Lunardi on SEC bubble teams

[ukvols]

Stopping the winning play at South Carolina would have had a large effect on everybody, because that was the win that got USC going.

[lawgator1]

Originally Posted by ukvols

Stopping the winning play at South Carolina would have had a large effect on everybody, because that was the win that got USC going.

I think it cemented for Florida the "close-but-no-cigar" mentality that pretty much identifies our SEC year.

We only lost one game by a wide margin -- to you, at UT. All of the others were by less than five points.

[ukvols]

I think missing the NCAAs last season hurt too. Coming down the stretch, we were all on the bubble. The Gators were in the same position last year and due to youth, size, or whatever, failed. I think they are in a better position to make the NCAAs now then they were entering last season's SECT, but not by much.

[TennesseeFan07]

South Carolina should hang a banner if they make the NCAA. Or there's always the NIT 3 time champions shirts.

[lawgator1]

Originally Posted by ukvols

I think missing the NCAAs last season hurt too. Coming down the stretch, we were all on the bubble. The Gators were in the same position last year and due to youth, size, or whatever, failed. I think they are in a better position to make the NCAAs now then they were entering last season's SECT, but not by much.

My biggest problem is that they just haven't shown the ability to win tough, close games, down the stretch. Every good team they have played, and every decent team playing well at the time that they have played, the Gators have just wilted at the end.

No offense, but I put your loss Sunday directly on Pearl for not calling a timeout and setting up a play. As a result, your players looked timid and confused and it just sort of went helter skelter down underneath and that cost you the chance to win.

In contrast, Donovan can draw up whatever he wants in the last 60 seconds of a game, but we do not have the players to execute.

Being like the Gators means not getting in. Being like UT means getting in, and bounced quickly.

[ukvols]

Pearl is usually really good at drawing up a play during a timeout to get a single basket. And, yeah, I can't believe Tyler hesitated like that when he got the ball.

[lawgator1]

Originally Posted by ukvols

Pearl is usually really good at drawing up a play during a timeout to get a single basket. And, yeah, I can't believe Tyler hesitated like that when he got the ball.

I suppose he figured not calling timeout would prevent 'bama from organizing defensively and that even if you missed there would not be time for them to get anything together on their end.

Wrong on both counts, although odds of him making that fling up there were probably about 5 %. Thing is, by going that route, I really felt like he lef the players with no direction or plan for the last basket. No one really seemed in charge. Kind of weird, the way it all played out.