Speaker 1: In the Sports page with The Orlando Sentinel at FM
Speaker 1: ninety six nine.
Speaker 2: In the games, Mike the Bulldog beyond you on Jr.
Speaker 1: National Championship is in the Palace Florida legic by two.
Speaker 2: Six circuits, five seconds short.
Speaker 3: He won.
Speaker 2: You can't touch it.
Speaker 3: They chip.
Speaker 2: The talks festival.
Speaker 3: It's a great data beat. Here. Where's the national title?
Speaker 2: Houston did not get a shot off.
Speaker 4: Florida sixty five, Houston sixty three. All right, bulldog And
Speaker 4: that was all she wrote last night. You were there
Speaker 4: to witness it yourself. We're guessing you're probably running on
Speaker 4: pure adrenaline this morning.
Speaker 3: Huh man. What a game, what a season, What a
Speaker 3: run for the Gators. They are the champions once again. Wow,
Speaker 3: what do you say about this? I've covered a lot
Speaker 3: of teams in my past, a lot of Gator teams,
Speaker 3: a lot of national champions. But this that team last night,
Speaker 3: that team this season. I mean, they came back from
Speaker 3: twelve down against the number one defense in the country.
Speaker 3: Houston was thirty three to zero this season when they
Speaker 3: held opponents under seventy points. They lured Florida into their game,
Speaker 3: and the Gators came out and they outslogged the barbie
Speaker 3: ballers in Houston last night. It was incredible. Down by
Speaker 3: twelve against Houston, they come back down against the two
Speaker 3: time defending national champion UKON team in the second half.
Speaker 3: They come back down by nine with less than three
Speaker 3: minutes left. Against Texas Tech, they come back down to
Speaker 3: the SEC champion number one seed at Auburn Tigers by
Speaker 3: nine in the second half. They come back. It's an
Speaker 3: incredible team. I can't say enough about the Gators had
Speaker 3: that taste by the way.
Speaker 1: He knew it was coming. I showed pat video. My
Speaker 1: daughter was at the O'Connell Center last night and it
Speaker 1: was rafters to floor. Man, it was packed.
Speaker 4: They're fired up and gain so hey bulldog. The Houston
Speaker 4: had the clamps on Clayton Junior there for the better
Speaker 4: part of the first half, and then he got going
Speaker 4: in the second half and ended up making the play
Speaker 4: that sealed the win in the end.
Speaker 3: Ironically, yeah, and again, how ironic that it was the
Speaker 3: Gators defense won this game. Who would have ever thought
Speaker 3: they can win this game with Walter Clayton Junior, who's
Speaker 3: been the best player in the tournament, who had sixty
Speaker 3: four points combined in the two previous games. He comes
Speaker 3: out last night, You're right, he could. They put the
Speaker 3: clamps on him. They shut him down. Thank god, by
Speaker 3: the way, for will Richard, his teammate, who hit some
Speaker 3: clutch streets in the first half to keep the Gators closed.
Speaker 3: But yeah, Walter Clayton Junior didn't get his first bucket.
Speaker 3: Seven point fifty was left in the game, only finished
Speaker 3: with eleven points. But that defensive play at the very end, Wow,
Speaker 3: he forces the Houston player Sharp into picking up his dribble.
Speaker 3: Sharp just sort of lets go of the ball to
Speaker 3: keep from getting called for traveling, and then Alex Conan
Speaker 3: dove on the ball to end the game. Houston's last
Speaker 3: two last two possessions, will Richard caused the turnover and
Speaker 3: then Walter Clayton Junior caused the turnover. So yeah, they
Speaker 3: won it an unconventional way. This is how they were
Speaker 3: supposed to win. If it was this sort of game,
Speaker 3: Houston was supposed to win it. But again the Gators
Speaker 3: showed they can they can adapt. And give Todd Golden
Speaker 3: credit the Gator basketball coach. I mean, he's been through
Speaker 3: through it this season. Got had those accusations against him
Speaker 3: early earlier in the season he was clear to those
Speaker 3: and now he becomes the youngest coach since Jim Valvano
Speaker 3: in nineteen eighty three to win the national championship. Thirty
Speaker 3: nine years old, third season at Florida and already he
Speaker 3: has them as national champion. So wow, what a season.
