Gators advance to SEC Tournament finals
By LANDON WATNICK< | Mar. 16, 2013As Florida trailed Alabama 37-27 with 16:05 remaining, Kenny Boynton woke up from a scoreless slump and put No. 13 UF on his back.
As Florida trailed Alabama 37-27 with 16:05 remaining, Kenny Boynton woke up from a scoreless slump and put No. 13 UF on his back.
In UF’s first game of the Southeastern Conference Tournament, Erik Murphy propelled No. 13 Florida to a rout of LSU.
Forty-six seconds were all coach Billy Donovan could handle.
Florida snagged several of the Southeastern Conference’s top individual honors on Tuesday.
Although missing shots has hurt the Gators in late-game situations this season, coach Billy Donovan said turnovers played a bigger role in the Gators’ meltdowns against Kentucky on Saturday, Missouri on Feb. 19 and Arizona on Dec. 15.
Following an 82-73 loss to top-seeded and ninth-ranked Tennessee in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Friday, Florida awaits its postseason fate, hoping for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
In the heat of Saturday afternoon’s game against Kentucky, Florida went cold.
After taking a 57-50 lead against Kentucky with 7:36 left, Florida went scoreless for the remainder of the contest.
Despite an inauspicious two-week stretch that saw Florida go just 2-2 and draw the ire of coach Billy Donovan, the Gators took a commanding step closer to their ultimate goal on Wednesday night.
With one final chance to bolster their resume prior to the Southeastern Conference Tournament, the Gators fell short in their regular season finale on Sunday.
Jennifer George wanted to cap a frustrating season with a victory in her final home game as a Gator.
Despite the Southeastern Conference title race implications on the line in Florida’s home matchup against Alabama on Saturday at noon in the O’Connell Center, coach Billy Donovan is taking a cautious approach with forward Will Yeguete (right knee) and guard Michael Frazier II (concussion).
Jaterra Bonds remembers the sequence like it was yesterday.
When Tennessee guard Trae Golden dished the ball to Jarnell Stokes on the low block with 8:16 left in the first half, forwards Erik Murphy and DeVon Walker double-teamed the 6-foot-8, 270-pound center.
Earning trips to the foul line has been anything but charity recently for the Gators.
The Gators’ depth will be tested tonight in Knoxville, Tenn.
Alabama has become a sight for sore eyes for Jaterra Bonds and Florida this season. But Sunday’s matchup hung in the balance longer than expected.
Saturday night's contest between Florida and Arkansas was physical, chippy and sloppy in every sense.
Coach Billy Donovan wants his players to take open shots, regardless of whether their attempts are inside or beyond the arc.
Midway through the first half, center Patric Young set a screen on Missouri’s Earnest Ross for freshman Michael Frazier II.