Weekend victory puts Gators back on track
Feb. 24, 2009It's amazing what one win can do for a team in a funk.
It's amazing what one win can do for a team in a funk.
Sha Brooks and Marshae Dotson had that look in their eyes - the one that says they're not going to be denied.
Two straight UF losses snowballed to three in a hurry Thursday night.
Home will be a welcome sight for Sha Brooks and Marshae Dotson.
Losing is already a tough enough thing to deal with, especially for a team that rarely experiences it.
LSU's defense slowed down UF and may have cost the Gators a lot more Sunday.
The Gators finally found their poison: playing a hot-shooting team on the road.
UF beat Tennessee for the third time ever, entertained the second-largest crowd in school history and showed a national television audience why it deserves to be mentioned with the best teams in the country.
For UF, winning isn't a matter of physical ability, talent or size.
The stage was set. The script was written. All UF needed was a hero.
It looked for a while like UF might get caught looking ahead on Thursday night at Southeastern Conference doormat Alabama.
They're doing it again.
While the UF women's basketball team was busy breaking the school record for 3-pointers on Sunday against Arkansas, none of the players had any idea how the final numbers would crunch.
With seven regular-season games, postseason tournaments and more than a month of basketball remaining, UF decided to go ahead and exceed its win total from last season on Sunday at Arkansas.
UF has not been giving teams a chance to breathe early in games lately, and it wasn't about to let Kentucky take a gasp of air on Thursday night.
Home-court advantage can never be underestimated in college basketball.
The Gators' Pink Zone promotion for breast cancer awareness had supposedly already taken place last week against Georgia.
It's hard to relax for even just a couple minutes in the Southeastern Conference.
Call them the Twin Towers, or name them what you will.
Coming off its win against Georgia last Sunday, No. 15 UF has some time to rest before its next game.