MBB OGT: Texas at #5 FLORIDA -- January 18, 2025 -- 4 PM [ESPN2]

In 1 month starts softball and baseball season. For 2 glorious months, my weekend TV schedule will consist of Gator gymnastics, Gator basketball, Gator softball and Gator baseball

 

Restored my (not yet lost) faith after the last home game. We good.

 

great close to the game....we got our mojo back a little. Still a lot of sloppy plays but can't be unhappy with a 20+ point win in the SEC

 

good to have you back among the faithful

 

Great win. Have to win those home games. Texas was clingy all the way through until the midway point of the second half and we finally turned it on and put them away. Love Coach Golden's enthusiasm!

 

Dominant 2nd half. Condon came alive offensively and we owned the paint. 16 assists to only 8 turnovers, 5 from Clayton. Martin was a beast. Nicfe win. Now they rest and reload for South Carolina Wednesday night.

 

yes that's when we're at our best

 

@ South Carolina is always tough, regardless of their record

 

Think Martin was the player of the game. Condo really came on strong the last 5-10 minutes. That 3-ball was the start of the run for us...was a bit too close for comfort up 7 at that point. Then gets another bucket and almost gets another on that steal....but Martin was the most consistent throughout the game. Love his confidence and professionalism

 

When Florida decided to speed up the game in the 2nd half, Texas got gassed. I thoroughly enjoyed this dominating performance of the Gators!

It's neat that the Florida Basketball crowd did the Tom Petty song near the end of the 2nd half.

 

Gator shot 58% in the second half, 49% for the game

 

Mine too...after the first 10 minutes.

 

I still had that bad taste after that Missouri loss.
Against Texas in the 1st half, it seemed like that it was going to be a close game even though Florida had a 6-10 point lead.

Florida(16-2, 3-2) is back on track in the SEC race!

 

We don’t play them for a couple weeks, my best guess, he will play us! He showed how much he dissed us in the SEC Championship. we need to bang him around.

 

MartinA - 22 points (8-of-16 FG, 3-of-7 3pt, 3-of-5 FT, 6 Reb, 1 Stl, 4 Asst, 1 TO)
Clayton - 19 points (7-of-13 FG, 2-of-3 3pt, 3-of-3 FT, 4 Reb, 1 Stl, 3 Asst, 5 TO)
Condon - 11 points (5-of-11 FG, 1-0f-2 3pt, 12 Reb, 4 Stl, 1 Blk, 3 Asst, 1 TO)
Richard - 9 points (4-of-7 FG, 1-of-4 3pt, 5 Reb, 3 Stl, 1 Blk, 1 Asst, 1 TO)
Chinylu - 9 points 4-of-6 FG, 1-of-2 FT, 3 Reb

 

They have two bigs that will give us trouble in Columbia. They will slow the game down which is like kryptonite to us. A true dog fight coming up.

 

Are we the best second half team in basketball?

 

Great game getting our game on. Martin has to be the one of the toughest guards we have ever had. We will miss this beast of a player. Texas was intimidated after a while with the tough defense with great get outs and making them run on turnovers, steals and rebounds.

 

I don't believe anyone is catching Auburn. Especially since our last game of the year is at Auburn. But we are definitely in the race for top 3 or 4 in the league, which should get us a 2 seed.

 

Not bad after starting 1 for 10.