Tennessee Vols vs. Florida Gators 3/5 Game Thread

[Mr2Bits]

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Tennessee Volunteers vs. Florida Gators
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - 9:00 PM ET Raycom
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Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville, FL

Game Notes:

• Florida trails the all-time series with Tennessee, 65-48
• The Gators are 30-21 all-time against the Vols in Gainesville, including a 94-78 win at the O’Dome last year
• Florida dropped a 104-82 decision to Tennessee in Knoxville on Feb. 5, a game the Gators actually led at the half

Florida Probable Starters (21-8, 8-6)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG/RPG
21 Dan Werner F 6-7 235 So. 8.9/6.7
34 Marreese Speights C 6-10 245 So. 13.9/7.9
15 Walter Hodge G 6-0 170 Jr. 10.3/2.8a
33 Nick Calathes G 6-6 194 Fr. 15.6/6.0a
5 Jai Lucas G 5-11 155 Fr. 8.9/2.4a

Tennessee Probable Starters (26-3, 12-2)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG/RPG
1 Tyler Smith F 6-7 215 So. 13.4/6.8
4 Wayne Chism F 6-9 242 So. 9.1/6/1
2 JaJuan Smith G 6-2 195 Sr. 13.8/3.6
5 Chris Lofton G 6-2 200 Sr. 15.4/3.3
12 Ramar Smith G 6-2 200 So. 8.1/3.2a
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[rawdog]

Gators played the Vols tough in the first half of the last game. If they can keep the intensity up all 40 minutes we may win.

 

[Mr2Bits]

Gators are playing so hot right now. Up by 13. God I hope we can keep it up

 

[Mr2Bits]

Hodge is on fire!!

And speights with the jumper

 

[Mr2Bits]

Gators are up 55 - 42 at the half. They started off very hot last time against the vols. I think they know their tournament hopes are on the line. I really think they'll seal the deal in the second half.

 

[CaliZona_Gator]

dang, that's too bad that we lost

but i still think since we kept it close that it won't hurt us too bad for the NCAA tourney, we just have to beat kentucky and do good in the SEC tourney

 

[gatorsare#1]

Once again, another one we should have won. I don't believe Werner or any other player should be blamed individually for the loss. I blame the entire team for this one.

That's two games that we've played Tennessee, two games where we had big leads in both games, and two losses. Considering the circumstances, we should have been able to win at least one of the games against Tennessee.

 

[FloridaGatorforLife]

That is the sign of a young team. The next couple or years should be great to watch.