[gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] GatorDance NEWS from the Bleacher Report, Palm Beach Post and Miami Herald, courtesy of JunoGator

Ok, when was the last time you were more concerned about Patric Young making free throws than Quinton Dunbar becoming the go to wide receiver?

Florida basketball has moved in to March as much as any other program.  I can’t even walk into the local Y without some Tennessee fan stopping me to ask how the Gators are going to handle FGCU and to tell me he is for the Gators in the NCAAs “as much as it pains me to say it.”

 

Billy Donovan should/will be a hall of fame coach.  He is being mentioned in the same context as Mike K…  (however one would spell that name) and other great coaches.

I’m pumped up about this team!  Go Gators!!  Where’s the Tylenol?

 

Oliver Barry CRS,GRI

Real Estate Broker

Bob Parks Realty

1517 Hunt Club Blvd

Gallatin TN 37066

Phone: 615-826-4040

Fax: 615-822-2027

Mobile: 615-972-4239

 

 

 

Patric Young nails his free throws in 78-64 win over Minnesota

by Jason Lieser

Patric Young's free-throw issues dissipated for at least one night. (AP file photo)

The millions of fears swirling around Florida C Patric Young’s brain subsided when he swished his first two free throws during Florida’s 78-64 win over Minnesota in the NCAA tournament tonight. Young and the third-seeded Gators advanced to the Sweet 16 in Arlington, Texas, where they will face No. 15 seed Florida Gulf Coast on Friday (9:57 p.m., TBS).

Young hit his first two free throws and finished 5 of 6. He scored five points and had seven rebounds.

That 5 for 6 might not seem amazing, but it was a breakthrough for Young. He was 10 of 27 over his previous four games.

“I felt pretty good,” he said. “A lot of people have been trying to fix my shot. My shot’s fine. The ball just doesn’t go in. It’s just a matter of my confidence going up. It felt really good knocking down clutch free throws.”

He has been battling doubt lately. He said the thoughts swimming around in his brain at the foul line have been along the lines of, “don’t miss, don’t airball, don’t shoot it too hard, don’t go short. That was a big problem.”

His mind quieted for one night, but he refused to assume his free-throw trouble is history.

“It’s gonna be a process I deal with the rest of my career,” he said. “No one’s ever been 100 percent.”

Young has hit 50.4 percent this season. He was at 70.3 percent as a freshman and 59.3 percent last year.