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So, first of all, why can’t Florida beat Vanderbilt in anything?
Forget that. Why can’t Florida play defense anymore?
It’s easy to talk about Castleton being out, but the Gators were starting to wilt defensively before his injury.
On Saturday night, they had no answers again for Vandy and have now allowed an average of more than 80 points in the last eight games.
On top of that, any chances for a comeback were thwarted by 11-for-19 free throw shooting.
Florida trailed 46-36 at the half as the trend that started much earlier than Castleton was injured continued – bad defense.
Maybe the football team’s issues in that department leaked into the basketball team as Florida allowed Vandy to shoot 53% from the field in the first half and 52% for the game.
The Gators fell behind early in the second half but did manage to cut the lead to single digits several times only to allow Vanderbilt to get easy baskets on the other end.
It’s getting to the point where fans are just ready for this season on the brink to be jettisoned over the side.
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