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April 3, 2007
Florida wins NCAA basketball championship
ATLANTA - The Florida Gators beat Ohio State 84-75 Monday night to become the first team since Duke in 1992 to repeat as NCAA men's basketball champions.Al Horford had 18 points and 12 rebounds, Taurean Green had 16 points and Greg Oden's 25 points and 12 rebounds weren't enough for Ohio State (35-4) to stop the Gators (35-5) from completing the quest they set upon when all the starters delayed their NBA plans for a try at another title.
"We all love each other and we all love playing with each other," Green said. "People made huge sacrifices. They all came back for this and wouldn't have been satisfied without it."
While the debate about the best teams of all time can truly begin, there is no denying that Florida's overall athletic program is the best in the nation.
This win completes a 2007 championship-game sweep of the Buckeyes in the two biggest college sports — men's hoops and football. Florida, a 41-14 winner in the football title game in January, remains the only program in history to hold both championships at the same time.
Trust me, no one is more pained than me to write that Florida wins anything, but given that Oden is a violent thug it was the best possible outcome in this case. I will reiterate yet again there is only one serious conference in the United States and it's the SEC. I can't wait until Oden gets to the NBA and gets taught a lesson about how to play with the adults and his violent antics will end him up on the bad side of a lot of decent players. (The NBA may be full of thugs, because I don't like basketball, but such is life.)
Read more over at Yahoo Sports.
Posted by Jamison at April 3, 2007 7:57 AM
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GATOR BAIT, CHOMPED AGAIN!!
Despite any behavior or moral shortcomings of Oden, thank God Ohio State didn't have anyone shooting the ball well along the perimeter. If so, I might be in a very blue mood right now. Oden played the most dominating game I've seen in a very long while as a big man. Yes, he had some extra protection from the zebras with a few "questionable call"..okay they were b.s.
Posted by: Wayne at April 4, 2007 3:57 AM