Young fighting for time at PF
By MATT WATTS< | Oct. 18, 2010With the season less than a month away, coach Amanda Butler has been busy.
With the season less than a month away, coach Amanda Butler has been busy.
The women’s basketball program is full of fresh faces, and not all of them are wearing jerseys on gameday. At least not anymore.
Since arriving on campus three years ago, coach Amanda Butler has made no secret of her expectations for the women’s basketball program: win a national championship.
He was taught never to hit a woman.
Steffi Sorensen stood at the free-throw line.
Amanda Butler’s third season as head coach of the UF women’s basketball team wasn’t the charm she was looking for.
Amanda Butler cautioned her team against the athletic, guard-oriented play Miami posed.
Faced with a win-or-go-home game in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, Florida unleashed a barrage of three-pointers while barely containing USF’s Jessica Lawson in a 61-54 win.
The Florida men’s golf team will head to Statesboro, Ga., this weekend to compete in the Chris Schnekel E-Z-Go Invitational in search of redemption.
It’s not the NCAA Tournament, but the Women’s National Invitation Tournament will at least offer the Gators a shot at redemption tonight at 7.
One year following a second-round loss in the NCAA Tournament, Florida missed out on the tourney altogether.
UF topped Auburn in a double-overtime rollercoaster-type game in early January, but the Tigers brought the Gators’ ride to a screeching halt Thursday.
The start of the Southeastern Conference Tournament means a clean slate, and the Gators are hoping they can return to the form they showed when SEC play opened in January.
Florida honored its five seniors Sunday after the game, but the post-game mood was a blend of disappointment and celebration.
The UF women's basketball team will look to send off its five seniors with a win in Sunday's Senior Day matchup against Alabama.
Jennifer George played one of the best offensive games of her young career, but it was Vanderbilt’s Hannah Tuomi who had a career night.
Before the Gators take the floor at Memorial Gym tonight at 7 to take on Vanderbilt, they’ll be reminded by an 8-year-old about toughness.
With their backs against the wall having dropped three-straight games, the Gators came out swinging and connected with a 64-57 win against No. 20 Georgia.
UF had a chance to rebound from its past two blowout losses, but instead of seizing the opportunity, it fumbled it away.
All season, coach Amanda Butler has praised her team for responding to the challenges posed to it.