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Ohio State (NCAA National Championship) 04-02-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He's asked in the postgame news conference about his future at Florida |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His 2 time national champions have earned their place among the best teams in college basketball history |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He's going to enjoy this second national championship |
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Forward Corey Brewer not thinking about a three-peat right now |
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Brewer was asked how he thinks the team will be viewed 10, 20 years from now |
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Center Al Horford reacts to being back to back national champs |
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Guard Lee Humphrey talks about how special it is to win a second national championship in his final game in a Gator uniform |
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Taurean Green drives to the basket for two |
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Corey Brewer with the BLOCK OF THE GAME |
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Walter Hodge gets a three point play the hard way |
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Brewer's three gives the Gators a 20-13 lead |
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Leading by only two, Lee Humphrey hit a big shot |
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Green hits a three for an 11 pt lead |
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Brewer with a run out dunk |
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Green hits another three for a 40-27 lead |
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Chris Richard with a strong follow |
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Great passing leads to a Humphrey three |
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Speights contributes a baseline jumper |
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Humphrey gives the Gators a 56-46 lead |
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Horford on a run out for 58-46 lead |
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Oden gets a block but Lee Humphrey gets a three |
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Horford buries a jumper for 73-62 lead |
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Mick Hubert's final call of the game |
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UCLA (NCAA Tournament Final Four) 03-31-07 Top |
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Taurean Green hits the first field goal from Florida nearly nine minutes into the first half. |
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Corey Brewer bails the Gators out with a three |
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Brewer hits another three |
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Lee Humphrey's three makes it 22-16 Gators |
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Humphrey hits another three |
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Joakim Noah cleans up after a Green miss |
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Humphrey's miss is flushed by Noal for 39-28 lead |
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Richard dunks for 44-28 Gator lead |
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Humphrey reaches an NCAA milestone for 47-30 lead |
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Corey Brewer with the BLOCK OF THE GAME |
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Al Horford follows a Taurean Green miss |
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Noah crashes the backboard for a putback |
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Mick Hubert's final call of the game |
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Oregon (NCAA Tournament Elite Eight) 03-25-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He's proud of what his team have been able to accomplish this season |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Is there pressure to win the national title now that you are in the Final Four? |
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Guard Lee Humphrey says they took advantage of what Oregon's defense gave them |
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Forward Joakim Noah says the Gators aren't satisfied just to reach the Final Four |
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Al Horford - After four tough games, the Gators still can't relax with UCLA coming up on Saturday |
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Lee Humphrey hits his first three |
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Humphrey breaks Brett Nelson's record with his 275th career three |
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Taurean Green's three put the Gators in front 23-22 |
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Humphrey's three tore the net and put the Gators up 33-27 |
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Chris Richard's hustle leads to another Lee three |
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Green scores on transition |
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Green's three made it 48-45 Gators |
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Green scores to make it 50-45 Gators |
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Humphrey's fifth three make it 53-47 Gators |
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Humphrey gives the Gators a 64-57 lead |
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Humphrey's final three puts the Gators up by ten |
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Al Horford preserves an eight point Gator lead |
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Corey Brewer with the BLOCK OF THE GAME |
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Butler (NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen) 03-23-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Donovan talks about the key plays down the stretch for the Gators |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He praises his big guys for helping against Butler's three point game |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He would not address the rumors that he's the top candidate for the Kentucky Wildcats job |
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Joakim Noah says they had to grind one out against the Bulldogs |
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Joakim Noah - They were able to outlast a very good Butler team |
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Corey Brewer cuts the Gator deficit to just two |
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Taurean Green gives the Gators their first lead since it was 6-4 |
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Green ends the first half with a three for a 35-29 halftime lead |
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Lee Humphrey's first three pointer gives the Gators a 42-41 lead |
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Green's three gives the Gators a 45-43 lead |
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Al Horford's layup breaks a 45-45 tie |
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Humphrey's second three puts the Gators ahead by four |
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Horford scores and fouls out a Butler player in the process |
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Corey Brewer goes into the lane for a 59-54 Gator lead |
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Al Horford with the BLOCK OF THE GAME |
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Mick Hubert's final call of the game on the Gator Basketball Network |
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Purdue (NCAA Tournament Second Round) 03-18-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He wants his players to enjoy the win over Purdue |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Purdue tried to pressure the Gator backcourt and he expects other schools will too |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators are able to use their experience of playing tough games in the tournament last year to their advantage in this year's tournament |
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Forward Corey Brewer says they had to grind it out with physical Purdue |
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Al Horford - The Gator players are going to enjoy this win and a Sweet 16 berth |
