brewer ties the game at 76. with 40 seconds to go

1/21/2006 9:15:28 PM

So long Gators

TN +2 with 6 sec to play heading to the line

[Edited on January 21, 2006 at 9:16 PM. Reason : s]

[Edited on January 21, 2006 at 9:16 PM. Reason : 2]

1/21/2006 9:15:55 PM

what channel? i cant find the game

1/21/2006 9:16:48 PM

Fox Sports South

1/21/2006 9:17:25 PM

80-76 TN

GG Rocky Top

1/21/2006 9:17:58 PM

how odd is that that 3 17-0 teams lose on the same day

1/21/2006 9:18:00 PM

channel 50? i got canes game on that channel

1/21/2006 9:18:09 PM

I have directv, and it says FSS here, not sure what channel it may be around here

It's over anyway

1/21/2006 9:19:32 PM

insanity

does that mean the top 3 stay the same? or does UConn take #1?

[Edited on January 21, 2006 at 9:19 PM. Reason : assuming THEY don't lose as well]

1/21/2006 9:19:34 PM

the vols are going for the tried and true "well our football team sucks ass so we will play basketball now"

1/21/2006 9:20:01 PM

haha i knew Florida was WAY overrated

1/21/2006 9:20:19 PM

^epiphany


so if uconn rolls on louisville, they should be 1

[Edited on January 21, 2006 at 9:21 PM. Reason : sdff]

1/21/2006 9:21:22 PM

their schedule is truely rediculous

[Edited on January 21, 2006 at 9:21 PM. Reason : .]

1/21/2006 9:21:36 PM

ridiculous, even

1/21/2006 9:21:55 PM

all 3 undefeated lost today. pretty strange.

1/21/2006 9:24:03 PM

where is jaybee

1/21/2006 9:27:01 PM

Quote :

"does that mean the top 3 stay the same? or does UConn take #1?"

Duke will stay #1 or #2 and Florida will drop several spots because they suck anyway.

1/21/2006 9:27:24 PM

^agreed. same w/ pitt, people were just waiting for them to lose. memphis #1? na, uconn.

1/21/2006 9:29:31 PM

Duke still deserves to be #1

they had a bad game... but look at their schedule and the teams they have beaten

Duke is still every bit as good as #1 in the nation. If they replayed Gtown they'd win



11/14 Boston U W 64-47
11/16 S Hall W 93-40
11/19 Davidson W 84-55
11/23 Drexel W 78-68
11/25 #11 Memphis W 70-67
11/30 at #16 Indiana W 75-67
12/04 Va Tech W 77-75
12/07 Penn W 72-59
12/10 at #2 Texas W 97-66
12/18 Valparaiso W 104-77
12/21 St John's W 70-57
12/31 at UNC-Green W 102-69
01/02 Bucknell W 84-50
01/08 at #22 W Forest W 82-64
01/11 #21 Maryland W 76-52
01/14 at Clemson W 87-77
01/18 #14 NC State W 81-68
01/21 at G'town L 87-84


That's 6 ranked teams they've beat

[Edited on January 21, 2006 at 9:32 PM. Reason : schedule]

1/21/2006 9:30:56 PM

if uconn losses to lville, duke will probably still be #1, memphis 2.

1/21/2006 9:32:47 PM

god louisville is so overrated

god

1/21/2006 9:37:28 PM

See what happens when Duke actually has to play a true road game against a decent team?

[Edited on January 21, 2006 at 9:39 PM. Reason : ]

1/21/2006 9:39:08 PM

^^ think about Duke w/o Redick.. .that is what Louisville is w/o Taquan Dean, who is coming back Weds... That is the team you're watching...

and if UConn wins they WILL BE and DESERVE to be #1..

[Edited on January 21, 2006 at 9:40 PM. Reason : f]

1/21/2006 9:40:10 PM

Duke and UConn are pretty equivalent.. both have 1 loss to an unranked team

both have very close wins to unranked coference opponents

1/21/2006 9:41:58 PM

Quote :

"See what happens when Duke actually has to play a true road game against a decent team?"

You mean like Texas and Indiana??

I hate Duke just as much as the next person...and they are definitely not as great as everyone makes them out to be...but they are damn good.

1/21/2006 9:43:08 PM

Quote :

" hate Duke just as much as the next person...and they are definitely not as great as everyone makes them out to be...but they are damn good."

agreed

1/21/2006 9:45:06 PM

uconn should be #1 if they win

mainly because bball rankings include how the team is playing right now alot more. whoever loses first is higher. if you look at the whole season and ignore time then duke should be #1 because they have more impressive wins and uconn got BLOWN OUT by marquette.

1/21/2006 9:48:57 PM

^whoh you are def making progress

Quote :

"^^ think about Duke w/o Redick.. .that is what Louisville is w/o Taquan Dean, who is coming back Weds... That is the team you're watching..."

louisville hasn't beaten a quality team even with dean

[Edited on January 21, 2006 at 9:52 PM. Reason : k]

1/21/2006 9:52:06 PM

Oh I am here bitches.... was watching the game while playing poker...but I am free now

1/21/2006 9:52:50 PM

Quote :

"louisville hasn't beaten a quality team even with dean"

I know. The average person on here who doesn't know they play basketball outside the ACC I'm sure doesn't though. UConn is playing like crap but this Louisville team would be A LOT different looking team with him in there..

