On the Madness play bill was a surprise performance from someone who had
appeared on American Idol. As most already know, international sex symbol
and superstar singer William Hung stole the hearts and cheers of the
orange and blue in attendance and he didn’t give them back.
Hung performed his smash hits, “She Bangs”, “Rocket Man”, and “YMCA.” The
fun didn’t end there as Hung got his own black Gator jersey and even
bounced the ball for senior David Lee in his final dunk contest attempt.
In the annual slam dunk contest, defending champion David Lee was edged
by guest entrant Mike Morrison, the SEC high jump champion for Florida's
track and field team. Morrison won on a dunk where he leapt from the free
throw line.
In a mixed three-point shootout, the combo of Anthony Roberson and Tamia
Williams edged Matt Walsh and Tasha Morehead. Billy Donovan then made
Walsh run a half hearted suicide.
The Gator dazzlers performed twice as did the stomach churning Gator Idol
contestants who made plenty in the audience cringe. Donovan was
definitely the Simon Cowell of the group.
Getting down to the actual basketball team, and it should be taken with
the utmost grain of salt because no defense was played during an eight
minute scrimmage, these are my impressions of what I saw.
Anthony Roberson’s touch is back, but more importantly Taurean Green
showed flashes of what he will bring to the table in 2004. Green hit two
perimeter jumpers as well as dished out a couple nice assists in traffic.
Lee Humphrey hit a nice three from the top of the key and it was obvious
to those that didn’t know that Cornelius Ingram was a football player.
Ingram was one of the most physically cut guys out there, something that
isn’t noticeable with the pads on and had some nice assists.
Lee and Moss had the normal bounce in their step, but it was freshman
center Joakim Noah that stole the show. Noah danced the night away during
a dance routine that featured the dazzlers, Al Horford and Humphrey
shaking it in front of the crowd.
During introductions, Noah also managed to toss in a little “Harlem
Shaker” dance move. For those of you that don’t watch BET, and/or are
over the age of 25, the Shaker consists of a shaking of the shoulders
while dipping low. I digress.
2005 recruits David Huertas and Derwin Kitchen were in attendance sitting
next to each other from what I saw and Scout.com Dave Telep reported
Jimmie Sutton was there as well.