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Al Horford - He talks about the Gators' play in the final five minutes of the game |
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Corey Brewer scores the first basket of the game |
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Lee Humphrey hits a three for a 7-7 tie |
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Corey Brewer's three cuts into a five point deficit |
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Marreese Speights BLOCK OF THE GAME leads to a Taurean Green basket |
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Joakim Noah gets a slam dunk |
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Noah puts the Gators up by one |
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Taurean Green hits the first of back to back three's |
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Green's second straight three gives the Gators a 43-38 lead |
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Al Hoford puts the Gators up by seven |
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Chris Richard ties the game 49-49 |
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Lee Humphrey's three makes it 54-49 Gators |
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Brewer's shot makes it 58-54 Gators |
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Horford puts the Gators up 60-56 |
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Horford banks one for a 64-59 Gator lead |
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Horford follows a miss for a 66-59 Gator lead |
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Mick Hubert's final call |
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Jackson State (NCAA Tournament First Round) 03-16-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He's not surprised with how good Jackson State played in the first half |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His players never panicked when Jackson State kept the game close in the first half |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Gators' number one seed doesn't matter |
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Corey Brewer says shooting the three pointer better in the second half keyed the big win |
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Guard Taurean Green on what coach Billy Donovan told his team at halftime |
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Joakim Noah with the Block of the game |
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Chris Richard follows a Corey Brewer miss |
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Richard scores ten first half points |
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Noah gets a dunk |
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Brewer hits a three for a 32-26 first half lead |
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Noah leads a break |
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Horford with a run out slam dunk |
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Brewer's three makes it 49-35 |
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Lee Humphrey heats up with the third of his four second half treys |
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Brewer gives the Gators a 21 point lead |
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Brewer with a run out jam |
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Richard reaches a career high |
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Mareese Speights also reaches a career high |
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Arkansas 03-11-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Winning the SEC tournament title for the fourth straight year is quite an accomplishment |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Bench players Walter Hodge and Chris Richard came up big in the game |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He wants his players to enjoy the SEC championship win |
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Forward Joakim Noah says they quieted the critics who had doubts about the Gators after their late-season lopsided losses to Vanderbilt, Tennessee and LSU |
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The Gator forward and tournament MVP Al Horford on what the team's mindset is as they head into the NCAA tournament |
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Al Horford knocks down a jumper for the game's first points |
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Horford cleans up after a Joakim Noah miss |
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Noah with a banker |
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Walter Hodge gives the Gators a four point lead 22-18 |
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Lee Humphrey hits a "3" and reaches the 1,000 pt milestone |
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Noah scores off a Humphrey miss |
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Hodge gets a steal and an assist |
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Noah with the BLOCK OF THE GAME |
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Horford knocks down another midrange jumper |
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Great hustle by Joakim Noah |
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Noah gets the steal and finishes it off with a fastbreak basket |
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Taurean Green's three gave the Gators a 49-36 lead |
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Noah gets his fifth steal of the game |
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Noah finishes off a fastbreak |
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Mick Hubert's final call of the game |
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Ole Miss 03-10-07 Top |
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Corey Brewer / Lee Humphrey postgame interviews |
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Joakim Noah scores the first hoop |
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Corey Brewer hits the first three of the game |
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Al Horford goes baseline to baseline |
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Lee Humphrey's first three of the day for an 18-11 Gator lead |
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Noah with the BLOCK OF THE GAME |
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Walter Hodge makes the score 37-22 Gators at the half |
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A Brewer finger roll makes it 43-27 |
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When Ole Miss came within 10, Brewer hit a big shot |
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When Ole Miss cut the lead to 10, Brewer hit a three |
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Taurean Green's acrobatic basket made it 62-41 |
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A Brewer three made it 65-44 Gators |
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Humphrey came one point closer to 1,000 for his career |
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Mick Hubert's final call |
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Georgia 03-09-07 Top |
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Postgame interviews with Corey Brewer and Taurean Green |
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Joakim Noah begins a 17-0 Gator run to begin the game |
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Taurean Green scores after a steal |
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Lee Humphrey's three gives the Gators a 14-0 lead |
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Walter Hodge makes it 17-0 Gators |
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Humphrey three makes it 20-4 |
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Corey Brewer with a steal and a dunk |
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Al Horford with the Block of the Game |
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Green's trey gives the Gators a 47-25 lead |
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A Noah jumper for a 49-27 lead |
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Another Green three for a 57-35 lead |
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Brewer shows he has a midrange jumper |
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Mick Hubert's final call on the Gator Basketball Network |
