Brooks holds off Wildcats
Jan. 29, 2009UF has not been giving teams a chance to breathe early in games lately, and it wasn't about to let Kentucky take a gasp of air on Thursday night.
UF has not been giving teams a chance to breathe early in games lately, and it wasn't about to let Kentucky take a gasp of air on Thursday night.
Home-court advantage can never be underestimated in college basketball.
The Gators' Pink Zone promotion for breast cancer awareness had supposedly already taken place last week against Georgia.
It's hard to relax for even just a couple minutes in the Southeastern Conference.
Call them the Twin Towers, or name them what you will.
Coming off its win against Georgia last Sunday, No. 15 UF has some time to rest before its next game.
UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
It might be used as added motivation, or it might just be a painful memory from last season.
After winning 15 games in a row, losing becomes an afterthought.
Forget about their record. Forget about what they've done over the past two months.
For close to two hours, UF made the third-largest crowd in women's basketball history forget they had come to view the BCS National Championship in the O'Connell Center following the basketball game.
Not many saw this kind of start to the season coming, maybe not even the UF women's basketball team.
Sometimes the sign of a good team is winning easily against lesser opponents.
It wasn't much of a contest for UF on Wednesday night against Coppin State.
For a team looking to avenge its season-ending blowout loss at North Carolina State last season, UF was led by seniors and sparked by newcomers to help it seek revenge Sunday.
UF hasn't forgotten the way last season ended.
In a game that didn't look too frightening on the schedule, UF got more than a scare Wednesday night at Alabama-Birmingham and had to survive late.
On just about any given night, it seems like anyone on UF is capable of scoring as much as she would like.
It seemed like everything was working against the UF women's basketball team during the weekend, but the Gators didn't care.