Coming off its win against Georgia last Sunday, No. 15 UF has some time to rest before its next game.
UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
Nick Calathes caught the ball at the top of the key, took one step behind the 3-point line and buried the Razorbacks.
UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
Nick Calathes caught the ball at the top of the key, took one step behind the 3-point line and buried the Razorbacks.
The young UF frontcourt showed flashes of its potential against Auburn on Wednesday. Saturday, the Gators will be face to face with talent realized.
It might be used as added motivation, or it might just be a painful memory from last season.
AUBURN, Ala. - With the first three, Erving Walker gave the Gators a chance, with the second, hope, and with the third, Walter Hodge delivered a win.
AUBURN, Ala. - In their first two Southeastern Conference bouts, the Gators have scored the first knockdown only to have their opponents pick themselves up off the canvas.
It's Nov. 22, 1996, and the final buzzer sounds on UF's 80-63 win over Central Florida.
After winning 15 games in a row, losing becomes an afterthought.
Walter Hodge's haircuts have gone through almost as many ups and downs as the UF basketball team this season.
The Florida frontcourt has been questioned all season.
It doesn't take much for old friends to become familiar foes.
Forget about their record. Forget about what they've done over the past two months.
For close to two hours, UF made the third-largest crowd in women's basketball history forget they had come to view the BCS National Championship in the O'Connell Center following the basketball game.
It's all uphill from here.
If the Gators have learned one thing this season, it's that when the chips are down, Nick Calathes antes up.
If the Gators have learned one thing this season, it's that when the chips are down, Nick Calathes antes up.
Not many saw this kind of start to the season coming, maybe not even the UF women's basketball team.
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