re: The closer it gets to Saturday the more I think LSU beats Florida

Florida has the best coach in the SEC and there is nobody who is even a close second. They've also got a talented and very experienced core group of players. It's no accident that they are league champs and #1 in the country.

HOWEVER, LSU has got some pretty good players on this team. The problem is far, FAR, too many times those individual peices have not played well together. UK might have the most talented frontcourt in the SEC, yest we've seen LSU really control that battle in 2 games. That just goes to show you that when LSU's frontcourt is playing with passion they can match anyone in the SEC.

I think the atmosphere is going to give life to LSU. The key to the game for me is that LSU MUST expend energy on defense. The sole reason they lost the UK game is that they just flat out refused to make UK beat them by shooting jumpshots. They let UK get to the lane all day long. UF has one great shooter in Frazier. They cannot let him get open often. Otherwise, force UF to beat you from the outside. If they make jumpers, so be it. Also, if UF wants to pressure the ball, then LSU should make them pay. I don't care how good UF's team defense is, they don't have a guy who can keep up with Hickey full court. Also, Martin and Mickey, if nothing else, can get down the court on the break.