A few hours after Florida's loss Saturday, my friends and I began the acceptance level of the five stages of grief. At that point, we mentioned that if someone had told you in December that Florida would get to the Elite Eight, you would have taken it. If someone told you the Gators would win the SEC regular season, you would have taken that too.
Some nights, you just can't beat the refs, fate or black magic. But it doesn't help when you can't rebound either.
When Chandler Parsons missed a game winning shot as time expired, it would have been understandable for people to flash back to the missed chances that allowed the Gators to lose in double overtime to BYU in the 2010 tournament. But, as we have seen over the course of this season, these Gators are not last year's Gators.
The scoring prodigy's worst nightmare is on the other end.
Once again, the Florida Gators defeated the UCLA Bruins in the NCAA Tournament. This time it was 73-65, with the Gators moving on to the Sweet 16.
Thursday night in Tampa, the No. 2 seed Florida Gators defeated No. 15 seed UC-Santa Barbara, 79-51. The Gators will face No. 7 UCLA in the third round.
Florida begins the NCAA Tournament today against 15 seeded UC-Santa Barbara.
Today is a National Holiday.
The UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos had to win the Big West Tournament to qualify for the NCAAs.
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