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Kentucky 03-04-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His team needs to rest up for next week's SEC tournament |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Getting in some good practice time this week was key to beating Kentucky |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His team is better than they were at this same time last year |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Defending the three point line in the second half was a big factor in the win |
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Senior Chris Richard answers the question,"Was this a statement game for the Gators?" |
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Senior Lee Humphrey was asked what the team's mindset was going into the game |
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Corey Brewer with the BLOCK OF THE GAME |
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Noah hustles for two points |
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Lee Humphrey with a steal and a hoop |
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Al Horford finishes off a steal |
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Humphrey hits a three |
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Brewer goes coast to coast |
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Richard scores off a miss |
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Walter Hodge's three gives the Gators a 41-36 lead |
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Noah on a runout dunk |
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Hodge puts the Gators up by eight |
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Taurean Green puts the Gators up 11 |
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Noah scores on a wild scramble |
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Noah with another slam for a 62-51 lead |
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Humphrey gives the Gators a 12 point lead |
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Horford returns from an ankle injury to score two |
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It was Joakim Noah's day |
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Tennessee 02-27-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators gave the Vols too many easy baskets |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His team is not a commited basketball team right now |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His team was guilty of too many bad passes |
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Taurean Green opened the game with a three pointer |
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Walter Hodge hits a three |
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Joakim Noah with the Concrete Block Homes Block of the Game |
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Al Horford scores against a triple team |
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Corey Brewer scores to cut an 18 pt deficit |
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Lee Humphrey hits a three for a 58-36 Tennessee lead |
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Chris Richard reaches double figures again |
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Green's three makes it 67-52 Tennessee |
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Noah makes it a 13 point game |
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Hodge cuts the deficit to ten points |
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Brewer cuts the deficit to 65-to-45 |
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LSU 02-24-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan is concerned about his team's inconsistent play in the last two road games |
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Coach Billy Donovan - On why he played Joakim Noah only 21 minutes |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His team needs to learn to match the other team's intensity |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He was disappointed the way LSU outrebounded his team |
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Al Horford scores the first points of the game |
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Horford makes it 5-4 LSU |
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Chris Richard scores his sixth straight point |
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Corey Brewer hits a three to cut LSU's lead to 28-17 |
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Brewer scores the final basket for 34-21 LSU halftime lead |
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Joakim Noah cuts LSU's lead to nine points |
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Richard makes it 45-35 LSU |
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Jonathon Mitchell gets an offensive rebound basket |
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Lee Humphrey cuts the LSU lead to 61-53 |
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Joakim Noah's shot is rejected - the Concrete Block Homes dot com Block of the Game |
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South Carolina 02-21-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan reacts to winning the outright SEC title |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He's glad to clinch the title at home |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators beat South Carolina with defense |
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Joakim Noah says the Gators don't like to lose at home |
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Joakim Noah on having a bullseye on their backs the entire season |
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Chris Richard likes the sound of being SEC champions |
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The Gators score after a scramble |
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Corey Brewer with the hoop and the harm |
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Lee Humphrey's three gives the Gators an 18-8 lead |
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Chris Richard scores on a hook shot |
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Richard cleans up after a miss |
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Al Horford finishes off a 20-0 run |
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Joakim Noah reaches a career milestone |
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Horford beats a double team |
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Richard with a slam |
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Horford with two more |
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Horford with 18 |
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Horford with the Block of the game |
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Joakim Noah with a tip in for a 52-41 lead |
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Horford reaches 20 as the Gators open a 54-41 lead |
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Richard ties a career high |
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Mick Hubert with the final call of the game on the Gator Basketball Network |
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Vanderbilt 02-17-07 Top |
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Associate head coach Larry Shyatt gives Vandy all the credit in the world for the win |
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Larry Shyatt - The Gators could not get a defensive stop early in the second half |
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Larry Shyatt - The Gators need to learn from the loss |
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Joakim Noah opens the Gator scoring |
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A great steal leads to another Noah dunk |
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Taurean Green with a pullup jumper |
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Brewer knocks down a three for 18-17 lead |
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Lee Humphrey hits a three to cut the deficit to 37-31 |
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Humphrey cuts into a nine point deficit |
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Green moves the Gators within six |
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Brewer hits a big three |
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Walter Hodge knocks down a three |
