Ego got the better of Florida's Devin Robinson on Saturday.
He attempted a dunk late in the Gators' 73-61 loss that he had little chance of finishing.
Florida trailed Georgia by 10 with just over three minutes remaining when Robinson shot-faked from behind the arc, blew by Bulldogs forward Marcus Thornton and attempted to leap over the two help defenders who had stepped in front of the rim. Alas, Robinson overestimated his leaping ability by a couple feet and only got close enough to the rim to chuck the ball off the glass.
Making matters worse for Robinson, his missed dunk resulted in a transition bucket by Thornton at the other end of the court. Florida coach Billy Donovan called timeout immediately after that and removed Robinson from the floor.
Robinson had a respectable 11-point, three-rebound overall performance, but his missed dunk exemplified the Gators' decision making and carelessness with the basketball. Florida committed 19 turnovers and surrendered 56 percent shooting en route to its first SEC loss.
Falling at Georgia is a setback to a Gators team that has little margin for error in SEC play after a highly disappointing non-conference performance. Florida (10-7, 3-1) lost to every half-decent opponent it faced in November and December, falling to Miami, Georgetown, North Carolina, Kansas, Florida State and UConn.
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