Lack of defensive focus facilitates UF's defeat
Feb. 15, 2009ATHENS, Ga. - Defense wins championships - or at least road games against winless conference opponents.
ATHENS, Ga. - Defense wins championships - or at least road games against winless conference opponents.
LSU's defense slowed down UF and may have cost the Gators a lot more Sunday.
ATHENS, Ga. - Georgia forward Terrence Woodbury hugged the ball with both arms as he jumped up and down in the Bulldogs student section, reveling in one of the biggest upsets of the Southeastern Conference season.
The Gators finally found their poison: playing a hot-shooting team on the road.
Dan Werner has always done the small things - grabbing the tough rebounds, chasing down the loose balls.
UF beat Tennessee for the third time ever, entertained the second-largest crowd in school history and showed a national television audience why it deserves to be mentioned with the best teams in the country.
It's like a horrible nightmare the Gators just can't wake up from.
For UF, winning isn't a matter of physical ability, talent or size.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Nick Calathes did all he could Tuesday night.
The UF-Kentucky rivalry is littered with golden moments.
The stage was set. The script was written. All UF needed was a hero.
UF coach Billy Donovan revealed Thursday that freshman power forward Allan Chaney will be out two to three weeks with a stress fracture in his left heel.
It looked for a while like UF might get caught looking ahead on Thursday night at Southeastern Conference doormat Alabama.
They're doing it again.
While the UF women's basketball team was busy breaking the school record for 3-pointers on Sunday against Arkansas, none of the players had any idea how the final numbers would crunch.
With a hot hand and an icy glare, Erving Walker led UF on the road to redemption.
When South Carolina's Zam Fredrick beat the buzzer to top UF 70-69 on Jan. 21, he delivered the Gamecocks' biggest win to date.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - All UF could do was watch in stunned silence as the deafening Tennessee crowd drowned out any hope of a second-half comeback.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Rocky Top was rocking Saturday night, and Volunteers fans have Tyler Smith to thank.
With seven regular-season games, postseason tournaments and more than a month of basketball remaining, UF decided to go ahead and exceed its win total from last season on Sunday at Arkansas.