bgator85
| Favorite team: | Florida  |
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| Registered on: | 8/27/2007 |
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re: Arkansas has the most NCAA tourney wins in the SEC since 2015
Posted by bgator85 on 3/22/26 at 7:23 am to hawgfaninc
UF and Arkansas entered the second round with 13 wins since 2015. If UF wins tonight both would be tied again. Hopefully we meet you at 14. :cheers:
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No, he didn’t. It was just that kind of game.
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07(?) Gators
And still the only team in history that returned all 5 starters and repeated as national champions. Have to be up there for accomplishment alone. Doesn't hurt that 3 of them went in top 9 of the draft, first trio from one school to all go in top 10.
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Why not just use the same metric as baseball.
Conference champ and Tourney Champ?
I don't watch basketball so perhaps there's a reason they don't do this but should. Makes the conference wins more important.
That's what it is. UF got the SEC Championship this year. Arkansas got the SEC Tournament trophy. Two separate titles for two different accomplishments.
re: Does Hubert Davis get fired for that epic choke job?
Posted by bgator85 on 3/19/26 at 10:10 pm to GoGators1995
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I'm worried about Todd Golden leaving for UNC.
Goldens not leaving for anything but the NBA
re: Top College Basketball Programs?
Posted by bgator85 on 3/19/26 at 3:02 pm to GoGators1995
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I don't know if UF is the best but we have 3 AP #1 finishes in football and 3 NCAA titles in basketball.
In the modern era, UF has to be the standard does it not? No one else is winning titles in both the last 30 years, not to mention multiples in both
re: QUESTION:Longest NCAA tournament win drought for each SEC team (since 64 team expansion)?
Posted by bgator85 on 3/19/26 at 10:22 am to lsufball19
OP said 64 team expansion, so I am guessing we are looking for longest droughts starting with the 1985 tournament.
UF's first win was 1987, but '87 and '88 were vacated. So our first official win was also first year we went to F4 - 1994. So I guess 1985 to 1994 for UF
UF's first win was 1987, but '87 and '88 were vacated. So our first official win was also first year we went to F4 - 1994. So I guess 1985 to 1994 for UF
re: Matt Leinart tells USC to get lost after jersey unretirement request
Posted by bgator85 on 3/18/26 at 3:40 pm to Fuzzy Dunlop
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Good for him, it's insane to me that UF still has guys wearing #15 every year
Spurrier wanted him number unretired, and so all were and that has been the standard ever since he was coach.
re: Number of Years Since Last NCAA Tournament Appearance
Posted by bgator85 on 3/18/26 at 1:21 pm to captdalton
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Kentucky has more sweet 16 appearances than any other SEC program has NCAA tourney appearances.
Not sure stuff before the expanded field should really be counted using the modern nomenclature.
A S16 as we know it is indicative of a team making it out of the first weekend of the tournament. Some of the S16's that are being counted here are from an era where the field was literally only 16 teams.
re: Number of Years Since Last NCAA Tournament Appearance
Posted by bgator85 on 3/18/26 at 9:32 am to Rzrbackguy
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Florida
9
Not accurate. UF has 11, 12 if you included a vacated season. UF has 10 E8 appearances.
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Leaving the SEC is suicide. See GaTech, Tulane
IDK, not that we would but I think UF would survive just fine if it was in the Big 10
Trying to compare operational expenses is nearly impossible since every school categorizes differently. It's a fun thing to look at, but probably not very accurate.
re: Official SMU account responds to Pearl
Posted by bgator85 on 3/16/26 at 8:53 am to Night Vision
I can't really fault Pearl for lobbying for Auburn and his son. CBS knew what they were doing and wanted to generate social media buzz.
re: 2025-26 Men’s basketball thread (defending champs baby!)
Posted by bgator85 on 3/15/26 at 6:07 pm to Gator Fever
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So the committee thought it was funny slotting it where we might play Vandy again in the Sweet 16 while giving Houston things gift wrapped until the Elite Eight game which is a home game for them...
If Vandy was a 4 seed or better (as everyone predicted) by rule they would have to be in a different region. But of course they moved them down to a 5... and the East gets 0 SEC teams somehow.
Still though - we have a very winnable region. We should expect to at least get to the E8 against these teams.
re: 10 SEC Teams made it!
Posted by bgator85 on 3/15/26 at 5:59 pm to BluegrassBelle
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And NCAA Selection Committee made damn sure to try to eliminate as many as possible by putting most of us in two regions.
Yeah. Knocked Vandy down to a 5 so they could put them up with UF and get around the conference match up rules. Most teams for one conference in the tournament, and yet none in one whole region. Shouldn't be possible.
Good luck to all!
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Not an Ag, but Bucky got snubbed from the Coach of the Year award. According to CBS Sports, Texas A&M was predicted to finish 13th in the SEC. The Aggies finished 5th in the conference, in spite of having a limited NIL budget for men's basketball. While Florida was undeniably the best team in the league this season, they were predicted to be the best team preseason. The Gators also had a much more costly roster than the Aggies. Bucky McMillan's ability to vastly exceed expectations and do more with less made him the best candidate for COTY. Shame the voters didn't see this.
This rationale is why it took Donovan 15 years to get COTY recognition in the SEC despite everything he did pre-2011 in building up UF. Sometimes the coach of the best team did the best job.
Also did A&M vastly exceed expectations? The media may have predicted them to finished 13th, but I think the predictive analytics put their win total around 9. So they finished with 2 more wins than expected, which is certainly very good. Worth noting, Golden and UF also won 2 more than expectations.
Bucky did a great job, but Golden did too and as A&M continued to lose more games think it became more obvious.
re: 2025-26 Men’s basketball thread (defending champs baby!)
Posted by bgator85 on 3/8/26 at 10:21 am to Gatorbait2008
I'm not sure it matters - think the team will be locked in. Although would be nice to avenge the Missouri loss.
Never want to be the guy to follow the legend. That said White was given a long time because he was never bad, just not great. Never really in contention for conference titles. Never made much noise nationally. It was time for both parties to move on.
re: Once UK fires Pope, I'm afraid they're gonna steal Todd!
Posted by bgator85 on 3/7/26 at 6:36 pm to GoGators1995
We spend more than enough for him though for his type of roster construction, and it’s only going to increase after this year. The buy in is real and money is flowing.
re: Saturday SEC Basketball
Posted by bgator85 on 3/7/26 at 5:38 pm to beebefootballfan
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The protection of Florida in this conference reminds me of Bama during the Saban years.
Never in a million years did I think we would get that kind of respect in basketball. I don’t think it’s the case but I’ll take it!!
re: Well Gator fans, you may get your wish. Strickland is being considered for UKs AD.
Posted by bgator85 on 3/4/26 at 1:49 pm to WildcatMike
One can only hope!!
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