Alligator Alley

Very impressed w/ this team. Players were unselfish last night, hitting the boards hard, and took smart shots. Team looked good against a well known defensive squad.

MF II was a kid who had Duke on him early and wasnt an easy win for UF recruiting, that said he had a less than spectacular last 1.5 yr on circuit, his ranking dropped and he went from a kid who could have been a top 30 national kid to a top 100 kid.....IMO he has played so far like a top 30 caliber HS prospect -- nice length, well built, rebounds well at SG/defends and we all know he has a sweet stroke

Yeguette is amazing how kid has improved every yr....kid always had the Worm mentality/game on defense ....unreal watching his offense come along , ability to grab a rebound/bring ball up court, and show a few moves in post....his future is bright no question + physically he has gotten more ripped each yr on campus

Murphy - same can be said, like WY has just taken his game up a notch every yr....we saw flashes of what he is capable of doing vs sUK in SEC tourney last yr....great to see him bigger, more versatile.....over summer Taurean Greene tweeted after a summer hoops session that Murphy was going to be a 1st Rd NBA pick.....looks like he was right

think Mike Ro was best when he is facilitating , kid has a feel for game / not sure why BD wouldnt try him more at PG -- maybe the turnovers are just too much to overcome to trust him w/ ball in his hands, not sure

depth, depth depth.....Cody I hope you come back!! clear we can benefit from having another 6 10" body to play 5-7 min and give out hard fouls, rebound a bit and let PY / Murph get a blow at 5 spot IMO

fingers crossed Prather and/or Scottie W come back looking like guys who have IMPROVED (similar to WY/Murphy) -- IF Prather can be a difference maker at the 3 spot w/ his ATHLETICISM team could take the next step IMO and move to front of plane come tourney time

Love Frenchie. Lemme get that out of the way first. Favorite player on the squad.

I think a lot of people are sleeping on Young's offensive game. The guy can score with his back to the rim when the opportunity presents itself. He was really coming on strong last year, IMO, before he was hit with the injury bug. And knowing the kid's work ethic, I know he hit the gym hard during the offensive to improve his game. It was so frustrating watching all the poor entry passes from bad angles last night. We'll obviously see but I think PY will prove a lot of people wrong this year. Especially when Scottie returns.

I think we are a legit top 10 team even without Casey and Scottie

I want to see them kill all the TO issues and get a big win on the road, but how can you not be impressed?

I will miss the half-court threes with 15 seconds on the shot clock by you-know-who.

Peeked at the WI site just to see their reaction to the loss to the Gators. Bo said their objective was to try & shut Big Pat down before the game. They did a good job, but Pat did score & rebound. Pat however shut their big off completely-negating their biggest threat to us. Bo went on the say they just forgot about Murph who had a career night going 10/10 from the field. Bo also said Fla had multiple weapons to turn to, which is good to hear from a very good opposing HC at a top 20 program.
So I wouldn't say Pat is not good offensively yet. But I do agree he needs to work on softening up the hands to where he can hold onto it a bit better. Needs to step out about 10 or so feet & work on his shot a bit to keep the opponents honest when defending against him. He only gets better as the year progresses IMO. Have to get him fired up for every game!

Pat should stay another year, that's just how I feel. It would help his game a ton... he's already progressed tremendously in 2 years and an off season. I think he could work his way into the lottery if he stayed and developed a 10 fter

We'll see... Everything I've read/heard has him projected mid-late first. I'm not saying he couldn't play himself into the lottery this season though.

This. The class next year is absolutely loaded. Barring an injury this year or something, Young's losing money if he comes back, even if he has a much better senior season.

Agreed.

I hope Wisc doesnt go crashing and burning and finish w/ a sub .500 type record....they seem headed that way -- forget they lost do it all PG/SG Jordan Taylor to graduation....devastating to lose JR 2 yr starter - PG Josh Gasser to a torn ACL

their offense has ZERO cohesiveness....Dekker will be good in a few yrs but otherwise only guy they have who can even think about getting his own shot was #40 the big 6 10" kid

I think they play 4-5 SRs major minutes so they prob will pull it together and put up a decent B10 yr and help our RPI

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