History was made at the Georgia Dome on April 2 as Florida defeated Ohio State, 84-75. With that achievement, I've been forced to eat my words that they wouldn't repeat as tournament champion.
I suppose eating my words isn't a bad way to kick off April, for it distracts me from the fact that I lost in both office pools. (Then again, maybe not ... but I digress.) In hindsight, I shouldn't be surprised by the outcome, for both schools met just three months earlier in the BCS title game at the University of Phoenix Stadium ... and the Gators were victorious over the Buckeyes, 41-14.
Being the first school to win a basketball and football championship in the same season is a major accomplishment. On that note, I applaud Florida as they join Duke (1991-92), UCLA (1964-65, 1967-73, 1975), Cincinnati (1961-62), San Francisco (1955-56), Kentucky (1948-49), and Oklahoma State (1945-46) in the exclusive club of winning back-to-back basketball titles.
