It wasn’t the greatest of circumstances for Sagaba Konate to demonstrate his worth. In fact, the Florida Gators made sure it was the worst night so far in his junior season with the West Virginia Mountaineers.
The unaesthetically pleasing encounter capped off the 2018 Jimmy V Classic Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. It highlighted the best and worst of college basketball. (Some of it, anyway …)
Some say that while defense is great, too much of it is unwatchable and indeed the Gators thugged out a 66-56 victory over Konate and his Mountaineer teammates. While the 6’8” 250-pound forward – really, a center – had been on a roll coming into New York City, he shot 2-for-10, finishing with four points, six rebounds, five turnovers and to top it off, fouled out in 18 minutes of play.