haha, whoever worte this needs help. there is so many things wrong in this article. journalism is dead

@ Bill

Please state which parts are wrong, all I see is facts.

Duke and Purdue and thats it haha. FLA will be there next year, but its about those two teams this year.

you said Florida got bounced 2 seasons early. they didnt make the tourney for 2 straight seasons and got bounced early this yr after being given a better seed than earned for who knows why. Also how is florida going to challenge Duke,they have to get through UK, UT and even UGA first.

Andrew, I really hope you’re right, but I don’t expect anything that awesome from Florida basketball this year.

This entry seems more appropriate for a Florida sports blog or an SEC blog, but I can’t say I’m mad to see some hype thrown in the direction of the Gators.

If Austin Rivers comes through, however, it’s going to be a problem!

At Dime we have a college section and this is appropriate for that. Don’t sleep on my Gators.. trust me

@ JC

Glad you agree.

i doubt florida is even the favorite in the sec east, let alone contend for a national title

WOW!!! What is Dime magazine and who is the writer( ANDREW MACALUSO)? What a joke of an article. I like Donovan but I think this article may have been written by one of his children. Go CATS.

should be an interesting match up with UK and flordia.i would like to see flordia and uk put a serious beatdown on duke.flordia is my next favorite team next to uk just because i think billy d is a great coach.

Slow down there Andy, got to get to the tourney first.

Two points. One, Florida is a football school. Even the basketball fans will tell you that. If Donovan doesn’t win now, the fans won’t grow hungrier. They’ll return to the way things were, which was pretty good.

Two, the author is doing a real disservice to Gator fans. What’s this talk about back-to-back championships getting smaller in the rearview mirror? As if 2 national championships in the last 5 years is a cause for concern. Jesus, not even UK fans are that psychotic. Sounds more like the author is growing impatient. Or (my guess) trying to create an issue and cause a stir. But the last thing Gator fans need is someone telling them they’re in immediate danger of becoming “irrelevant” just a few short years after back-to-back national championships. That’s whack.

Last year’s Gator team lost 13 games, and the highlight of their season was getting beaten by UK twice.

UF has ONE Mickey D AA, and A SOLITARY 4-STAR recruit, who, combined with a team that lost over ONE-THIRD of last season’s games are going to challenge for NCAA superiority?

The Gators will lose twice to UK, probably twice to UT and probably twice to UGA. The only time Florida’s gym will be sold out this year will be when they play UK. I fail to see how getting yer butt stomped, and ending up in 3rd or 4th place in the SEC east is going to lead to NCAA tourney success.

Don’t worry Andrew, UK fans will remember this travesty of “journalism”, and will be back in force to remind you of your idiocy in late winter.

Incidentally, does DIME employ editors? Or do they just let anyone sumbit articles which they post without review? I ask because of the errors, not only factual, but also those that fly in the face of the standard rules of journalism.

Just a couple of examples for you:

Error: “they’re already the favorites to win the SEC East”

This is absolutely a flat out lie. What sources do you cite to give UF this distinction? Who, specifically, has made UF a favorite, other than yourself?

Error: “And looking ahead to the future, Rutgers transfer Mike Rosario will be eligible…”

While it is a fact that Rosario will be eligible in ’11. professional writers RARELY start a sentence with “and”, and professional editors invariably remove them.

Error: “Florida takes it to every team they play as if it’s their last game…”

We ARE taking about the Gators, right? The FLORIDA Gators? Let’s see…last season, split with UT, split with UGA, split with USC, and consecutive losses to Syracuse, Richmond and South Alabama. Blew an 8 point halftime lead against Richmond. Versus S. Alabama, UF had the lead and the ball with less than a minute to play, and lost. Against UK, in Gainesville, UF scored 11 points in the last EIGHT minutes of the game. Yep, they’re a terror on the court alright.

Look, it’s OK to be a homer (which you obviously are, judging by your “my gators” statement in the comments), but try to temper your enthusiasm with something vaguely resembling objectivity.

You could have written basically the same article, without the homerism and utter BS, titled it “Florida Hopes to Relive Their Championship History”, and it probably would have been recogized as an OK article. But by writing it the way you have, you exposed yourself as a blind homer who doesn’t know what he is talking about, thus rendering his opinion invalid.

Believe me when I say that Florida is bringing back more “Gator” this season than they are “bait”.

Sorry, I misspelled “bulletin” and there is a missing quotation mark that should read: Mister “My-facts-are-straight”. But then, I don’t have those fine editors at DIME.

Furthermore, yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the man.

Now, how do I submit my article “Elmer P. Jackson Middle School will Challenge Duke for National Supremacy in 2011″?

Look Mr. andrew, you exposed your ignorance in the FIRST THREE sentences of this thing. All you see is facts ? Exposed your ignorance again.

you say “After the “Gator Five” — Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Corey Brewer, Taurean Green and Lee Humphrey — took off for the pros”

what ??? exactly what pro team does Humphrey play for ? oh wait sorry he plays for Ratiopharm Ulm in germany. Of course that’s after being cut from the wizards, PAOK Thessaloniki, and then seeing no playing time for Polish powerhouse Energa Czarni. But I don’t have to tell you that because you knew that didn’t you Andrew ? I suppose IF you wanted to really talk NBA then you could have mentioned Chris Richards but then it wouldn’t have been the “Florida Five”…which btw who the hell ever called them that? Ignorant.

then in just your THIRD sentence you said “After two straight seasons of being bounced from NCAA Tournament play…….”

whaaaat ??? You’d think that if you’re going to act like such a knowledgeable UF fan you’d remember that UF played in the NIT just two years ago. NOT THE FREAKING NCAA’s. Do you know the difference between the NIT and the NCAA’s Andrew ? apparently not.

Let me sum this up for you Andrew…your team has PLAYED in ONE NCAA tourney game in the past 3 years, and they lost that. Not exactly setting the world on fire there Andrew….and you finding one or two people who picked the Gators to win the East does not equate them being the “favorite”. I can show you just as many predictions having UK or UT. In fact….I PERSONALLY pick UK to win it. So I guess that now makes UK the favorite ! Sorry to rain on your parade drew.