1/21/2006 9:54:42 PM

It was good to see 25,000 there.... now I just hope we can keep Pearl around if he keeps this up

1/21/2006 10:01:22 PM

The Vols should be ranked after this last game. No doubt about it.

1/21/2006 10:07:42 PM

no shit... if they arent ranked NyM410 will suck your dick

1/21/2006 10:13:03 PM

Quote :

"the vols are going for the tried and true "well our football team sucks ass so we will play basketball now""

Hahaha. Is that what we as in NC State are doing????

1/22/2006 7:56:19 AM

uh what?

1/22/2006 9:20:23 AM

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Florida took the court against Tennessee as the last undefeated team in the country, knowing two others had gone down earlier in the day.

The Gators made it 0-3 for the unbeatens Saturday.

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Tennessee put an end to the surprising Gators' best start in school history with an 80-76 victory, behind Chris Lofton's 29 points.

Florida (17-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) No. 1 Duke and No. 9 Pittsburgh all began the day with perfect records and road games to play. But Duke lost to Georgetown and Pitt fell to St. John's, making the Gators the lone unbeaten by tipoff Saturday night.

"We had won 17 games, but going into tonight we were 0-0," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "I knew Duke had lost, but these are different guys. They are more wrapped up in trying to become a good team, to become better individually and really sacrifice for one another."

The Gators would have been in prime position to take over the No. 1 spot from Duke. They've been No. 1 twice before, but this year's climb has been the most impressive.

Florida wasn't ranked in the preseason poll and wasn't even considered among the best teams in the SEC after losing Matt Walsh, Anthony Roberson and David Lee from a team that went 24-8 last season.

But the Volunteers (12-3, 3-1) are also having a surprisingly good year under new coach Bruce Pearl, despite losing two straight coming into Saturday.

They had won at then-No. 6 Texas last month, giving Tennessee fans hope that Pearl was bringing new life to the program that had been mediocre the past four years under Buzz Peterson.

"That is a shot that is going to be heard around the world," Pearl said. "I couldn't be happier."

The Vols seemed more inspired by the possibility of keeping Florida away from No. 1 as the Gators were to be the top-ranked team in the country.

"If you asked me, I would have thought that would have been a motivator for Florida to wake up tomorrow as the No. 1 team in the country," Pearl said.

The final 9 1/2 minutes were tight and got tighter as the clock wound down.

Corey Brewer had tied it at 76 for Florida with 45 seconds remaining on two foul shots.

Lofton missed a 3 at the other end for Tennessee, and Brewer got the outlet pass and was racing for the basket when Lofton stole it.

Dane Bradshaw caught a long pass from Lofton and scored a layup that put the Vols ahead 78-76 with 20 seconds left.

Florida's Lee Humphrey then missed a 3 with 6 seconds left, and Lofton was fouled. He sank both foul shots to seal it. Taurean Green fired a long 3 in desperation at the end, but Tennessee got the rebound. As the buzzer sounded, Tennessee students stormed the court, hugging the players.

Lofton was 10-for-19 from the floor and Andre Patterson had 12 points and 10 rebounds. JaJuan Smith added 10 points.

Brewer scored 20 points despite hurting his right ankle in the first half. Green had 17 points and Joakim Noah and Al Horford each scored 11 points.

"We played great tonight, we really did," Donovan said. "They gave me everything I could possibly want. I am really proud of the way our team responded here. This was the toughest road environment we faced all season."

The excitement swirling around the matchup drew over 24,000 fans to the normally cavernous Thompson-Boling Arena, including Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt and football coach Phillip Fulmer.

Pearl was wearing a tie with orange, blue and black stripes given to him by Summitt, who got victory No. 900 this week at Vanderbilt.

"She didn't tell me when to wear it, but she just gave it to me today so I wore it on the first day. I wasn't sure it had any many wins left in it after all the wins she's had," Pearl said.

The young Gators -- four sophomores start -- had put together the longest winning streak in school history and Florida's last regular-season loss was 21 games ago to LSU on Feb. 19, 2005.

The Vols have been the spoiler before. They won in Gainesville last year to give Florida its first SEC loss.

But wins over top-5 teams in Knoxville have been few and far between. The Vols last win over a No. 2 team was against Kentucky on Feb. 24, 1993.

Florida led most of the first half and were ahead by eight early in the second half after a 3 by Humphrey, the long-range shooter from nearby Maryville, about 20 minutes from the campus.

The Vols kept it close afterward while both teams maintained a frantic pace. Fouls started to be an issue late, and Tennessee's leading scorer and point guard C.J. Watson fouled out with 2:53 left.

Jordan Howell filled in for Watson, and the sophomore sank his first career free throw with 1:30 remaining that put the Vols up 76-74. He missed the second.

In the end, defense saved Tennessee, which came into the game leading the league in steals at 11 per game. The Vols finished with nine steals, and Florida had 19 turnovers.

1/22/2006 12:41:11 PM