Posted by peerlessvolfan on March 3, 2008 at 9:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Buh bye, gators! We plan to see ya at N.I.T.!

Posted by Plasticman on March 3, 2008 at 9:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Gators on the "bubble". I can't wait until we burst it Wed. night!!!

Posted by powellvoter on March 3, 2008 at 10:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Swamp? Where did that come from?

Posted by murrayvol on March 3, 2008 at 10:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

He's hallucinating again.

Posted by bsvolfan on March 3, 2008 at 10:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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Posted by anthony on March 4, 2008 at 3:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Let's get 'em, time to turn the heart up on the Gatoirs!!

Posted by schymtz on March 4, 2008 at 6:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Just win!
The first game this year was close most of the way. The title has to be earned and Florida is not an easy out, but what an opportunity! Besides all that, the gator grumblers on these posts of late are deserving of some occasional disappointments. I expect UF will be in the NCAA, hopefully not at our expense. Chris has it right:"We need this game....!" The gators want this game and they aint gonna give it away. Take 'em Vols! Beat 'em! Go Vols!

Posted by volroadwarrior on March 4, 2008 at 7:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I hope the Gators and as many SEC teams as possible get in and go deep in the NCAA. Let's win at Florida and clinch the SEC!!!!!!!

Posted by alfrizzle097 on March 4, 2008 at 8:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I think Florida is about to get handled. Kentucky and Vandy beat us by taking advantage of our one dimensional players. Ex: when Ramar and JP got the ball on the perimeter, their man didn't leave the paint.

Billy has been complaining all year about his players' lack of defense. The numbers show that he isn't just blowing smoke. 90 points? somewhere in that range...

Posted by THE_VOL on March 4, 2008 at 8:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

No offense to anybody BUT the Prince at PG experiment needs to be shelved til the off-season. He was absolutely lost during the few minutes he played there on Sunday. Don't know what it looked like on TV but watching him after he gave up the ball was like watching a lost kid looking for his mama in a department store - and everything broke down as a result! I'd rather see JuJuan there and JP on the wing if Jordan isn't going to get any minutes. Jordan has definitely struggled the last month but he's still better than JP at the point from a continuity standpoint. Putting JuJuan on top leaves us with the penetration threat as well as the long range threat - defenses would HAVE to play him honest. With JP it's just take his left hand away and dare him to shoot. Just a thought.

Posted by GoVol on March 4, 2008 at 9:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)

We need someone that can hit a jump shot other than Lofton and J. Smith. R. Smith, Howell and Prince can't make a shot beyond 5 ft. The defense doesn't even guard these guys outside knowing they are no threat. T. Smith is consistent and really the guy that has held this team together.

Please make the FREE THROWS. R. Smith's brick on the front end of the 1 & 1 just about cost the KY game!

Posted by vol88 on March 4, 2008 at 10:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

mcbrimm1998. is that the year you were born? Grow up and talk basketball. Oh, yeah, you probably don't want to do that in here this year.

Posted by 99gator on March 4, 2008 at 10:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

i think tenn makes a statement in gainesville. i think pearl will make it a point to his team about how symbolic it would be to clinch the SEC title on the home floor of the defending SEC champ and 2 time defending national champ.

i also think peal will remind them of how they were not ready to play the first time around and were down double digits early at home.

i think tenn wins big.

florida will have to beat ky at ky without patrick patterson.

Posted by huntined on March 4, 2008 at 10:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey, you guys show mcbrim some love.. If you go to www.utsports.com and click on FLORIDA you get the gators home page ALL BAD..MAY NOT GET TO DANCE, LOST TO TENN. 104-82 I would not want to read that either if I were him I would stay here on KNS and see if I could TEE some VOL FANS off. If donovan has another year like this year he will go to ORLANDO not the MAGIC but U.C.F.

Posted by knoxville_born on March 4, 2008 at 11:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I wouldn't call this a roll reversal, exactly. After we beat the Gay-tors last year it vaulted us to a number 2 seed in the tourney. The Gay-tors are playing just to barely get in at this point. They might be an 11 or 12 seed. IF the bums even make it in.

Posted by rabidvolfan on March 4, 2008 at 11:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey Gator fan, hush. We all know that you own Fulmer and can kick a Fulmer football team around like a rag doll. We all know that. Some may refuse to admit it but the numbers don't lie. As a matter of fact Fulmer had to have the refs give UT a game to have a winning 2-1 record over Ron Zook, who did awful at Florida. But having said all that, this is big orange basketball and this is Bruce Pearl you all are messing with. You can't even beat Pearl with you best teams, so don't think you can beat Pearl with this young team. Even if we are a little tired and even if you do have us in Gayville.

Posted by Orangeblood13 on March 4, 2008 at 12:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree, we need this one as much as they do. Gator boots and bags all night baby. Skin em and leave em cryin about "we just didn't get the breaks", or "we just didn't get it done" Billy "I can't make up my mind" Donovon...

Run it up boys, your due a good game!

Go vols

Posted by 1974Vol on March 4, 2008 at 3:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

McB - A question on what you and gator nation think about the upcoming game. Will Billy try to run with the Vols, or go the "run the clock" route ala' KY & Vandy? I admired him for running with us in Knoxville and the Gators hung tough until about the 6:00 minute mark, then they just ran out of gas and got blasted. The current "strategy” for beating the Vols seems to be to play slow down basketball on offense and on “D” smother Lofton and J Smith and foul everyone else. Its hard to think of the Gator’s going “Ugly Ball” but it does give them the best chance to win. How do you think Billy D plays it?

Posted by 1974Vol on March 4, 2008 at 3:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The Indiana job is the only job Pearl might leave for. If he gets the Vols to the final 4, much less wins the thing, he will be made the highest paid basketball coach in the country. I don't know if he has a "thing" for the Big 10 and/or Indiana but the SEC is a much better conference and at UT he has a chance to do alot of things no one has done here before, instead of following in Bobby Knights wake. If he passes on Hoosiers this year, I think he's here for the duration.

Posted by RocketVol on March 4, 2008 at 3:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

mcbrim1998 says "As Pearl bolts for civilization"..

You know what the difference between Gainesville and New Jersey is? The suntan.

Posted by 1974Vol on March 4, 2008 at 4:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

McB - Duke Crews is back & Williams is getting more minutes than in the first Gator game, so I doubt Chism gets that tired again. No, I would not call Billy D's normal offense "slow down". They move the ball around for the purpose of getting a back door cut or open 3. They will take the shot early in the possession if it's there. That's alot different than KY which held the ball until 12-15 seconds were left on the play clock before running their set. I am glad to hear the Gator's will run, its just way more fun to watch 104-82 than 65-52. Not score predictions for this game - this one is more like 87-82 Vols.