By Antonya English, Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
NCAA EXTRA
Game 3 6:50 p.m.
No. 2 Florida vs. No. 15 UC Santa Barbara
ROSTER
No. Player Pos. GP Min Pts Reb
0 Jaime Sernia F 25 20.4 8.0 4.4
3 Jordan Weiner G 21 21.2 5.5 1.7
10 Kyle Boswell G 20 11.1 2.6 0.5
11 Justin Joyner G 29 27.5 3.7 2.0
20 Will Brew G 29 15.0 2.3 1.1
21 James Nunnally F/G 31 32.9 16.4 5.7
24 Christian Peterson F/G 16 6.0 0.4 1.6
25 Lucas Devenny F 23 7.0 0.6 1.3
32 Jon Pastorek F 31 21.0 4.4 4.2
33 Orlando Johnson G/F 31 33.2 21.1 6.3
41 Seth Kamphoefner F 2 1.5 0.0 0.0
43 Troy Leaf G 28 9.2 2.2 0.9
55 Greg Somogyi C 31 14.0 4.6 3.0
Best wins: A 64-56 victory over No. 1 seed Long Beach State in the Big West Tournament. The victory gave the Gauchos an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Worst losses: A 68-60 loss to a North Dakota State team that finished 14-15. A 26-point loss at San Diego State.
About the school
Location: The school sits on 1,055 acres of the California coast, about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Enrollment: 21,108
Famous alumni: Media personality Jim Rome, Oscar-winning actors Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow; six-time MLB All-Star Michael Young.
ROSTER
No. Player Pos. GP Min Pts Reb
1 Kenny Boynton G 33 32.7 14.1 1.5
4 Patric Young F/C 33 18.1 3.3 3.7
5 Scottie Wilbekin G 33 17.0 2.7 1.5
11 Erving Walker G 33 32.6 14.4 3.0
15 Will Yeguete F 28 7.2 1.3 2.7
20 Kyle McClanahan G 7 18 0.6 0.4
23 Alex Tyus F 32 24.3 8.7 5.5
24 Casey Prather G/F 32 6.5 1.2 1.1
25 Chandler Parsons F 32 33.8 11.5 7.8
32 Vernon Macklin F/C 33 24.4 11.3 5.5
33 Erik Murphy F 29 11.0 4.3 2.4
*34 Cody Larson F - - - -
* Redshirt this season
Best wins: The Gators defeated then-No. 6 Kansas State in December and also defeated Florida State, Xavier, Tennessee and Vanderbilt on the road.
Worst losses: The Gators went on the road to Orlando to face UCF and former UF assistant coach Donnie Jones on a neutral site and left town with a stunning 57-54 loss to a team that eventually finished 19-11 and is playing in the College Basketball Invitational tournament. Four games later, Florida suffered a 71-68 overtime loss to Jacksonville — at home. The Gator players now say that was the turning point in the season.
About the school
Location: Gainesville
Enrollment: 52.112
Famous alumni: Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, football coach and former Heisman winner Steve Spurrier, television reporter Forrest Sawyer, actor Faye Dunaway, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jim McGee, Marshall Nirenberg (Nobel Prize winner in medicine and physiology), Hugh Wilson (creator of WKRP in Cincinnati).
Antonya English, Times staff writer