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20 YEARS AGO
GATORS REACH FIRST FINAL FOUR
SEC foe Arkansas would ultimately cut down the nets, but
the 1993-94 season and trip to the Final Four showed Florida
had what it takes to compete with schools like Duke and
Kentucky that were winning on a national stage.
Led by Andrew DeClercq, Dan Cross and Craig Brown,
Florida went 29-8 overall and earned a No. 3 seed in the East
Region. The Gators slipped by James Madison in the first
round and the Ivy League’s Penn in the second. Making its
first Sweet Sixteen apparence since 1987, Florida defeated
Connecticut to make its first trip to the Elite Eight. In the Elite
Eight, Florida faced a Boston College team that had knocked
off No. 1 seed North Carolina — the Gators ate them up, 7466, to punch their ticket to the Final Four.
In the final weekend, Florida was joined by Duke, Arkansas
and Arizona. The Gators battled the Blue Devils, but came up
short 70-65. Duke would fall to Arkansas in the championship.
The Gators were led by head coach Lon Kruger.
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
FLORIDA MAKES ITS PRESENCE KNOWN
The 2000 Final Four was one of the first
glimpses the nation got of the Florida Gators
and it was a precursor for the next 15 years.
The Gators advanced to the final weekend as
a No. 5 seed where they defeated North
Carolina before falling to No. 1 seed
Michigan State in the championship.
CHAMPIONSHIP VS MICHIGAN ST.
SEMIFINAL VS NORTH CAROLINA
CHAMPIONS
GATORS WIN FIRST TITLE
Their first trip to the Final Four
since 2000 proved to be a great
one as the Gators blew past
“Cinderella” George Mason and
basketball royalty UCLA in the
championship to claim the
program’s first NCAA National
Championship and place Florida
among the ranks of the elite.
CHAMPIONSHIP VS UCLA
SEMIFINAL VS GEORGE MASON
Back-to-Back Champions
GATORS CAPTURE PROGRAM’S
SECOND NATIONAL TITLE
A year after winning the title in
2006, Florida returned to the Final
Four for the fourth time in program
history and third time under Billy
Donovan. The Gators defeated
UCLA in the semifinals and Ohio
State in the championship.
CHAMPIONSHIP VS OHIO STATE
SEMIFINAL VS UCLA
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NEXT STOP, THE FINAL FOUR
The No. 1-ranked Gators won their 30th consecutive
game with a 62-52 victory over Dayton in the South Region final.
Florida is going to its first Final Four since 2007, the
year the Gators won the second of their back-to-back
national titles.
After three consecutive trips to the Elite Eight and
being forced to watch the other team cut down the nets,
it was Florida’s turn to trim the nylon.
FINAL FOUR, HERE COME THE GATORS
ELITE EIGHT RECAP: VS DAYTON
AT THE BUZZER: INSTANT ANALYSIS
SENIORS HEADED TO FINAL FOUR
ELITE
AGAIN
BIG SHOTS, BIG DEFENSE
SEND GATORS PAST UCLA
Scottie Wilbekin’s expectations were not particularly
high. Not at the moment. Not given the circumstances.
Florida’s 6-foot-2 senior point guard was probing for
something/anything late in the shot clock with his team
clinging to a five-point lead against a rallying UCLA
squad that had scored eight of the game’s last 10 points.
Wilbekin had driven deep into the defense and found
himself locked up with 6-10 forward Travis Wear in the
low post.
Whoops.
SWEET 16 RECAP: VS UCLA
AT THE BUZZER: INSTANT ANALYSIS
WILBEKIN’S
WILL
SENIOR LEADS GATORS PAST
PITTSBURGH & INTO SWEET 16
The play is called a “flat.” In an end-of-clock situation (like
with 4.3 seconds to go before halftime, for example),
Florida inbounds the ball to Scottie Wilbekin and just lets
him take off and try to get something, anything.
Wilbekin dashed up the floor, weaved past a Pittsburgh
defender, sped head-on into the Panthers defense, took
off of one foot, sailed toward the basket and swished a
running 23-footer as the horn sounded.
THIRD-ROUND RECAP: VS PITTSBURGH
YEGUETE’S PERFORMANCE VS PITT
AT THE BUZZER: INSTANT ANALYSIS
SURVIVE &
ADVANCE
GATORS FLIRT WITH DISASTER,
PULL AWAY FROM ALBANY
The Florida Gators have made history all year, but the
milestone they flirted with in the second round was
something unfathomably disastrous.
0-116 — that was the record of No. 16 seeds in the
NCAA Tournament, dating to the expansion of the field
to 64 teams nearly three decades ago. And there was
UF, the nation’s No. 1-ranked and top-seeded club in the
South Region bracket, deadlocked with undermanned,
undersized and mega-underdog Albany more than 25
minutes into the game.
SECOND-ROUND RECAP: VS ALBANY
AT THE BUZZER: INSTANT ANALYSIS
PERFECT
GATORS
FLORIDA FINISHES OFF PERFECT
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE RUN
Only two seasons after the SEC moved to an 18-game
league slate, Florida achieved conference perfection,
winning 21 consecutive SEC contests with a hard-earned
61-60 SEC Tournament Championship win over Kentucky.
SEC TOURNAMENT RECAP: VS KENTUCKY
SEC TOURNAMENT RECAP: VS TENNESSEE
SEC TOURNAMENT RECAP: VS MISSOURI
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Eli Carter
Damontre Harris
Patric Young
Scottie Wilbekin
Dorian Finney-Smith
Lexx Edwards
Dillon Graham
Will Yeguete
Michael Frazier II
Chris Walker
Casey Prather
DeVon Walker
Jacob Kurtz
Alex Murphy
Billy Donovan
Pos.
