Florida post game thread

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The was a great performance against a 1 seed and SEC champs.

Thank you to Karaban, Diarra, and Johnson for being such big parts of the last 2 championships.

I’m excited for Solo, Stew, Reed, and Ross (yes him too) to be the cornerstones of the next one.

 

[Ripper32]

Samson's foul trouble hurt us. I don't think he had a rebound in the 2nd half. I think he had 10 at half.

 

[xclamations]

I feel light, Not heavy. It sucks its over, but not disappointed somehow. They fought until the very end. Kudos. Tough team they played against and gave it their all. Hopefully better next season

 

[Edward Sargent]

They had Walter Clayton we didn't

 

[Leebo]

Only silver lining is Portnoy losing money.

 

[NHUConnfan]

The chat got a bit scary there for a bit. Please please please don't be dumb and send hate messages to the players. While it's disappointing, the run had to eventually end...and they put up a great fight against a team that absolutely could be the champs at the end of the day.

Proud of the boys...let's go UConn!

 

[ec33]

It has to end sometime.

The opportunity was there. They just couldn't stick their open shots.

Looking forward to next year.

 

[Shabazzkets]

Clayton had to make some really tough shots for them to win. Heck of an effort from our Huskies.

Thank you Alex, Samson and Hassan.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Heartbreaking after doing what you had to do for 38 minutes of the game.

You mean 33 minutes. Scoring drought from the field began with 7 and a half minutes left.

 

[DogMania]

Great effort. Just a poor shooting game and poor defensive rebounding was the difference between having a huge win and a close loss. Ugh!

UF was there to be had.

 

[HailUConn]

Knowing that we could hang with and win it and then lose it is a bittersweet. But proud of these boys and let’s start looking beyond and building the roster that has less holes.

 

[Tdaley]

We played hard for 40 minutes. You really can't ask for much more. We went as far as our talent could take us this year.

 

[Stinger92860]

Much closer than I expected, They played hard.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Gutted, upset, but they played their tails off and scared the crap out of the Gators.

Shout out to Samson for his double-double and Diarra had a few magic moments in there too.

 

[bigknight3]

GREAT effort by the team. Knocking off a 1 seed was a big ask and we came damn close. I know fans will be disappointed, but proud of the fight the team showed. It's a bit unfortunate we ended up an 8 seed, but shot ourselves in the foot with the Seton Hall and Colorado losses.

Hoping for great things in the future for Samson, Hassan, and Alex...

We came close that was all you could ask for outside of winning by two instead of losing by two.

 

[Shine21]

Karaban's reverse is what did it. No need for that, just go straight up.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Wow, some of our fans......

Many here don't deserve the success we've seen over the decades

 

[Vowelguy]

Everyone thought the Gators were unbeatable and UConn had them for 35 minutes, even with one of the worst 3pt shooting of the year. Bummer.

Fought like hell and made FL earn it.

Thanks to the team for the effort this year.

 

[ColchVEGAS]

Played the "best" team in the country tough. If we did not start so cold, oh boy. On to the next season.

 

[kobebeanbryant]

that was an extremely winnable game. don’t understand all these moral victory comments. this is UConn, not a mid-major that is happy to be there.

 

[aceboon]

They competed their behinds off and their shot quality was better than Florida's, the inability to hit open shots killed them all season and it was there again today.

I feared with the way McNeeley was going the past couple of weeks that Dan's unlimited rope with him was gonna cost them big and it did today. I know Stewie had the missed reverse that he forced but it ain't like we didn't see McNeeley do the same thing multiple times today, Stewie needed more minutes in the 2nd half. I hope what we saw today and all season doesn't have repercussions for next year's roster.

 

[Fatroony5]

Great effort, Danny coached his tail off, and the boys gave Florida everything they could handle. This team was always just a bit shorthanded, but I’m proud of the way they fought all the way thru the final whistle. Today was a good reminder: Danny is a fantastic coach & this team isn’t that far off. Few roster tweaks/additions, they’ll be primed for another deep run.

 

[Stinger92860]

Thought Hurley coached a good game but wish we did something different during that five minute scoring drought down the stretch.

I think Stewart deserved more minutes.

 

[jibsey]

We had wider open 3’s than normal but Liam was 2-8, Alex 2-9, Solo 2-9. Miracle it was that close and a ton of layups missed.

 

[HuskyBoi]

Absolutely heroic effort. To go toe to toe with the absolute favorite of this years tournament is no joke. Florida hit great shots down the stretch through Clayton. We were cold from three to start and still managed to make this a game. Can’t ask for more