In both 2009 and 2010, current Gator guard Carlie Needles arrived at the Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colorado, with high hopes.
Playing its fourth game in six days and one game after Thanksgiving, Florida might’ve been feeling the ill effects of the workload during the first half against Florida Gulf Coast.
Florida may not have gone into Tuesday night’s matchup with Savannah State thinking about vengeance, but that’s exactly what it got.
Despite a lack of name recognition, Savannah State’s women’s basketball team is not to be taken lightly.
In its second game of a weekend back-to-back, Florida faced its first ranked team of the season and was unable to keep up.
Following a statement win over then-No. 6 Florida State, the Gators showed no signs of a hangover against a clearly overmatched Kennesaw State team.
With a little more than a minute remaining, Chris Chiozza dribbled to his right, spun into the paint and passed out to Dorian Finney-Smith.
While the first two games of the season have resulted in wins for the Gators, they are still just the first two games. Florida defeated Navy on the road by 18 and blew out North Carolina A&T at home by 50, but the competition will only increase in difficulty from here, starting Saturday in Connecticut.
On Monday, UF defeated then-No. 7 Florida State in an 82-72 thriller, it’s biggest win since beating then-No.15 Kentucky on Feb. 9, 2014.
Now four days removed from Florida’s upset win over then-No. 6 Florida State, the credit for the unexpected victory has been shared among many parties.
What strikes you first is their confidence: their faces calm and smiling, even after an offseason of so much upheaval and uncertainty.
DeVon Walker is grateful to be back on the court.
In Florida’s home-opener, North Carolina A&T didn’t seem to have a chance.
When a team falls on tough times, sometimes all it takes to get things back on track is a signature win.
In the wake of Florida’s 59-41 win over Navy on Friday, Mike White walked off the still-emptying court in Annapolis, Maryland, and into his crowded locker room.
Following a difficult game on the road, the Florida women’s basketball team will only see things get tougher in its home opener.
Florida started off the Mike White era with a win.
Florida’s season opener was a lot like a sandwich.
Mike White and his coaching staff are ready to pick up the pieces of the Gators’ disappointing 2014-15 campaign and return the program to prominence. This year’s young and fairly new team has shown preseason potential, but will hit the ground running tonight on the road as the regular season begins.
UF will open the 2015-16 women’s basketball season hoping to get lucky on Friday the 13th.
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