A Key to Florida vs BYU

How Florida will defend Jimmer Fredette: Before Florida was set to take on BYU in the first round of last years NCAA tournament, Florida coach Billy Donovan said, "Being in the SEC, we had a chance to see a lot of great point guards in John Wall and Devan Downey, and I don't think either one of those two guys impact the college game like Fredette does. He has a totally different effect level on the game." BYU went on to beat Florida by 7 points 99 to 92 in double overtime. In that game, Kenny Boynton guarded Jimmer Fredette for nearly the entire game and Fredette scored 37 points on 13 for 26 shooting from the field. Coming into their sweet sixteen matchup against BYU and Fredette, Donovan said, "I really felt like last year, because of our lack of depth, I thought [Boynton] got worn out as he started to get into that into the first overtime, then second overtime. I just don't think it can be one guy. Now there's going to be some possessions and some plays in the game where whoever's on him, they're going to be on an island by themselves. That's gonna happen." Donovan hopes that Boynton, at 6-2, can use his length and his great athleticism to frustrate Fredette. He said, "What makes [Boynton] good is he has great, great feet and he has great lateral movement, and he can play close enough to people and keep people out of the lane. He can really, really spread himself out and athletically he can really move his feet. He's got great ability." Jimmer has struggled against guys with great length and athleticism this season. When the 6-8 Billy White from San Diego St. guarded Fredette in the Mountain West tournament championship game, Jimmer settled for 7 threes and struggled, going 10 for 25 from the field. Boynton has been resting a sore left ankle all week in preparation to guard the crafty Fredette. Boynton has shown he can defend the best in the country including John Jenkins from Vanderbilt, who went 3 for 15 from the field and only scored 10 points in the SEC tournament semifinals when Boynton was guarding him. Boynton will try to keep Fredette out of the lane and not let him get to the free throw line, where he shoots nearly 90 percent. He will try to make Jimmer settle for deep jump shots and threes, where he is under 27 percent since February 2nd. Although Jimmer will get his points as the ball is constantly in his hands for the Cougars, the key to the game will be how many shots it takes for Jimmer to get his points and if he can get his teammates open for layups and threes.