The Season in Pictures 2006?07
Ryan Hunt
April 11, 2007
With every opponent gunning to knock off the defending national champions, the determined Gators battled through the regular season and peaked just in time for the tournaments
LIGHTNING ROD
JOAKIM NOAH'S SCORING ACTUALLY DECREASED THIS SEASON, BUT HIS ABUNDANT ENERGY JUICED FLORIDA IN PLENTY OF OTHER WAYS.
KENTUCKY FRIED
BEHIND ONE OF AL HORFORD'S TEAM-HIGH 15 DOUBLE DOUBLES, AS WELL AS THREE BLOCKED SHOTS, FLORIDA PUMMELED KENTUCKY 85?72. THE GATORS BECAME THE FIRST SEC SCHOOL TO BEAT THE CATS SIX STRAIGHT TIMES.
STAR QUALITY
POINT GUARD TAUREAN GREEN WAS AT HIS BEST IN FLORIDA'S BIGGEST GAMES. THE JUNIOR SCORED A TEAM-HIGH 24 POINTS AND ADDED TWO STEALS IN AN 86?60 ROUT OF GREG ODEN AND OHIO STATE ON DEC. 23.
THE MARKSMAN
YOU WON'T OFTEN SEE LEE HUMPHREY SHOOTING INSIDE THE ARC, AS HE DID HERE AGAINST DANE BRADSHAW AND THE VOLUNTEERS ON FEB. 3. THE SENIOR LEAVES FLORIDA AS ITS ALLTIME LEADER IN THREE-POINT SHOOTING.
WAITING HIS TURN
FRESHMAN JONATHAN MITCHELL DIDN'T SEE MUCH PLAYING TIME, BUT THE 6' 7" SWINGMAN IS LIKELY TO BE A BIG PART OF THE GATORS' FUTURE AFTER THEIR PACK OF NBA PROSPECTS DEPARTS.