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Florida has benefited from a weak bubble this season as teams like Memphis, Seton Hall and USF fell early enough in their conference tournaments to knock themselves out.

The best player on the Gators is not their leading scorer or their second leading scorer. It's not their senior or their center.

For the third consecutive season, the Gators could have sealed an NCAA bid by winning 10 conference games but failed. Why does this keep happening? Here are our theories;

Tonight is Senior Night for Dan Werner the only remaining player from the Class of 2006.

Florida (12-5, 1-2 SEC) is getting set to face Arkansas (8-9, 1-1) Thursday night, but off the radar of college basketball.

The Gators are a little bit better than last year's version. The problem is that the rest of the SEC is much better. The loss at Vanderbilt was a small case, but tonight Kentucky and their NBA point guard John Wall come to town.

The Gators (5-0) have to finish and defeat Rutgers this evening in Atlantic City.

Tonight is a huge test for the Gators (4-0) as they face No. 2 Michigan State (4-0) in Atlantic City.

When you have two season like the Gators had in 2006 and 2007, the hangover can last a while.

In exhibition play, your Florida Gators face St. Leo in the first scrimmage of the season.