Miss. State vs. Florida Gators 3/1 Game Thread

[Mr2Bits]

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Miss. State Bulldogs vs. Florida Gators
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Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 4:00 PM ET​

Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville, FL

Game Notes:

• Florida leads the all-time series with Mississippi State, 56-45, having won three in a row, including the only meeting last year, a 70-67 win in Starkville
• The Gators have won seven of the last 10 meetings between the two and 14 of the last 16 meetings in Gainesville
• UF is 9-4 all-time against the Bulldogs under Billy Donovan and 4-1 in meetings at the O’Connell Center (lone loss in 2004)

Florida Probable Starters (21-7, 8-5)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG/RPG
21 Dan Werner F 6-7 235 So. 9.3/6.8
34 Marreese Speights C 6-10 245 So. 13.7/7.9
15 Walter Hodge G 6-0 170 Jr. 10.3/2.9a
33 Nick Calathes G 6-6 194 Fr. 15.5/6.1a
5 Jai Lucas G 5-11 155 Fr. 9.1/2.4a

Mississippi State Probable Starters (19-8, 10-3)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG/RPG
23 Charles Rhodes F 6-8 245 Sr. 16.2/7.4
32 Jarvis Varnado C 6-9 210 So. 7.4/8.0
22 Barry Stewart G 6-2 170 So. 12.0/4.4
11 Ben Hansbrough G 6-3 205 So. 10.0/3.9
44 Jamont Gordon G 6-4 230 Jr. 17.6/6.2
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[Swampman]

Home game against a solid team... we gotta win this one. Well, people are saying we have to win this one of Tennessee to be in the tourney. So let's do this!

 

[FloridaGatorforLife]

If we win this game, we should make the tournament with 1 or 2 SEC Tournament wins.

 

[FloridaLover]

saddened by the outcome as I watched at home

 

[FloridaGatorforLife]

At times during the game we were playing like .

At other times I thought we would come back. We need some luck now.

 

[O-town Gator]

It was frustrating for me to watch as well; we made a lot of the same mistakes that cost us the game against LSU. At times we weren't in control, we were missing easy baskets, our rebounding was weak and we were committing stupid turnovers - a few of them looked like we were just handing the ball to a Miss. State player.

Calathes and Speights were productive, but Werner didn't do diddly-squat; he wound up fouling out with 0 points to his credit.

We have Tennesee and Kentucky left to go, and these kids need to clean up their act before heading into these two games.

Come on Gators, GET UP AND GO!!!!!!

 

[Mr2Bits]

Should I consider myself lucky I didn't get to watch this game? I'm not sure my heart could have handled it.

 

[FloridaGatorforLife]

I actually turned it a few times when I got aggravated. I hate to admit that, but they really looked bad at certain points.