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 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Mark Gottfried knows the challenge of fashioning game plans for Big Baby, Joakim Noah and UCLA's stingy defense.
The Alabama coach has faced three of this weekend's Final Four teams, and beaten two of them. The Crimson Tide battled Glen "Big Baby" Davis and LSU twice, winning one, and defeated Noah and Florida in their only meeting in the regular season.
The Bruins, meanwhile, ended Alabama's season with a 62-59 win in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Gottfried didn't have to face George Mason to pinpoint one issue facing Billy Donovan's Gators in that matchup: Fans love the underdog.
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