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Al Horford with the Block of the Game |
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Alabama 02-14-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He knew that Alabama was going to give them a tough game |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He praises Taurean Green and the Gator crowd for willing the Gators to victory |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His players overcome a slow start emotionally to come back and beat the Tide |
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Al Horford ends an 11-nothing Alabama opening game run |
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Brewer finishes what he starts |
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Mareese Speights blocks a shot and then scores the hoop |
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Speights cuts the Bama lead to eight 39-31 |
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Lee Humphrey's three cuts Bama's lead to six |
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Horford with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Taurean Green cuts the Bama lead to 52-49 |
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Brewer cuts the deficit to one |
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Green puts the Gators up for the first time in the game 56-54 |
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Green uses the pick and roll to shoot the Gators back in front 63-62 |
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Green's "3" puts the Gators up for good 68-64 |
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Green's second of two free throws gives him 1,000 career points |
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Mick Hubert's final call of the game |
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Kentucky 02-10-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators were fortunate to win the game |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He talks about the foul trouble that Al Horford and Joakim Noah had |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Chris Richard came up big when Noah and Horford encountered foul trouble |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He talks about how tough the schedule has been for the Gators |
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Taurean Green's postgame interview |
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Taurean Green opens the game with a three |
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Richard gets a dunk to begin his 11 point first half |
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Richard scores again |
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Richard gets his 11th point |
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Lee Humphrey's only three pointer of the game |
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Corey Brewer with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Horford dunks to open the second half |
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Brewer hits a three for 50-42 Gator lead |
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Horford shoots the Gators in front 56-48 |
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Final call of the game |
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Georgia 02-07-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - It was a hard fought road win for the Gators |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Holding Georgia to 34 percent shooting was the key to victory |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He talks about Al Horford's big game (17 pts, 10 reb) |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators have a daunting schedule in the final eight games |
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Corey Brewer postgame interview |
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The Gators score on the opening tap |
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Taurean Green ties the game at 13-13 |
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Lee Humphrey nails a three pointer |
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Humphrey hits a second three |
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Al Horford makes it 27-21 Gators |
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Corey Brewer's three gives the Gators a 32-27 lead |
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Al Horford with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Horford gives the Gators a 36-30 halftime lead |
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Joakim Noah scores off a Green steal |
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Green scores off a Horford steal |
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Corey Brewer reaches a milestone |
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Horford hits a jumper for a 56-39 Gator lead |
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Horford reaches a milestone |
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Mick Hubert's final call of the game |
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Tennessee 02-03-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Donovan says his team played a great first half in building a 50-24 hafltime lead |
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Coach Billy Donovan - This was not a revenge victory for the two losses to Tennessee last season |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Its hard to believe the Gators have just three more home games left in the season |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Forward Corey Brewer is okay after hurting his right leg in the second half |
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Al Horford postgame interview |
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Joakim Noah is part of a 9-0 Gator run to begin the game |
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Noah stays with a miss |
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Dan Werner with a beautiful pass to Walter Hodge |
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Hodge hits a three |
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Horford with two of his career-high 22 points |
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Lee Humphrey hits a three after a Horford miss |
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Noah puts in his own miss |
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Horford with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Noah hustles after a Walter Hodge missed free throw |
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Vanderbilt 01-31-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Billy Donovan says his team was fortunate to only be down by 11 at the half |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He talks about his team's 13-0 run to begin the second half |
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Coach Billy Donovan - On what went wrong with his team in the first half |
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Al Horford postgame interview |
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Al Horford's dunk begins a 13-0 run to open the second half |
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Taurean Green cuts the Vandy lead to six |
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Walter Hodge with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Lee Humphrey breaks a 45-45 tie |
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Humphrey with back to back treys |
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Humphrey with back to back to back treys |
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Joakim Noah's slam gives the Gators a 56-47 lead |
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Noah with another slam dunk |
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Green finds Horford for a dunkeroo |
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Humphrey with another three for a 70-59 Gator lead |
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Brewer finishes off a Green steal |
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Mick Hubert's final call as the Gators make history again |
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Auburn 01-27-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - On what went well for the Gators against the Tigers |
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Coach Billy Donovan - This was a "team" win for the Gators |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Joakim Noah was slowed by the flu |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Auburn pulled out all the stops and had a great home crowd behind them |
