hifigator
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Post by hifigator on Mar 5, 2009 11:38:02 GMT -5
It's just about time to accept the fact that Hoyas and Gators alike, are not going to be dancing this year. I know no one is happy about that.
That being said, you would have to think that there's a decent likelihood that said teams may very well meet in the "Not-In-Tournament."
Two questions:
Who gets the home game and do they really want/deserve it?
P.S. Sure, I know that either team could get hot and win their respective tournament. But I think we are all smart enough to know that is highly, highly unlikely.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 5, 2009 13:01:39 GMT -5
It's very hard for GU to get an NIT home game. Would likely be at Florida if it ever happened.
I'd rather see us on the road.
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thebin
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Post by thebin on Mar 5, 2009 13:59:49 GMT -5
I just threw up in my mouth.
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Post by kghoya on Mar 5, 2009 18:00:02 GMT -5
haven't the hoyas had a road game vs florida in the nit before?
if so, it was obviously really important since i only 50/50 remember it
i think it was either before or after playing ga tech...both games were close but i cant remember which was a win and which was a loss
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Post by kghoya on Mar 5, 2009 18:04:55 GMT -5
ok it was after the 97-98 season
two point win at gainesville followed up by a one point ot loss at atlanta
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Post by FLHoya on Mar 5, 2009 19:29:33 GMT -5
In an article not too long back about Hoya recruit Nate Lubick, there was an allusion to a possible regular season series in the near future between GU and Florida. IIRC, one of Nate's teammates or local rivals has committed to UF, and they were talking it up between each other.
A few years ago--I want to say during the 05-06 season--someone gave us the info at a HHC function that Florida, along with Ohio State and UCLA, were schools that GU had considered playing in a non-conference series. A year later, all four teams were in the Final Four together.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 5, 2009 19:34:25 GMT -5
Erik Murphy, a Florida commit, is Nate Lubick's teammate.
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Post by RDF on Mar 6, 2009 1:17:09 GMT -5
NIT is different tournament now--they seed teams, etc.....so it'll be a different format than in past and one we hopefully don't experience--but likely we do this year-and hopefully that is it for a LONG TIME!
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on Mar 6, 2009 13:29:41 GMT -5
On a related note, isn't next year the third and final year of the SEC-Big East challenge? I don't think Florida has played yet, so they will be one of the four teams competing against a BE team. Wasn't the GU-Tenn. game part of that package?
I don't know if Louisville has played yet, but if not, then I could see them matching up a Pitino-Donovan pairing.
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Mar 6, 2009 14:04:05 GMT -5
the UT game was part of the Old Spice Classic not the BE-SEC challenge...we played Bama last year....
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Post by HometownHoya on Mar 8, 2009 13:09:45 GMT -5
I hope that our future is not now forever intertwined with UF's after 2006. We would be spending a lot of time in the NIT :-(
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Mar 8, 2009 19:18:58 GMT -5
In theory if we were to end up in the NIT we'd get a high seed i hope so we'd play the first round in the verizon center. I've been told that the NIT will not allow us to play a NIT game in McDonough. The second weekend of the NIT verizon is booked so apparently we'd have to go on the road even if we're the higher seed.
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