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game SEC Tournament florida 28 March 12, 2004 East No. 2 Florida vs. Alabama or Tennessee today’s game Florida went 1-0 against Alabama and 1-1 against Tennessee Tip 9:45 p.m. UF has made the SEC Tournament title game three times - 1934, 1989, 1994 Site Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Dome tipoff TV JP Sports. Tim Brando and Barry Florida is making its 39th appearance in the SEC Tournament , where the Gators receive a Booker handle the call. bye as the SEC East’ No. 2 seed and will face the winner of the game between West No. 3 Radio Gator Radio Network. Mick Alabama and East No. 6 Tennessee...Florida has a 20-38 all-time record in the event with Hubert and Mark Wise call the three appearances in the final - 1934, 1989 and 1994 (for a complete history, see page 157 of action the Florida media guide)...Florida is 2-6 in its SEC Tournament history against Alabama and Coaches Billy Donovan is 167-82 in his 2-4 against Tennessee...The Gators are 1-1 against Alabama in the SEC Tournament under eighth season at Florida and 202- 102 in his 10th year as a head Billy Donovan, losing in his first year in 1997 before posting an eight-point win in coach. Mark Gottfried 115-73 in 2001...Donovan has never faced Tennessee at the SEC Tournament and the two teams have six seasons at Alabama and 183- not met in the event since a Florida victory en route to the Final in 1989...While Florida has 97 overall, while Buzz Peterson experienced a wealth of success against the SEC West in recent years, going 28-8 during the is 47-40 in three seasons at Ten- regular season against West opponents, a team from the other side of the league has nessee and 152-90 in eight season knocked the Gators out of the SEC Tournament five straight seasons and in six of Donovan’s overall. seven years at Florida....The best showing by a Donovan-coached team was in 2001 when the polls his squad reached the semifinals before falling to Ole Miss...The Gators have been riding the trio of Anthony Roberson, David Lee and Matt Walsh , as the three combined for 48.3 AP ESPN Florida RV RV points per game (of UF’s 71.6 in league play)...Roberson averaged 17.7 points per game in Alabama RV NR SEC play, hit .464 from the floor and .426 from three-point range...Roberson has seven 20- Tennessee NR NR point games in his last 13 outings and scored in double figures in 14 of 16 SEC games...Over the past six games, Roberson has 30 assists to just 15 turnovers...Matt Walsh scored in series information double figures in 15 of 16 games in SEC play, averaging a team-high 17.8 points...Over the UF trails the all-time series with Alabama past eight games, Walsh is averaging 20.9 points per game, hitting .529 from the floor and 71-50, while Tennessee holds a 60-46 advan- .460 from three-point range (23-50)...Walsh led the SEC in points per game in the month of tage in that series. February, averaging 21.3 points over the seven games...David Lee has been in double figures in six of the last seven games, including an 17-point effort against Kentucky... Lee by the numbers is averaging 14.3 points over the last three games...Arguably the best passing big man in 7.8...the average number of free throw at- the SEC, Lee finishes second on UF in assists during SEC play with 39. tempts per game for Matt Walsh over the last eight contests, as he has hit 52-of-62 (83.9 scouting alabama and tennessee percent) during that stretch. Florida will face the winner of Thursday night’s late game between West No. 3 seed Alabama and East No. 6 seed Tennessee...Florida went a combined 2-1 against the pair of 11...the number of times the Gators have hit teams, winning at Alabama while splitting two games with Tennessee...Alabama has been 50.0 percent or better from the floor, includ- ing three of the last five starting lineup 24...the Gators were +24 in assists over turn- overs in their nine SEC wins and -7 in their Florida Gators (18-9, 9-7 SEC) seven losses No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG/RPG 44 Matt Walsh G 6-6 205 So. Holland, Pa. 16.1/4.6 48.3...the number of points per game in SEC 24 David Lee F 6-9 253 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. 