As I was surfing the net on yahoo, this story kind of blew me away. If you’re a diehard wrestling fan, you’ll love it though.

Coach Billy Donovan used the legendary Ric Flair to pump up his Gators before their Regional Semi win over Butler. Some highlights from the article which can be read in entirety here:

Flair, who once appeared at Florida’s “Midnight Madness,” strutted through the locker room and did his well-known “Whoooo!”

“We were up, we were energized,” Florida forward Corey Brewer said.

“That was a big kick,” Florida guard Lee Humphrey said of Flair’s visit. “I wasn’t a huge wrestling fan growing up, but some of my buddies were big fans. I would watch it occasionally. I remember when we kids, some of my buddies had those dolls and we used to beat up on the dolls — Macho Man (Randy Savage) and Lex Luger and Ric Flair. That was pretty cool to know that he was there supporting us.”

Who said wrestlers couldn’t motivate basketball players?!?!?!?!?! At least there was nothing illegal done.