G
G
F/C
C
G
F
G
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F
G
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G/F
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Ht.
6-1
6-2
6-10
6-9
6-2
6-8
6-2
6-4
6-8
6-4
6-10
6-6
6-6
6-6
6-8
6-2
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200
240
240
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212
225
186
230
199
220
212
195
210
220
195
Class
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Jr.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
So.
So.
So.
Sr.
So.
Fr.
Sr.
So.
Jr.
So.
Jr.
Hometown
Umatilla, Fla.
Paterson, N.J.
Fayetteville, N.C.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Gainesville, Fla.
Portsmouth, Va.
Orlando, Fla.
Orlando, Fla.
Bordeaux, France
Tampa, Fla.
Bonifay, Fla.
Jackson, Tenn.
Winter Haven, Fla.
Oviedo, Fla.
Wakefield, R.I.
Gainesville, Fla.
Head Coach: Billy Donovan, Providence (’87), 18th season
Assistant Coaches: Rashon Burno, Matt McCall, John Pelphrey
SCHEDULE
STATISTICS
No. Name
Pos.
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Hometown
0
Phillip Nolan
F
6-10 212
So.
Milwaukee, Wis.
2
DeAndre Daniels
F
6-9
195
Jr.
Los Angeles, Calif.
3
Terrence Samuel
G
6-4
190
Fr.
Brooklyn, N.Y.
5
Niels Giffey
G/F
6-7
205
Sr.
Berlin, Germany
10
Tyler Olander
F
6-10 230
Sr.
Mansfield, Conn.
11
Ryan Boatright
G
6-0
168
Jr.
Aurora, Ill.
12
Kentan Facey
F
6-9
200
Fr.
Trelawny, Jamaica
13
Shabazz Napier
G
6-1
180
Sr.
Roxbury, Mass.
14
Pat Lenehan
G
6-3
181
Jr.
Middletown, Conn.
20
Lasan Kromah
G/F
6-6
201
Sr.
Greenbelt, Md.
21
Omar Calhoun
G
6-6
200
So.
Brooklyn, N.Y.
22
Leon Tolksdorf
F
6-8
218
So.
Berlin, Germany
24
Dan Guest
G
6-2
200
Jr.
West Hartford, Conn.
25
Tor Watts
G
6-1
202
Sr.
Brooklyn, N.Y.
35
Amida Brimah
C
7-0
217
Fr.
Accra, Ghana
44
Rodney Purvis
G
6-4
203
So.
Raleigh. N.C.
SCHEDULE
STATISTICS
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LAST MEETING
No. Name
Pos.
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Hometown
1
Ben Brust
G
6-1
196
Sr.
Hawthorn Woods, Ill.
2
Jordan Smith
G
6-1
180
Jr.
Orono, Minn.
5
Aaron Moesch
F
6-8
200
Fr.
Green Bay, Wis.
10
Nigel Hayes
F
6-7
250
Fr.
Toledo, Ohio
11
Jordan Hill
G
6-3
170
Fr.
Pasadena, Calif.
12
Traevon Jackson
G
6-2
208
Jr.
Westerville, Ohio
13
Duje Dukan
F
6-8
220
Jr.
Deerfield, Ill.
15
Sam Dekker
F
6-7
220
So.
Sheboygan, Wis.
21
Josh Gasser
G
6-3
190
Jr.
Port Washington, Wis.
24
Bronson Koenig
G
6-3
190
Fr.
La Crosse, Wis.
30
Vitto Brown
F
6-8
237
Fr.
Bowling Green, Ohio
32
Evan Anderson
C
6-10 245
Jr.
Stanley, Wis.
33
Zak Showalter
G
6-2
192
So.
Germantown, Wis.
34
Zach Bohannon
F
6-8
206
Sr.
Marion, Iowa
35
Riley Dearring
G
6-5
180
Fr.
Minnetonka, Minn.
44
Frank Kaminsky
F
6-11 234
Jr.
Lisle, Ill.
SCHEDULE
STATISTICS
COACHES
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No. Name
Pos.
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Hometown
F
6-9
215
Fr.
Antioch, Calif.
G/F
6-6
215
Fr.
Rochester Hills, Mich.
00
Marcus Lee
1
James Young
2
Aaron Harrison
G
6-6
218
Fr.
Richmond, Texas
3
Jarrod Polson
G
6-2
182
Sr.
Wilmore, Ky.
4
Jon Hood
G
6-7
215
Sr.
Madisonville, Ky.
5
Andrew Harrison
G
6-6
215
Fr.
Richmond, Texas
13
Sam Malone
G
5-11 185
Jr.
Scituate, Mass.
15
Willie Cauley-Stein
F
7-0
244
So.
Olathe, Kan.
21
Tod Lanter
G
6-2
190
Jr.
Lexington, Ky.
22
Alex Poythress
F
6-8
239
So.
Clarksville, Tenn.
24
EJ Floreal
G
6-3
195
Fr.
Palo Alto, Calif.
25
Dominique Hawkins
G
6-0
193
Fr.
Richmond, Ky.
30
Julius Randle
F
6-9
250
Fr.
Dallas, Texas
32
Brian Long
G
5-9
155
Jr.
Dumont, N.J.
35
Derek Willis
F
6-9
205
Fr.
Mt. Washington, Ky.
44
Dakari Johnson
C
7-0
265
Fr.
Brooklyn, N.Y.
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