SAN ANTONIO — The shorts were shorter than the parachutes with drawstrings preferred by college basketball players a couple of decades ago. The rest of this rhapsody in blue at the Alamodome? That matched the moments Florida fans of certain ages surely recall. Players leaping and bouncing off each other, sprinting to the side of the floor to scream at elated supporters, falling into their coaches’ arms for long embraces as the confetti fell.
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And a temporary dais set up on the middle of the floor, waiting for the Gators to climb up and look down at the rest of the college basketball universe. The same view the program had
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