13.7/6.9 play for Florida’s trio of Anthony Roberson, 4 Adrian Moss C 6-9 238 R-So. Houston, Texas 6.3/4.4 Matt Walsh and David Lee - 67.5 percent of 12 Lee Humphrey G 6-2 180 Fr. Maryville, Tenn. 4.0/1.3 the Gators’ offense in league play 1 Anthony Roberson G 6-1 180 So. Saginaw, Mich. 17.3/4.0a 83...the number of three-pointers by Anthony Key Reserves Roberson this year, the third highest total in No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG/RPG UF history and just 15 shy of tying the school 42 Bonell Colas C 6-9 225 Sr. Miami, Fla. 5.0/3.0 record 32 Chris Richard C 6-8 245 Fr. Lakeland, Fla. 3.7/2.7 21 Mohamed Abukar F 6-10 200 Fr. San Diego, Calif. 2.9/2.1 22 Rashid Al-Kaleem G 6-3 192 So. Dorchester, Mass. 2.5/0.8 23 Ryan Appleby G 6-3 165 Sr. Stanwood, Wash. 0.9/1.1.3a on a hot streak of late, winning four of their final five games with their lone loss coming in schedule & an overtime thriller to SEC regular season champion Mississippi State...When the Gators last saw the Tide they were without Ernest Shelton and his 15.4 points per game...They did results get to see Kennedy Winston who scored 25 points in the shootout between the two Date Opponent Results/Time schools...Alabama led the SEC in three-point accuracy, hitting .383 from beyond the arc, 11/10 EA Sports All-Stars (Exh.) W, 103-97 while posting over 35 rebounds per game...As for Tennessee, it was a tale of two teams - one 11/18 Team Nike (Exh.) W, 107-73 that went 7-1 at home in league play, including a two-point victory over Florida on Jan. 31 11/25 Montana State W, 112-73 11/28 Arizona W, 78-77 and one that went 0-8 in league play away from Thompson-Boling Arena, including a 38- 12/2 Florida A&M W, 102-78 point loss in Gainesville...The Vols are led by Scooter McFadgon who averaged 18.1 points 12/4 Central Florida W, 59-39 per game on the season, third in the SEC, and shot an amazing .908 from the line...Tennessee 12/6 Stetson W, 74-61 averaged a solid 72.6 points per game but yield an SEC-high 70.9 points per game...Brandon 12/10 Maryland L, 69-68 (OT) 12/13 Louisville L, 73-65 Crump averages 14.8 points and 7.1 rebounds per game while C.J. Watson adds 11.9 points 12/20 West Virginia W, 70-57 and 5.3 assists per game. 12/22 Northeastern W, 101-84 12/27 Eastern Kentucky W, 109-63 1/3 Florida State W, 87-73 last time out 1/7 South Carolina* W, 65-62 Anthony Roberson scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half after getting into early 1/10 Tennessee* W, 95-57 foul trouble, but the Gators couldn’t overcome 19 turnovers and a -27 deficit on the glass, 1/17 Vanderbilt* L, 86-72 1/21 Mississippi State* L, 79-68 as Kentucky ended their four-game winning streak, 82-62, at Rupp Arena...The trio of 1/24 Auburn* W, 68-52 Roberson, David Lee and Matt Walsh scored 51 of Florida’s 62 points, as the Gators got 1/27 Alabama* W, 88-78 only two points off the bench...Roberson picked up two fouls less than two minutes into 1/31 Tennessee* L, 65-63 the game, sending him to the bench for a bulk of the first half...The Gators limited Kentucky 2/3 Kentucky* L, 68-65 2/7 Vanderbilt* W, 81-71 to just 4-18 on three-point attempts in the first half to remain within striking distance at the 2/14 LSU* L, 73-70 break...The Gators trailed by only six early in the second half, but Kentucky’s smothering 2/17 Georgia* L, 76-62 defense, combined with six second-half three-pointers broke the game open...Lee added 17 2/21 Ole Miss* W, 81-66 points for Florida while Walsh scored 12, the 15th time in 16 SEC games he wound up in 2/25 South Carolina* W, 69-58 2/28 Arkansas* W, 73-68 double figures...Florida hit 16-of-22 free throws, getting to the line 20+ times for the eighth 3/3 Georgia* W, 63-55 time in the last 11 games. 3/7 Kentucky* L, 82-62 3/11-14 SEC Tournament TBA *Denotes SEC game.Home games in bold. All times EST roberson getting the point... Anthony Roberson has been the Gators’ point guard by definition all season, however, the in the last three weeks has had to put the responsibility squarely on his shoulders with the departure of Christian Drejer...Roberson has embraced the challenge and is displaying the polls excellent decision-making and care of the ball of a veteran point guard...Roberson has had Florida Week-by-Week seven assists in three of the past six games and over that stretch has 30 assists and just 15 AP ESPN/Coaches’ turnovers, a 2:1 ratio.