As a lifelong Floridian, let me be the first to admit: “Hell, no, we don’t deserve this!”
We don’t deserve to have two teams in the Final Four.
We don’t have enough passion for the sport to deserve it.
We don’t care enough about the sport to appreciate it.
[ This state's basketball legacy traces back to Stormin' Norman Sloan ]
But with that said, now let me say this loudly and proudly to all of you hoity-toity basketball bluebloods from North Carolina and Kentucky and Indiana:
“FLORIDA IS THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY, BABY!