Billy Donovan wants Gators to work on internal motivation
By GRAHAM HALL | Feb. 10, 2015In coach Billy Donovan’s eyes, the Gators truly played like Gators for the first time this season against Kentucky.
In coach Billy Donovan’s eyes, the Gators truly played like Gators for the first time this season against Kentucky.
A few days before its season opener, one word is making its way around Florida’s locker room.
The Gators wrapped up Monday’s second round at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in the same position they were in on Sunday – fifth place.
The first half of Sunday afternoon’s game against No. 6 Tennessee looked different from most games the Florida women’s basketball team has played this year.
The Florida men’s golf team will host its only home tournament of the year this weekend after a second place finish in the first spring tournament at the Sea Best Invitational in Jacksonville.
Different year, same result. In 2014, Florida opened its regular season with a game against North Carolina and was humbled by a 20-8 loss. On Saturday, the No. 4 Gators (0-1) hosted the No. 2 Tar Heels (2-0) in Florida’s regular season opener and fell 17-11.
Florida could be without one of its top scorers for the near future.
Transitioning into college is difficult for any 18-year-old student-athlete.
The world of college sports facility building is a high stakes arms race, but by comparative standards the University of Florida has been Switzerland for a good while.
The wait is over.
The No. 2 Florida women’s tennis team fell short of securing a spot in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship finals Sunday afternoon at the Boar’s Head Sports Club.
In an attempt to build off of its third-place finish in January’s Florida Challenge, the Florida women’s golf team traveled to California to participate in the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, which features five of the nation’s top-10 teams.
For one of the few times this season, the Gators women’s basketball team played with fight when it hosted No. 6 Tennessee on Sunday.
More than 5,000 miles away from his home, Stipe Zunic put on a performance in the shot put that would set him apart from any Croatian to ever live.
Taylore Fuller must have remembered what she did on Feb. 8, 2014 as she stepped up to the plate.
Even though Florida (12-11, 5-5 Southeastern Conference) was on the losing end of a 68-61 showdown against No. 1 Kentucky (23-0, 10-0 SEC), coach Billy Donovan saw his team take a step in the right direction.
The Gators almost did the unthinkable.
Aleshia Ocasio couldn’t have asked for a better start to her Florida career.
Senior thrower Stipe Zunic began Saturday’s events for the Florida men’s and women’s track and field teams in record-breaking fashion at the Virginia Tech Elite.
For the second straight year, North Carolina was able to upend Florida in the Gators’ season opener. This time, however, Florida can take with it a bit more confidence heading into the regular season than in years past.