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Chris Richard postgame interview |
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Corey Brewer gives the Gators an 8-2 lead |
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Joakim Noah uses the window |
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Taurean Green finds the open man |
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C-Rich's hustle gets the Gators the basketball |
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Al Horford finishes off a miss |
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Joakim Noah with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Lee Humphrey hits a three for a 59-40 Gator lead |
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Green with a room service assist to Noah |
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Green nails a three |
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Humphrey hits another three for a 67-44 Gator lead |
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Horford finishes off another miss |
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Richard gives the Gators a 27 point lead |
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Mississippi State 01-24-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He'll take the ugly road win |
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Coach Billy Donovan - On what his team did to comeback in the second half |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He describes Taurean Green's three point shot that put Florida ahead 65-62 |
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Corey Brewer postgame interview |
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Corey Brewer moved the Gators to within one |
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Lee Humphrey tied the game 43-43 |
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Taurean Green put the Gators up 47-43 |
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Lee Humphrey picks a good time to shot his first three pointer |
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Humphrey comes up with a key defensive gem |
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Brandon Powell's Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Brewer nails a three from the corner for a 56-47 Gator lead |
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Green ends a 9-nothing Miss St run that gave the Gators a 65-62 lead |
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Joakim Noah's second effort gives the Gators a 67-62 lead |
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Mick Hubert's final call of the 70-67 Gator win |
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Ole Miss 01-20-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He was not pleased about alot of things in the second half |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He'll take the win |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators second half problems began when they subbed |
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Coach Billy Donovan - More on giving up the 25 point lead |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He hopes the players will learn another lesson from this game |
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Joakim Noah postgame interview |
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Joakim Noah begins a big day with a jam |
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Lee Humphrey hits the first of three three's on the day |
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Brandon Powell contributes a three pointer |
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Taurean Green's three gives the Gators a 22-13 lead |
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Corey Brewer gets an alley-oop pass from Green |
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Good passing sets up Noah |
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A Noah dunk gives UF a 52-28 lead |
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Brewer fakes an Ole Miss player out of his shoes |
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Joakim Noah and Al Horford with the Concrete Block Homes Blocks of the Game |
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Noah puts the dagger in the Rebels |
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South Carolina 01-13-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators were patient on offense against South Carolina |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Having their big lead cut going into halftime actually helped his team focus |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He praises freshman guard Brandon Powell for holding Tre Kelly to only four second half points |
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Lee Humphrey and Al Horford postgame interviews |
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Lee Humphrey's first three |
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Humphrey's second three |
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Humphrey's third three |
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Humphrey's fourth three |
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Humphrey's fifth three |
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Al Horford gives the Gators a 30-16 lead |
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Noah makes it a 32-19 Gator lead |
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Horford flushes an inbounds pass for a 41-33 Gator halftime lead |
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Noah begins a 6-0 run to open the second half |
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Horford makes it 45-33 lead |
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Taurean Green's three pushes Florida ahead 53-35 lead |
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Brandon Powell scores a driving layup after Horford's Concrete Block Homes Block of the Game |
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Hoford plays Beat-the-Clock |
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Humphrey hits his sixth three |
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Humphrey hits his seventh trey |
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Humphrey scores his career-best 26th and 27th point |
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Arkansas 01-09-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His team overcame foul trouble with the frontcourt |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He's concerned about the team's free throw struggles |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He hopes his team learned something from the Gators win over Ohio State in the BCS championship game |
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Marreese Speights ended an 8-0 Arkansas run |
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Corey Brewer gets a big steal |
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Brewer blows by his defender along the baseline |
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Brewer's hustle leads to a Joakim Noah basket |
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Al Horford cleans up after a miss |
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Brewer gets a transition basket |
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Noah hustle leads to points |
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Horford puts the Gators up by five |
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Lee Humphrey hits a back to back three |
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Horford protects a six point lead with the Concrete Block Homes Block of the Game |
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Humphrey puts in the dagger |
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Georgia 01-06-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Georgia was as tough as he expected |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Corey Brewer's energy had alot to do with the Gators big second half |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators showed they can play a grind-it-out halfcourt game |
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Lee Humphrey postgame interview |
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Joakim Noah gets a slam dunk |
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Noah gets back to back slam dunks |