Speaker 4: It's then, hey, bulldog, you touched on it there a
Speaker 4: second ago. But even further to extend credit, I think
Speaker 4: you had to extend credit to the University of Florida
Speaker 4: administration for standing by the coach during all the noise
Speaker 4: in the system earlier when those allegations were flying around
Speaker 4: and easily the team could have been distracted from performing
Speaker 4: for the balance of the season, and through it all
Speaker 4: they weathered it.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 4: And that's that's unbelievable.
Speaker 3: Yeah. I talked to the athletic director, Scott Strickland earlier
Speaker 3: this week out here, and I asked you, and I go,
Speaker 3: why did you stick by Todd Gold? And I said,
Speaker 3: it would have been easier to you know, suspend him,
Speaker 3: and you know, wait for the you know, he goes Listen,
Speaker 3: just because you have an allegation against you doesn't mean
Speaker 3: it's true. He has right, just like the accuser had right,
Speaker 3: and yeah, he stuck behind. There was a four month investigation.
Speaker 3: Nothing came out of it. Again, I don't know what happened,
Speaker 3: but if there's no proof and you know, he's been cleared,
Speaker 3: so that's how that works. So yeah, good for the Gators.
Speaker 3: God Strickland. Again, a lot of eighties I think would
Speaker 3: have just cut cutting loose and said listen, hey, you're
Speaker 3: gone until you know.
Speaker 1: Whenever a listener texted in and said we're gonna have
Speaker 1: a basketball and football Natty championship in the same year,
Speaker 1: I'm like, whoa, whoa tap the.
Speaker 3: Brakes there, Hey, speaking of Scott Strickland, I mean six
Speaker 3: months ago, this guy himself was on the hot seat.
Speaker 3: His football coach was, you know, looked like he was
Speaker 3: in the midst of a third straight losing season. The
Speaker 3: basketball coach was being investigated for a title nine allegation.
Speaker 3: He's stuck by both of them. Everybody wanted Billy Napier fired,
Speaker 3: Let's not forget that. So Strickland stuck by Napier. The
Speaker 3: Gators won their last four games. They have one of
Speaker 3: the hottest young quarterbacks in the country coming back this season,
Speaker 3: so it looks like the football team has turned the corner.
Speaker 3: I don't know if they're gonna win the national title.
Speaker 3: That's a little far better, but exactly, Hey, the Gator
Speaker 3: athletic program is rolling once again, no question.
Speaker 4: Well congrats to to Gator Nation. We're a bit jealous
Speaker 4: that you were there to take it all in. Dog.
Speaker 4: That had to been a memory you'll hold for a while.
Speaker 3: Man. Oh, absolutely, it's fun. I didn't get to cover
Speaker 3: a lot of college basketball this season, but wow, I
Speaker 3: got to cover it when it counted. It was awesome.
Speaker 4: Id Magic back in action tonight after having what four
Speaker 4: days off. They're home against Atlanta this evening. Dog it
Speaker 4: thank you.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and they need to beat Atlanta. They're trying to
Speaker 3: fight off Atlanta to have home quarter advantage in the
Speaker 3: play in. I don't know if the Magic really need
Speaker 3: home quarter a vantage the way they played at home
Speaker 3: over the last half of the season, but it'll be
Speaker 3: important for them to beat the Hawks, try to get
Speaker 3: the home quart advantage in the play in and then
Speaker 3: obviously win the play in and then get into the playoffs. Well,
Speaker 3: they'll probably play the Boston Celtics in the first round.
Speaker 3: Celtics or the Cavaliers all right.
Speaker 4: In the lightning spank the Rangers last night five to
Speaker 4: one was the final. Bulldog, Mike Bianchi, You'll be back
Speaker 4: at the luxury condo later today, we trust I'll.
Speaker 3: Be I'll be there later tonight, and yeah, I'll be it.
Speaker 3: I'll be back and ready for action tomorrow.
Speaker 4: All right, Safe travels, Bulldog, and thanks for filling this
Speaker 4: in on the sports page from San Antonio this morning,
Speaker 4: as the Florida Gators are national champions in men's college basketball.
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