Ben Simmons, LSU come up short in SEC tourney semifinals
By ALEX MAMINAKIS | Mar. 12, 2016NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ben Simmons is exceptional at basketball. LSU’s team is not.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ben Simmons is exceptional at basketball. LSU’s team is not.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After a season of scoring struggles, he was the reason Florida was even playing on Friday and why the Gators almost upset No.1 seed Texas A&M.
Anything can happen.
It had been too long with no words — of encouragement, of substance, of anything — and so Mike White had to speak.
The motivation and emotion were on Florida’s side. Kentucky, though, played better basketball.
Usually, Florida’s offense is the issue. On Tuesday night, its defense was equally as bad.
The tone in Amanda Butler’s voice conveyed palpable disappointment.
Florida’s offense hit a new low on Saturday night.
The Florida basketball team has been nearly unbeatable at home this season.
While the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs have dominated headlines in the Western Conference, Billy Donovan’s Oklahoma City Thunder are flying under the radar.
It wasn’t the prettiest showing Florida could have hoped for after a humbling loss to Kentucky on Saturday, but the Gators got it done against Ole Miss by making shots when it mattered.
For a team loaded with veterans, Florida’s women’s basketball team has asked a lot of its newcomers.
About two months ago, Dorian Finney-Smith was Florida’s vocal leader.
For what seemed like a few seconds, Dorian Finney-Smith hung in the air, the result of a long stride into the paint after a devastating pump fake from the corner.
In basketball, size matters.
The matchup for Super Bowl 50 is set between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers, and three former Gators will be playing in the biggest game of their professional careers as members of the Broncos.
With 40 seconds left in Sunday’s game against Missouri, Florida’s Cassie Peoples took a jumper with her team down by 13.
The only thing that went wrong was the sequence after the opening tip.
Two wins in a row is nothing for Florida to celebrate.
Alabama’s schedule is unusual.