OT: Florida at Yale
OT: Florida at Yale
URI had inquired at one point whether Florida would play at the RC so Erik Murphy could play close to home. Billy D said as a PC grad he couldn't. Today they played at Yale. I guess that was Murphy's hometown game.
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Re: OT: Florida at Yale
Yep. Guess so.
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Re: OT: Florida at Yale
I went to the game. Yale kept it close for most of the first half, but faded quick.
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Why wouldn't Billy D come back and play PC at the Dunk? At Yale?
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Re: OT: Florida at Yale
Probably didn't want to play URI or PC simply because he was afraid to lose... and considering his team is a perennial bubble, he probably didn't want the stain on the resume come tournament time... that's why he lose to play a low-major instead of a PC, URI, or UConnIggy1979 wrote:Why wouldn't Billy D come back and play PC at the Dunk? At Yale?
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Makes me wonder what interesting venues Rhody may play at over the next few years to let our new recruits play in front of many family and friends.
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Florida's non conference schedule included Georgetown, Marquette, Wisconsin, Florida St, Arizona & Kansas State. I'm thinking they are not afraid of a loss to URI or pc.Jks1985 wrote:Probably didn't want to play URI or PC simply because he was afraid to lose... and considering his team is a perennial bubble, he probably didn't want the stain on the resume come tournament time... that's why he lose to play a low-major instead of a PC, URI, or UConnIggy1979 wrote:Why wouldn't Billy D come back and play PC at the Dunk? At Yale?
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Shinze, I think they don't mind a loss to a "name brand" program like the ones you listed, but to lose on the road to a PC or URI would in their mind not be something they could convince others to accept.
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Re: OT: Florida at Yale
Agree with Shinze, Fla is a top 10 school I dont think losing is the reason they are avoiding a PC or URI
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I agree with ATPTourFan. Florida does not mind losing to a perennial high profile team that makes the NCAA most years. It however does not want to lose to a team such as a PC or URI that rarely makes the tournament.
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Billy D did a 2 for 1 with PC during the back to back title years
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LOL, technically it was a "neutral"-home-home.seanmc94 wrote:Billy D did a 2 for 1 with PC during the back to back title years
The neutral game just happened to be in Tallahassee, go figure.
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