Florida Gators Gutted After Repeat

In the wake of their repeat NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship run, the Florida Gators find themselves in a position they haven’t been in for what seems like decades: clearly and decisively out of the top 25 in the polls.
 

One of the most amazing things about the Florida Gators keeping their team together for two years was that they managed to stay so unabashedly obnoxious and annoyingly inarticulate after two years of “education” at a top university, as evidenced by their humble, heartwarming speeches after their two championship victories and any interview with them ever. 
 

The other odd thing was that so many outstanding college basketball players decided not to enter the NBA draft after their first championship season.
 

However, the same will not be true this year. Al Hartford, Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer, and Taurean Green all have signed with agents and declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft.  Coach Billy Donovan actually stayed in Gainesville, though.
 

Unless they have another recruiting class like two years ago, the Gators are going to be rebuilding in a post-Saddam kind of way next year.

The bad news for those of you who buy Florida Gators tickets is that you’ll probably not be going back for a third helping of national champs. But that’s good news for the rest of us getting NCAA basketball tickets at StubHub.com.


 
 

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