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Brewer capped a 9-0 first half run |
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Lee Humphrey capped a 5-0 run to open the second half |
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Noah with a great feed to Taurean Green |
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Al Horford gave the Gators a ten point lead with his first points of the game |
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Corey Brewer's Concrete Block Homes Block of the Game protected a five point lead |
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Brewer put the Gators up 11 |
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Noah hits the first three pointer of his career |
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Liberty 01-02-07 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - It was nice to see his team get
off to a fast start unlike the slow starts they had against Stetson and UAB |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His frontcourt players did a
great job neutralizing Liberty's big man Alex McLean, who had just four points
and one rebound |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His team is banged up heading
into the SEC opener against Georgia on Saturday |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators are getting a team's
best performance game in and game out |
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Al Horford postgame interview |
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Taurean Green hits a three for a 12-7 Gator lead |
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Al Horford finishes off a Lee Humphrey miss |
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Corey Brewer goes coast to coast |
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Green hits a three for a 35-19 Gator lead |
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Brewer hits a three |
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Freshman Marreese Speights with a slam dunk |
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Joakim Noah put the Gators ahead 58-to-30 |
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Lee Humphrey gives the Gators a 30 point lead |
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Noah benefits from Brewer hustle |
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Brewer feeds Noah nicely |
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Noah's Concrete Homes Block of the Game lets Horford start
and finish a fastbreak |
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UAB 12-30-06 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan says his team did what it had to do to
win the game |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He talks about what the Gators
did defensively in the second half to pull out the victory |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He gives UAB credit for giving
them a great game |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He appreciates the turnout of Gator fans in Sunrise - a record
crowd 15,700HOOPS-151 Joakim Noah stayed with his own miss |
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Taurean Green postgame interview |
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Joakim Noah stayed with his own miss |
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Taurean Green cut into a seven point deficit |
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Noah led a Gator fastbreak |
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Corey Brewer prevented the Gators from trailing by ten points
at the half |
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Al Horford moved the Gators within four |
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Lee Humphrey's steal led to a Noah hoop |
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Green tied the game at 55-55 |
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Chris Richard gave the Gators their first lead of the game
at 59-58 |
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Noah's Concrete Homes Block of the Game led to two
Taurean Green free throws |
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Green gave the Gators a 72-69 lead |
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Ohio State 12-23-06 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan's initial thoughts about the big win over the Buckeyes |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He gives Chris Richard and Al Horford alot of credit for making the Gator frontline so formidable |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He was impressed with the way the players reacted to Ohio State's second half comeback to tie the game at 38-38 |
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Al Horford postgame interview |
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Lee Humphrey challenges Ohio State's 7-footer Greg Oden |
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Dan Werner cleans up after a teammate's miss |
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Humphrey with a great feed to Joakim Noah |
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Corey Brewer steals and inbounds pass |
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Humphrey caps off a 13-0 first half run |
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Al Horford ties the game at 40 after Ohio State made up an 11 point deficit |
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Horford puts the Gators up by seven |
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Horford with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Horford gets a nice assist from Humphrey |
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Taurean Green finishes off a steal |
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Horford hits from the outside for a 12 point Gator lead |
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Green gives the Gators a 70-47 lead |
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Horford finishes off a double-double |
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Green puts in the dagger with points 22, 23 and 24 |
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Mick Hubert's final call of Florida's 86-60 win over Ohio State |
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Stetson 12-20-06 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He acknowledges becoming the Gators all-time winningest coach |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His team did not play very well |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators will need to play with more intensity against number three Ohio State on Saturday |
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Corey Brewer postgame interview |
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Stetson leads 7-0 before the Gators score their first basket |
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Brewer gets a garbage basket |
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Joakim Noah makes a nice move |
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Walter Hodge ties the game at 15 |
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Dan Werner gives the Gators their first lead |
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Noah with a nice feed to Brewer |
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Brewer's hustle leads to a basket |
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Brewer with another garbage basket |
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Noah' steal leads to a Brewer dunk |
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Humphrey gives the Gators a 17 pt lead |
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Marreese Speights with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Hodge hits another three |
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Hodge gives the Gators a 20 pt lead |
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Brewer with a reverse dunk |
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Hodge hits his fifth three pointer |
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Final call of Billy Donovan's 236th career win at UF |
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FAMU 12-17-06 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan talks about his 235th career win at Florida, tying Norm Sloan for the all-time record |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Joakim Noah did alot of other things other than score to help his team |
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Coach Billy Donovan - They did what they had to do when A and M took the Gators' inside game away |
