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Al Horford: Back-to-back title memories

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Posted Mar 28 2009 5:54PM

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Name: Al Horford, Atlanta Hawks

School: University of Florida, 2004-07

Tournament credentials: Back-to-back championships in 2006 and 2007

I Think About My NCAA Trip...: My favorite moment was our second year in the tournament when we played UCLA in the semifinals and we really got it going in the second half and we just couldn't miss. Or if we were missing, we would get the offensive rebound and put it back in. And we really blew the game wide open and we really took their confidence away from them and that was something. Playing that game was really exciting, just to see all our guys into it and having fun.

At Home to Remind Me: [The] University of Florida gave us some chairs as a gift. They were the chairs from the Final Four that we sat in on the sideline. No one can sit on the chairs in my house. They are actually in a place in my house where no one can reach them. I also have a couple of framed pictures of the team at the championship game.

Method for Picking a Bracket: It is never realistic to go and pick all the No. 1 seeds. It's all about who gets hot at the right time and who is playing well. Anything is possible.

Who I'm Watching This Year (Teams): I have a bracket but I haven't really looked at it yet. It should be an exciting tournament. It should be up in the air who is going to win it. I really want to see what Pittsburgh is about and North Carolina. We will see what happens.

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