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Mar 9, 2012; New Orleans, LA, USA; Florida Gators head coach Billy Donovan watches his team play the Alabama Crimson Tide in the first half of their game in the second round of the 2012 SEC Tournament at the New Orleans Arena. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-US PRESSWIRE

Remember when Billy Donovan and the Florida Gators absolutely OWNED Kentucky in basketball? It was just a three year period (3/6/2005 – 3/8/2008) but for this Wildcat living in Florida, it felt like an eternity. During the short reign, Florida racked up two NCAA Titles and so impressed Orlando Sentinel writer Mike Bianchi so much that he predicted that the Gators had permanently supplanted the Kentucky Wildcats as Kings of the Southeastern Conference. Remember that?

Yea …..

Well, let’s also remember that before that Gator seven game “dominance”, Kentucky had won eight in a row against UF. And since that streak, Kentucky has won eight of ten and four games in a row. So normalcy has been restored to the SEC and now the Gators face the Wildcats again just six days after ruining Senior Day for Erving Walker and manhandling the Gators on their home court 74-59. Sorry I can’t think of a better into to this since I just wrote this matchup story a week ago, so let’s meet the Gators … again.

PROBABLE STARTERS
Stats and rankings do not reflect the 3/9 games

#11 – G – ERVING WALKER – SR – 5’8, 177
12.4 PPG, 4.7 APG, 2.9 RPG

#1 – G – KENNY BOYNTON – SO – 6’2, 189
16.8 PPG, 2.5 APG, 2.4 RPG

#23 – G – BRADLEY BEAL – FR – 6’3, 207
14.4 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 2.0 APG

#33 – F – ERIK MURPHY – JR – 6’10, 230
10.0 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 0.9 APG

#4 – F/C – PATRIC YOUNG – SO – 6’9, 247
10.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 1.2 APG

THE BENCH

#3 – G – MIKE ROSARIO – JR – 6’3, 191
7.2 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 1.1 APG

#5 – G – SCOTTIE WILBEKIN – SO – 6’2, 178
2.4 PPG, 1.6 APG, 1.4 RPG

24 – G/F – CASEY PRATHER – SO – 6’6, 212
1.5 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 0.3 APG

34 – F/C – CODY LARSEN – FR – 6’9, 231
0.6 PPG, 0.9 RPG

NATIONAL STAT RANKINGS / TEAM STATS