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Postgame interview with freshman forward Dan Werner |
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Lee Humphrey opened the scoring for the Gators |
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Good passing set up Chris Richard |
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Walter Hodge dials up long distance |
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Another three for Lee |
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Humphrey with back to back three's |
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Dan Werner hit a trey |
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Chris Richard gets a steal |
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Joakim Noah begins an 8-0 run to open the second half |
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Taurean Green with a zone-buster |
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Green gives Richard a great feed |
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Corey Brewer hits one of the Gators' 15 three pointers |
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Noah and Markeese Speights team up on the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Providence 12-06-06 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan said they beat a quality team in Providence |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The frontcourt stepped up big for the Gators |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He says the intensity was alot better than what they Gators showed against FSU |
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Postgame interview with forward Chris Richard |
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The Gators score off the opening tap |
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Joakim Noah goes to work early |
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Noah went dunking |
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Lee Humphrey shot the Gators in front |
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Humphrey with an easy catch and lay in |
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Walter Hodge knocked down his second three of the first half |
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Taurean Green opened the second half with a steal |
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Green set up Noah with a beautiful feed |
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Noah swatted away a shot with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Green cut the Friars up |
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After the lead was cut from 21 to 10, Lee Humphrey connected |
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Horford finished off a career scoring night |
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FSU 12-03-06 Top |
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Gator assistant Larry Shyatt says FSU took the game to the Gators |
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Larry Shyatt - You can win too many games when you commit 19 turnovers |
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Taurean Green scores three of his 15 first half points |
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Green put an end to a 10-nothing FSU run |
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Green makes it a 50-40 game |
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Joakim Noah begins a 9-2 Gator run |
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Walter Hodge hits a three to cut the deficit to three |
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Green gets a big layup |
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Noah gets a hustle basket |
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Hodge makes it a two point game |
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The Concrete Homes Block of the Game prevents Green from tying the game up |
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Southern 11-28-06 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Corey Brewer has mono and Joakim Noah has symptoms |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators played through their illnesses |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He's concerned about the health of his team right now |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His four freshmen really stepped up against Southern |
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Postgame interview with guard Taurean Green |
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Walter Hodge continued his torrid shooting |
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Lee Humphrey put the Gators ahead 17-12 |
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Markeese Speights with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Speights banks it in |
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Chris Richards with a put back |
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Humphrey hits another three for a 40-16 lead |
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Freshman Brandon Powell hits the first of three three-pointers |
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Dan Werner starts to get hot |
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Jack Berry gets into the scoring column |
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Kansas 11-25-06 Top |
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Al Horford got the Gators on the board first |
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Joakim Noah stops a Jayhawk run |
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Taurean Green cuts into the Kansas lead |
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Lee Humphrey dials long distance |
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Lee for Three again! |
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Green goes end to end after a steal |
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Chris Richard with a follow and a flush |
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Horford goes big to block a Jayhawk shot |
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Lee from beyond the arc just before the half |
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Al Horford throws down with authority |
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Gree drives the lane for two more |
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Corey Brewer with a hustle hoop |
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Green cuts the Kansas lead to 2 |
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Corey Brewer ties it up |
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A Taurean trio gives him three on the night |
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Brewer fires from long range |
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Horford swats away a Jayhawk try - Concrete Block Homes Block of the Game |
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Noah ties it up again |
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Horford's steal leads to a Noah dunk - Termidor Defensive Play of the Game |
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Brewer get the hoop and the harm |
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In overtime Lee Humphrey heats up beyond the arc |
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Lee for three again |
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Taurean's Trey makes it a 3 point Gator lead |
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The Gators get the final shot to try and win the game |
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Western Kentucky 11-24-06 Top |
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Al Horford gets the Gators on the board in Vegas |
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A great Gator save gives Noah his first points |
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Corey Brewer was hot early |
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Chris Richard powers one up |
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Hodge to Horford and the jam |
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Brewer's extra effort pays off |
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C Rich to the hoop with authority |
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Brewer hits at the buzzer to end the first half |
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Horford's block leads to three the other way - Concrete Block Homes Block of the Game |
