++++++ Official Florida vs Boogs Game Thread +++++*

[demeat]

Unreal effort to beat a team that shot 70% for most of the game. To only be down 4 at the half was a great effort. They had us down 9 early and then Jared caught fired to pull us back even and ensure we would not have a big hole to climb out of after the half. Our battle tested vets did not flinch when again playing a team that was playing out of their minds and giving us everything they possibly could. Gators continued to hit everything after the break so we upped the pressure in the 2nd half and started turning them over. Unreal effort 3 days in a row.

I'll hear nothing about the refs at the end. They killed us all day with BS calls in their favor and no whistles on a J drive or Chuma post ups. Bruce pointed out that was a bad play by our guys not to foul before the guy got across mid court so hopefully that's a mistake we learn from. Glad it did not hurt us in the process.

Jared with his 2nd straight incredible performance. Carried us on O in the first half. At the end, he calmly runs the clock down and then delivers the dagger 3 to put us up 4. Having the best PG in the tournament is a huge advantage. 20 points, 5/7 from 3, 4 steals, and only 1 turnover is a fantastic line. The legend of the greatest PG in Auburn history continues to grow.

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Bryce was ice cold in the first half, but stayed engaged on D and played like a senior leader. 3 treys and a couple of 2s in the second half were huge.

Samir with another solid game. 8 points on 2/3 (same as yesterday) from 3 with 4 assists. His 3 solid games are a huge reason we will play to cut the nets tomorrow.

Chuma with 9 points, 7 boards and 3 steals. Much better game than yesterday. He was frustrated by double teams much of the day, but he kept coming and had a huge 3 and post up play late to help us pull off the W.

It doesn't show up in the box score, but Austin gave us a huge spark in the 2nd half. When he came into the game, we caught fire. His bucket and then pretty assist for a 3 on back to back possessions was huge. He looks great and we will need him tomorrow to play more than abbreviated minutes to have our best shot to beat UK or UT.

As a team, this was our best 3 point shooting game of the tourney so far. 13/30 for 43.3%. (yesterday we were 13/34 and 12/34 on Thursday) Any doubts about our ability to shoot away from home on a neutral court should be put to rest now. This has been a very impressive 3 day shooting display that has cemented us as the greatest 3 point shooting team in SEC history, further extending our all time record that we set yesterday.

Regardless of outcome tomorrow, take a minute and reflect on what this team has done since February 27th. Going into Athens, we were 18-9 and 7-7 in conference play. We could have easily played our way out of the NCAAT if we had lost 3 of our last 4. Instead, we have won 7 in a row to run our record to 25-9, the third most wins in program history. We are one W short of last year's total and 3 short of the all-time Auburn record from 98-99. This has been an incredible March Madness run from a likely 9 seed to a shot at a 3 seed with a W tomorrow.

Tomorrow, we play for a chance at our 2nd conference tournament title (EDIT, we won in 85) and our 2nd SEC title in a row. Whether its UK or UT, we will need to shoot the ball well from deep for the 4th day in a row. The X factor, imo, may be Austin. He has looked good the last 2 days and I assume he is ready to give us more than one solid shift at the 5. Mac is also going to be a key tomorrow, he knocked down a couple of 3s today, but he has not been great on D. Tomorrow, he and Horace are going to have to man up and contain either Williams or UK's bigs. We have beaten UT and we were one missed shot away from beating UK this year. We know we are capable of beating either team. One more W to cut the nets.

Nice recap,of every player, not named J'Von!

 

[DM8]

I was watching with no sound. Did they give an explanation on the 10 second violation? How did they mess that up

Said they blew the whistle with 20 on the shot clock. Bruce argued we had it across before the 20 though. Huge mistake either way. J should have attacked till he had it across and drawn a foul if they were going to mug him.

 

[MomentInTheSun]

I was watching with no sound. Did they give an explanation on the 10 second violation? How did they mess that up

The refs said it wasn’t fully in control in Ho Daddy’s hands whenthe clock hit ten

 

[Harvey Specter]

The refs said it wasn’t fully in control in Ho Daddy’s hands whenthe clock hit ten

Huh. I thought ball had to cross before, not controlled

 

[DM8]

Nice recap,of every player, not named J'Von!

I looked at J'von, but his stat sheet was pretty empty. Played better than yesterday and had a huge 3 for us when we needed it to hang with them in the 1st half. Tell him to score in double figs tomorrow and I will highlight him in my SEC title post.

 

[Harvey Specter]

Said they blew the whistle with 20 on the shot clock. Bruce argued we had it across before the 20 though. Huge mistake either way. J should have attacked till he had it across and drawn a foul if they were going to mug him.

Yeah it was lazy on our part either way

 

[cookedw]

Nice recap,of every player, not named J'Von!

Another game no no assist and no steal game from the PG.

In three tourney games, he had zero assists and 1 total steal

 

[MomentInTheSun]

Another game no assist and no steal game the PG.

In three tourney games, he had zero assists and 1 total steal

He had 8pts though at 3-4 from the field. It was a good game for him imo

 

[MomentInTheSun]

 

[cookedw]

He had 8pts though at 3-4 from the field. It was a good game for him imo

Oh, I know. But demeat wants McCormock to start at PG and move Harper to the 2. Brown is the odd man out

 

[Fatz Geronimo]

Who do you guys prefer to beat the balls off of tomorrow? I kind of want another shot at UK more than another roll in the hay with those ugly assholes from Knoxville.

UK... if we just run out of gas and lose to the cats, so be it

I can’t live in a world where a trash bum like Grant Williams is actually rewarded with any meaningful achievement of any kind

loser virgin sportswriters can continue to be willfully blind to the facts and vote him to meaningless awards provided he never actually achieves anything on the court

 

[wcw3au1]

He had 8pts though at 3-4 from the field. It was a good game for him imo

He’s playing well. Caught a break today on his three. NOBODY argues his successes. Just can’t take away from one of the two best PG’s to ever play at AU, which is what we hear when this discussion takes place.

 

[demeat]

Bu

Another game no no assist and no steal game from the PG.

In three tourney games, he had zero assists and 1 total steal

But is shooting 70% as well

 

[ShenaniganZ]

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BRUCE is the subtle destroyer.

 

[Denim Vest]

UK... if we just run out of gas and lose to the cats, so be it

I can’t live in a world where a trash bum like Grant Williams is actually rewarded with any meaningful achievement of any kind

loser virgin sportswriters can continue to be willfully blind to the facts and vote him to meaningless awards provided he never actually achieves anything on the court

Brother Fatz speaks for me on this topic. Humanity deserves an AU/ UK battle for the title.

 

[jeramye]

Woof at that UK offense the last 3 minutes. Looked like they’d never played the sport before. WTH was that