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Todd Golden reacts to Florida’s close loss to Duke and details what went wrong late

Florida did not walk into Cameron Indoor Stadium looking like a defending champion clinging to its title. The Gators arrived prepared, composed and ready to go possession for possession with Duke. That shaped the tone of Todd Golden’s postgame session. He was steady, firm and clear about both the positives and the frustrations behind a 67-66 loss.

“We gave our best effort of the year tonight” Golden said. “We dominated the second half. Outscored them by 11. Beat them by 11 on the boards. We played a good game.”

Golden made sure the context was understood.

“This is not an MTE (multiple team event) against a random high major team” he said. “We came into Cameron playing one of the

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