Meeks' late 3 pushes Kentucky past UF despite career night from Calathes
By MIKE DiFERDDINANDO | Feb. 10, 2009LEXINGTON, Ky. - Nick Calathes did all he could Tuesday night.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Nick Calathes did all he could Tuesday night.
The UF-Kentucky rivalry is littered with golden moments.
The stage was set. The script was written. All UF needed was a hero.
UF coach Billy Donovan revealed Thursday that freshman power forward Allan Chaney will be out two to three weeks with a stress fracture in his left heel.
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 a hot hand and an icy glare, Erving Walker led UF on the road to redemption.
When South Carolina's Zam Fredrick beat the buzzer to top UF 70-69 on Jan. 21, he delivered the Gamecocks' biggest win to date.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - All UF could do was watch in stunned silence as the deafening Tennessee crowd drowned out any hope of a second-half comeback.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Rocky Top was rocking Saturday night, and Volunteers fans have Tyler Smith to thank.
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.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Rocky Top was rocking Saturday night, and Volunteers fans have Tyler Smith to thank.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- All UF could do was watch in stunned silence as the deafening Tennessee crowd drowned out any hope of a second half comeback.
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.
Dan Werner sat in the locker room at Thompson-Boling Arena, the haze of having given up 100 points to rival Tennessee still in the air.
Nick Calathes drove down the lane, put up a pass so high that only Alex Tyus could get to it and brought down the house.
Home-court advantage can never be underestimated in college basketball.
Last season, Georgia became the Southeastern Conference's Cinderella story after an improbable run to the SEC Tournament title.
Chandler Parsons woke up Sunday morning on the right side of the bed.