For what most considered to be a meaningless game during the middle of the NCAA Tournament, the scene in the UF locker room looked like anything but.
The Gators' season and senior Walter Hodge's career came to an end Tuesday night.
The UF basketball team has faced more than its fair share of criticism this season.
GAINESVILLE - Walter Hodge opened the night with a deep three just 13 seconds into the game and the Gators never looked back.
UF coach Billy Donovan shook up the starting lineup in the Gators' opening game of the National Invitation Tournament, giving freshman Erving Walker the nod over Chandler Parsons.
Nick Calathes looked a lot more like his old self Wednesday night.
At the intersection of Marion and Thomas S. Boyland streets in Brooklyn, N.Y., is the Marion Hopkinson Playground.
The UF basketball team sat and watched the NCAA Tournament selection show Sunday just like all the others.
For the second straight season, the Gators failed to make the NCAA Tournament.
TAMPA - Erving Walker staggered off the court, hands covering his face, practically inconsolable.
TAMPA - The Gators moved one step closer to the safe side of the NCAA Tournament bubble Thursday.
Walter Hodge wasn't about to go out a loser.
Walter Hodge wasn't about to go out a loser.
Even tears couldn't wash away the disappointment.
The sky may have finally hit the ground for the Gators.
No one is confusing Nick Calathes with Joe Namath, but this as close to a guarantee as you're going to get from the Gators this season.
The transition from high school to college hasn't been an easy one for Ray Shipman.
With the Gators down just 5 points and 16 seconds still left on the clock, fans began to file out of the O'Connell Center.
Late in UF's 81-75 loss to LSU on Tuesday, ESPN cameras caught guards Nick Calathes and Erving Walker in a verbal altercation.
BATON ROUGE, La. - Maybe Marcus Thornton had an extra helping of Wheaties on Tuesday morning.
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