Golden turned a 3-year stint at USF (the OG Bill Russell USF, not South Florida) into an $18 million/6-year contract with the Gators. In other words, no one in the student section was alive the last time a team scored in the paint at such an efficient clip as the Chippewas.ģ.

If you don’t remember that, think back to when the nation’s cinemas were rolling out classics like Saving Private Ryan, The Big Lebowski, and 3 Ninjas: High Moon at Meadow Mountain. Does this matter? Well, FSU’s most recent opponent – Central Michigan, a team picked last in a weak conference – became closely acquainted with the rim, making 19-25 2s which was the highest 2-pt% allowed by an FSU team since Steve Robinson was roaming the sideline. Their 2-pt%, meanwhile, is a stout 56.2%. But so far at Florida he has eschewed the long ball in favor or getting it done in paint, and was 200 th nationally in 3-pointers attempted last year, and is 263rd through three games this year. In his 2 nd year his team actually attempted more 3s than 2s. Golden took a bit of a YOLO approach to 3s in his short stint at the helm of San Francisco. He’s an outside-the-box teacher, known for unusual strategies such as intentionally fouling before half in order to get an extra possession.Ģ. To remedy this, they looked at FSU and Miami who both have coaches in their 70s, and brought in 36-year-old Todd Golden, a guy who embraced nerdball analytics and became the most efficient college basketball player in the nation as a senior at St. Since then, they’ve failed to advance past the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament and it’s been 10 years since they’ve won the conference regular season or tourney. The arena underwent a $64 million renovation in 2016, and the team immediately responded by going to an Elite-8. The State of Florida has the 2 nd oldest population in the nation (hi, Frank!), so it’s a natural fit that the O-Dome (which replaced their previous gym which had no air conditioning, seriously) has been rebranded as Exactech Arena, and Exactech, according to their website “empowers surgeons with innovative implants and smart technologies for joint replacement.” Turns out that Exactech had to recall 147,732 implants that were already in people’s bodies. After duplicate 94-67 wins against lesser opponents, the ‘Noles strength of schedule ticks up a notch as they travel to Gainesville to battle the Gators on Friday night.

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