Florida preview

[kso_FAN]

Bilas weighs in on the KSU Cats and Gators, probably not as insightful as _FAN's, but hey, it's something to do.

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/notebookweekendwatch101217/dec-17-19

That's pretty good.

[Underdog Wildcat]

This line kinda gave me a pause:

"But the Gators need to take the ball out of the hands of Pullen, Will Spradling and Rodney McGruder and make others handle the ball instead."

I think everyone here would like to see Gruds progress in his playmaking off the dribble, but so far, we haven't seen a lot of evidence he can consistently do that. As you initially mentioned though, being matched up against the slower-footed Parsons just might give him the opportunity to attack off the dribble more.

But yeah, other than that, I thought it was a pretty solid preview.
 

[kso_FAN]

This line kinda gave me a pause:

"But the Gators need to take the ball out of the hands of Pullen, Will Spradling and Rodney McGruder and make others handle the ball instead."

I think everyone here would like to see Gruds progress in his playmaking off the dribble, but so far, we haven't seen a lot of evidence he can consistently do that. As you initially mentioned though, being matched up against the slower-footed Parsons just might give him the opportunity to attack off the dribble more.
 

True, on McGruder, you don't think of him as a ball-handler.  I'm sure Bilas looked at kenpom and saw he is one of our best in TO rate and wrote that.

[sys]

True, on McGruder, you don't think of him as a ball-handler.  I'm sure Bilas looked at kenpom and saw he is one of our best in TO rate and wrote that.

he did better than callmewallace's twitter preview.  and wallace doesn't have the excuse of covering 344 other d1 teams.

[kso_FAN]

Pace: 58
3 PT%: Cats 15.8%, FL 30%
FTR: 34.5 to 34.9
OR%: 38.1 to 36

Other:
2PT%: 33.3% to 60.6%
Blocks: 2 to 7
TO%: 15.5 to 31

FL definitely controled the pace of this game, even though there were plenty of chances for transition (we had no fast break points).  FTR was even, but we needed to be into the mid 40s or more.  OR% was even, but again, we want to be 40+.  The Cats did have a rather amazing TO% for this season of only 15.5.

Then the shooting woes.  After starting 3-5 from 3, the Cats missed their final 14 shots from beyond the arc.  Amazing stat.  But almost more amazing was the 30% discrepancy on 2 point shots and the Cats overall 33.3%.  While the Cats didn't get the pace they wanted, nor the FTR or OR% they wanted, they mainly shot themselves out of the game.  An eFG% of 30 is simply an amazing statistic in offensive efficiency. The only worse efficiency game I can find from kenpom's stats of record was "turn out the lights" Nebraska at the OOD in Wooly's final season.  So this wasn't just a bad offensive night, this was a historically bad offensive night, one of the worst in at least the last 9 seasons.

[sys]

this wasn't just a bad offensive night, this was a historically bad offensive night, one of the worst in at least the last 9 seasons.

yep.  so, it's prolly not going to happen a lot more in upcoming games.

[mcmwcat]

Pace: 58
3 PT%: Cats 15.8%, FL 30%
FTR: 34.5 to 34.9
OR%: 38.1 to 36

Other:
2PT%: 33.3% to 60.6%
Blocks: 2 to 7
TO%: 15.5 to 31

gross. haven't had the nerve to check the box yet. 

[Tobias]

As gut-wrenchingly shitty as that game was, it won't seem too awful losing to the (albeit) SEC champs.   

[sunny_cat]

As gut-wrenchingly shitty as that game was, it won't seem too awful losing to the (albeit) SEC champs.   

The SEC rough ridin' blows. (But still I agree with you.)

[Tobias]

Yeah, typed up my post and had to go back and add a qualifier to not feel like