Florida coach Mike White said something at Saturday’s postgame press conference that made me realize just how far removed this team was from last season’s NCAA Tournament Elite Eight run.
Following UF’s 69-66 loss to Texas Tech in Dallas in the second round of the Big Dance, he paused a bit and pointed at Chris Chiozza and Egor Koulechov sitting at his left.
“If all 13 of my guys were as tough as these two,” he said. “We'd still be playing.”
It was the story of the season, where Florida’s mental fortitude was about as inconsistent as it’s scoring.