Quietly, Florida coach Billy Donovan has had the Florida Gators on the brink of the Final Four once again in the last two years as they have suffered a pair of heartbreaking losses in the Elite Eight. What makes these experiences so worthwhile is that Florida is a definition of team chemistry with several players who can hoop it up at several positions on the floor as Wisconsin saw in Florida’s 74-56 domination of the Badgers in Gainesville.
(Courtesy Univ. of Florida Athletics)
The post game fires were stoked in both locker rooms by the play of Florida’s 6-10 senior forward Erik Murphy. He was a riddle unsolved for the Badgers as he went 10-of-10 from the floor with 24 points in 33 minutes.
“We were getting good looks and we were making them,” said Murphy, who became only the sixth Gator in the history of the program to make all of his allotted shots from the floor in a single game, “That (scoring in the paint) was something I tried to work on in the off-season with the coaches.”...
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