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00:00Now, the games, of course, yesterday, a little bit different for one team, my team, the Florida Gators.
00:06Boy, UConn gave them a battle, and if Walter Clayton Jr. is not on Florida, I don't know that they win that game,
00:12but I guess that's the bottom line, Gilbert, is that he is.
00:15And so even if they don't cover spreads the next couple of games, the Gators are formidable,
00:18and Duke basically hasn't played a competitive game in the NCAA tournament.
00:22So, you know, Duke's moved ahead very significantly here as favorites to win the NCAA tournament championship.
00:28The Gators have fallen back a little bit to plus 390, and I guess it's based off that one game.
00:34But I would ask you, should we overreact to that one game?
00:37I know they got a tough matchup coming up against Maryland, but, you know,
00:40Maryland themselves didn't look all that great for the majority of that game.
00:45You know, I think what we've learned in years past is it's important to not overreact to games like this.
00:50It happens. It's the best, you know, you got to win six games, and it's one and done.
00:54So a lot of times, you're tested. All that matters is that you survive in advance.
00:58I think back to Virginia a couple years ago, needed a miracle shot to force overtime
01:03and ended up winning the tournament after getting that.
01:05Walter Clayton, if Florida doesn't have him, they probably don't advance,
01:09but they have him and no other team does.
01:11I think when you have him on your roster, you're able to survive through a scare like they did yesterday.
01:16That builds a lot, gives you confidence moving forward in the tournament,
01:19and I think that will help them in the long run.
01:21I wouldn't be surprised if they're confident enough to kind of cruise in their next game or so.
01:25I was high on Florida coming into the tournament.
01:27I still feel the same way, but I do understand also Duke has been so dominant.
01:31It doesn't look like there's any team out there that's capable of making it hard on them.
01:35So I kind of understand that it's probably more credit to Duke than discredit to what Florida did.