Recap: Florida vs. Alabama
With Florida reeling, Kenny Boynton suddenly came alive.
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With Florida reeling, Kenny Boynton suddenly came alive.
Top seed UF opens the SEC tournament against LSU, and coach Billy Donovan is concerned about untimely turnovers.
After enjoying a double-bye, the top-seeded Florida Gators will play their first game in the 2013 SEC Tournament on Friday afternoon when they battle the ninth-seeded LSU Tigers in the quarterfinal round at Bridgestone Arena.
Improving the passing offense will be the focus during the spring for the Gators.
(11) Florida (24-5) at Kentucky (20-10) (ET)
With the SEC championship already firmly in hand, the 11th-ranked Florida Gators close out the regular season on Saturday afternoon, taking on the defending national champion Kentucky Wildcats at Rupp Arena.
Back-to-back road losses had dealt a major blow to Kentucky's NCAA Tournament hopes.
Vanderbilt (13-15) at (11) Florida (23-5) (ET)
The 11th-ranked Florida Gators set their sights on an outright SEC title, as they welcome the Vanderbilt Commodores to the O'Connell Center on Wednesday night.
Kenny Boynton scored 15 points and Patric Young had 14 on 6-of-7 shooting to help No. 11 Florida cruise past Vanderbilt, 66-40, on Wednesday to win the SEC regular season title outright.
After playing much of the season without a complete roster, Saturdays game against Alabama was supposed to feature a full-strength Florida team.
Alabama (19-9) at (8) Florida (22-5) (ET)
The eighth-ranked Florida Gators welcome the Alabama Crimson Tide to the O'Connell Center on Saturday for a key SEC showdown.
Erik Murphy led four Florida players in double-figures with 15 points and eight rebounds as the eighth-ranked Gators rallied in the second half to take a 64-52 decision over Alabama in a late season SEC battle.
After getting back in the win column, the No. 23 Pittsburgh Panthers will try to get a streak going when they host the South Florida Bulls in Big East action at Petersen Events Center.
(8) Florida (22-4) at Tennessee (16-10) (ET)
Fresh off the longest game in school history, the Tennessee Volunteers get back to the grind on Tuesday night when they welcome the first-place Florida Gators to Thompson-Boling Arena for an SEC showdown.
Fresh off the longest game in school history, the Tennessee Volunteers showed no signs of heavy legs in their 64-58 victory over the eighth-ranked Florida Gators on Tuesday.
Few people outside of Boca Raton have noticed, but Florida Atlantic has made steady progress throughout the season. First, coach Carl Pelini has instilled some of his Rust Belt toughness into the Owls and, as the 2012 season nears its finish for FAU, the program appears to be moving in the right direction after that regrettable 1-11 record in the final season of the Howard Schnellenberger Era. The same team that began the season with a 7-3 victory against Wagner has won two of its past three games and gave Navy a scare in Annapolis, Md. Against the spread, FAU has covered in eight consecutive weeks. Joe Goodman, The Miami Heralds national college football columnist, is a lot like FAU in terms of picking games this season. He started slowly but has built some positive momentum. Last week, Joe took a slight step backwards, going 4-4 straight up and 3-4-1 against the spread, but, overall, Joe is 63-25 straight up and 43-39-1 against the spread. The Pro, Lee Sterling of ParamountSports.com, went 5-3 straight up last week and 3-4-1 against the spread. For the season, the Pro is a stellar 65-23 straight up and 46-36-1 against the spread.
Joe can count on his hand the number of times he has finished a week above .500 against the spread in the past three seasons. Amazingly, last week was one of those times.