HR 9053

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution commending the University of Florida Men's
3	Basketball Team.
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5	WHEREAS, the University of Florida Men's Basketball Team
6	has compiled 23 wins during the 2004-2005 season, its seventh
7	consecutive 20-win season after achieving 20 wins only five
8	times in the preceding 77 seasons, and
9	WHEREAS, under Coach Billy Donovan, the University of
10	Florida Gators have won two Southeastern Conference regular
11	season championships and have made one appearance in the
12	National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship game, and
13	WHEREAS, the Florida Gators defeated the University of
14	Alabama 68-62 and Mississippi State University 80-64 to reach
15	the SEC Tournament final, and
16	WHEREAS, the Florida Gators defeated the Kentucky Wildcats
17	70-53 in Atlanta, Georgia, to earn their first-ever SEC
18	Tournament Championship, securing their seventh consecutive NCAA
19	Tournament appearance, and
20	WHEREAS, the Florida Gators will face Ohio University in
21	the first round of the 2005 NCAA Division I Basketball
22	Championship in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 18, 2005, NOW,
23	THEREFORE,
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25	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
26	Florida:
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28	That the House of Representatives salutes the University of
29	Florida Men's Basketball Team for its sustained excellence and
30	for winning the 2005 Southeastern Conference Tournament
31	Championship.
32	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
33	presented to the University of Florida Men's Basketball Team as
34	a tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein.

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