

 

Ha. I took my BIL to Senior night this year and he is a huge MLB and Miami Hurricanes fan. He was really into the game because he is so competitive and loves sports. He has always sorta rooted for the Gators, even being a UM fan. Anyway, he was moaning and yelling about the calls, or, our guy didn't do this or that--like guard that one guy on their team what was on fire, or, we chucked up a "wild" 3. I kept telling him to calm down. this is Gator BB. Then we won going away. He got to see the National Champions because of me so I get to hold that over his head forever. Oh yeah, we've been best friends since 8th grade too. 53 years. He claims to have sex with my sister, but I refuse to believe that. I don't know why I'm putting this in print. Uncharacteristic. Go GATORS!

 

I will throw my vote to the Haugh block at the 3 pt line and then the gymnastics move to get the and one seconds later

 

Fast forward several weeks, and I think Haugh takes that open shot.
His confidence and play really grew down the stretch.

 

In case anyone worried about me in Portugal, I will say only this. Portugal drinks more wine per capita than any other country, and I felt obliged to do my best to fit in.

 

Port my man, Port! I love Port.
And I dont even smoke cigars.