| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution commending the University of Florida Fighting |
| 3 | Gators Men's Basketball Team for winning the first NCAA |
| 4 | Basketball Championship in state history. |
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| 6 | WHEREAS, the University of Florida Gators have long been |
| 7 | recognized for their winning tradition in all sports, and |
| 8 | WHEREAS, the University of Florida Gators Men's Basketball |
| 9 | Team has continued this tradition of athletic excellence, |
| 10 | achieved and maintained through their hard work, determination, |
| 11 | unselfish play, and a team-first attitude, and |
| 12 | WHEREAS, the Florida Gators, three times the regular season |
| 13 | Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Champions and twice the |
| 14 | conference tournament champions, won their last Southeastern |
| 15 | Conference tournament championship in 2006 by defeating the |
| 16 | University of South Carolina on the way to their great success |
| 17 | in the NCAA Men's "March Madness" Basketball Tournament, and |
| 18 | WHEREAS, under Coach Billy Donovan and his coaching staff, |
| 19 | Florida Gators Jack Berry, Corey Brewer, Taurean Green, Walter |
| 20 | Hodge, Al Horford, David Huertas, Lee Humphrey, Adrian Moss, |
| 21 | Joakim Noah, Chris Richard, Jimmie Sutton, Brett Swanson, and |
| 22 | Garrett Tyler came together to form a championship team, and |
| 23 | WHEREAS, on April 3, 2006, the Florida Gators defeated the |
| 24 | University of California at Los Angeles 73-57 in Indianapolis, |
| 25 | Indiana, in a game that showcased the team's combined talent for |
| 26 | playing balanced and selfless basketball, and |
| 27 | WHEREAS, in this historic win, the Florida Gators earned |
| 28 | the first ever NCAA Division One Men's Basketball Championship |
| 29 | for the University of Florida and the State of Florida, NOW, |
| 30 | THEREFORE, |
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| 32 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 33 | Florida: |
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| 35 | That the House of Representatives salutes the University of |
| 36 | Florida Fighting Gators Men's Basketball Team for winning the |
| 37 | 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball |
| 38 | Tournament Championship, the first such championship in the |
| 39 | history of the State of Florida. |
| 40 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be |
| 41 | presented to the University of Florida and to each member of the |
| 42 | Florida Gators Men's Basketball Team as a tangible token of the |
| 43 | sentiments expressed herein. |