Florida Men's Basketball in NIT Quarterfinals

The University of Florida men's basketball team, which earlier had been considered a viable NCAA Championship Tournament contender before a late regular season slump knocked them out of consideration, has picked up its game and is currently on something of a hot streak.  In the second-tier National Invitation Tournament, the Gators won their first two games 97-68 over North Florida and 74-66 over Ohio State.  The remarkable thing about these wins is that Florida has had to play all of its NIT games on the road in hostile arenas despite being higher-seeded...all because their own home site, the O'Connell Center, is already booked for other events.  Tomorrow they will once again be on the road against a lower-seeded team in the quarterfinal round, this time against George Washington University in Washington, D.C..  Should Florida again prevail, they will make the celebrated NIT "Final Four" and get to play in the semi-final round in Madison Square Garden in New York City...

Game time for Florida vs. George Washington is Wednesday, March 23 at 7 pm.  It will be shown on ESPN2...but I'll be at work.  Still, I should be able to pick it up on the radio.  I'll have to remember to wear my Gator cap...