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Brewer stays hot from the land of trey |
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A Richard pass leads to a Noah lay in |
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Taurean Green for three |
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A Gator runout leads to a Brewer blast |
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The Freshmen team up for two |
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Johnny Mitchell hits the century mark for the Gators |
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Taurean Green's clean steal leads to points - Termidor Defensive Play of the Game |
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Prairie View 11-21-06 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He wasn't pleased with the intensity from some
of his older players in the first half |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Making subsitutions was behind
the Gators 24-0 run in the first half after it was tied 15-15 |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The talent level of the Gator
opponents pick up with Western Kentucky and Kansas in Las Vegas |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Sophomore guard Walter Hodge
(13 pts) has worked hard to become a better player |
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Postgame interview with Joakim Noah |
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Lee Humphrey's three makes it 7-0 Gators |
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Al Horford continues to show he's worked on his outside shot |
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Horford uses the glass for two |
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Joakim Noah with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Humphrey's three makes it 31-15 Gators |
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Corey Brewer caps a 24-0 run |
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Brewer with an acrobatic basket |
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Brewer feeds Noah |
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Great team passing leaves Taurean Green open for a trey |
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Noah with some one-on-one action |
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Hodge hits a three for a 71-25 lead |
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Mareese Speights stuffs home his own miss |
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Brett Swanson scores off a great feed from Dan Werner |
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Tennessee-Chattanooga 11-18-06 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators took advantage of Tennessee Chattanooga double-teaming Florida's big men Joakim Noah and Al Horford |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gator big men did a nice job of passing out of the double teams in the second half |
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Coach Billy Donovan - His players might be a bit exhausted after playing four games in eight days |
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Lee Humphrey opens the game with a three |
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Brewer follows with another three |
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Noah's Concrete Homes Block of the Gameleads to Green getting the hoop and the harm |
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Walter Hodge continued his hot shooting |
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Humphrey gives the Gators an 11 point lead |
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A Mitchell steal leads to a Brewer basket |
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Dan Werner's three gives the Gators a 34-18 lead |
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Humphrey gets his fourth three pointer |
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Corey Brewer finishes what he started |
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Brewer gets a steal and a runout dunk |
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Humphrey caps a 23-0 run with his fifth three |
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Jacksonville 11-16-06 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Its was a tale of two halves for the Gators |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He was disappointed in the team's lack of intensity in the second half |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators have to work hard to be a good team |
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Postgame interview with Taurean Green |
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Joakim Noah gets the Gators off to a quick start |
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Corey Brewer hits a three |
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Al Horford gets a run out dunk |
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Brewer leads a fastbreak |
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Noah gets a steal and a dunk |
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Lee Humphrey dials up long distance |
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Horford nails a jumper |
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Horford with the Concrete Homes Block of the Gameleads to a runout |
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Noah gets the first hoop of the second half |
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Walter Hodge scores on a give and go |
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Freshman Marreese Speights starts a runout |
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North Florida 11-14-06 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He was pleased with just about every facet of his team's game, except for free throws |
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Coach Billy Donovan - The Gators size was the difference in the game |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Its a good start of the season for the Gators |
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Al Horford postgame interview |
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Coach Billy Donovan - Corey Brewer was a disruptive force on defense |
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Al Horford gets off to a strong start |
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Taurean Green gives the Gators a double digit lead |
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Horford leads a Gator fastbreak |
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A hustle basket gives Horford double figures |
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Green ends the first half with a three |
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Lee Humphrey opens the second half with his first three of the season |
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Humphrey feeds Joakim Noah for a dunk |
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Al Horford with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Freshman Maurice Speights gets a tip stuff |
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Samford 11-10-06 Top |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He jokes about what Al Horford said to coach Donovan about Joakim Noah's 15 rebounds |
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Coach Billy Donovan - He thanked the 11,798 fans who showed up to cheer the Gators on in their season opener |
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Coach Billy Donovan - They beat a good team in Samford |
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Corey Brewer makes the first three pointer of the season |
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Taurean Green hits one of his four three pointers in the first half |
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Al Horford gets the first slam dunk of the season |
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Horford finishes off a steal |
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Horford with the Concrete Homes Block of the Game |
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Taurean Green gets a great assist |
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Horford makes Samford pay for double-teaming him |
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Brewer caps off a big night with a steal and a hoop |
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Corey Brewer postgame interview |
