Florida falls in SEC Tournament Quarterfinals to unbeaten Kentucky
By GRAHAM HALL | Mar. 13, 2015NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Kentucky wasn’t at its best. But to beat Florida, it didn’t need to be.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Kentucky wasn’t at its best. But to beat Florida, it didn’t need to be.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — There is unbridled passion Billy Donovan speaks with when he goes on the defensive for someone near and dear to him.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Gators aren’t ready to go home just yet.
Despite an overall down season from the UF men’s basketball team, the Gators still landed two players on the Southeastern Conference’s year-end teams on Tuesday.
The last time Florida played Alabama could have been a turning point for the Gators.
Billy Donovan hasn’t had a losing season since 1998, but that’s likely to change by Saturday.
For nearly three-quarters of the game, Florida kept No. 1 and undefeated Kentucky on its heels.
Florida had just finished a 14-0 run building a 16 point lead over Texas A&M with 7:41 left on the clock —what could possibly go wrong? And then it almost happened, as it’s happened so many times before.
The third time turned out to be the charm for Billy Donovan.
Tuesday was supposed to be the dream night for the Florida men’s basketball team.
With the season fading quickly, coach Billy Donovan may have seen his hopes of winning his 500th career game before the season finishes fade away as well.
Devin Robinson is alright with losing — for now.
Billy Donovan has to wait just a little bit longer.
Billy Donovan has coached teams to the peak of college basketball’s mountaintop.
At this point in the season, Florida doesn’t have much to play for.
For the first time in what seemed like forever, the Gators won a game decided by five or fewer points, defeating Vanderbilt 50-47 on Wednesday in the O’Connell Center.
This year’s Florida basketball team has fallen from near the top of college basketball’s Mount Everest to the depths of the Mariana Trench by the standards Billy Donovan has set for the program as its head coach.
The NBA All-Star break is typically regarded as the midway point of the often grueling 82-game regular season schedule — a time when players can relax after 50 games and enjoy the week off.
Luck is seen by some as a cop-out.
Eli Carter had a season-high 22 points, Kasey Hill dished out a career-high-tying 10 assists and the Florida men’s basketball team still couldn’t pull out a win.