Hey ladies, you know the times when you give your guy "the look" after he says something, ahem, unintelligent?
Hey fellas, you know those moments when you shove your toes, feet, ankles and lower calves down your mouth into your esophagus - and then immediately realize the craziness of what you said?
Yup, I've been there, too.
And I'm about to go there again right now.
The UF women's basketball team has made more progress than the men's basketball team this season.
This is not a test of your Emergency UF Sports Broadcast System.
There are no hidden messages, and I have not been hypnotized by any of the women's hoops squad.
Last season, I covered these same women as they were bowled over almost every game. Sometimes, it was like watching a team from Division II.
While Joakim Noah was off saying how his teammates were going to party for weeks and not do homework, the women were still coming to grips with the firing of Carolyn Peck and a pathetic 9-22 season.
But this season, from start to finish, the women have improved more than the men have. In fact, the women may have been closer to making the NCAA Tournament than the men were.
As much as bigger, stronger teams have outmuscled the men all season, if you want to talk about being undersized, look at the women.
Monday night, they didn't even start one player over 6 feet tall.
And let's not even compare the toughness. Marshae Dotson has gotten more bruises in one game than Marreese Speights has had all season.
"From the beginning of the season to the end of the season, that's certainly improved," UF coach Amanda Butler said. "Probably, if there's one aspect of basketball that we've talked about more than anything this year, it's toughness. The toughest teams are the ones that can endure and succeed in a season that starts in October and hopefully goes to April."
The women at least made a show of it in the SEC Tournament, handily defeating South Carolina - a team they had two close games with in the regular season. The men, on the other hand, looked like a Division II team against Alabama - a team they beat up on in the regular season - and were embarrassed. Those are two teams on different paths and different maturity levels.
UF didn't play well Monday night in the WNIT. But the difference is, up by just 3 with 1:20 left, senior Depree Bowden made a gutsy jumper to bring the lead to 5. I haven't seen many of those shots from the men this season.
Then, after Florida Gulf Coast had cut the lead to 3 again, Dotson tipped the ball three times among a group of opponents and got the rebound. When was the last time the men got a rebound like that?
Let me know when you think of something. I'll probably have an answer for you in about seven months when the next season starts.
