This Weekend: Invest in the Gator Women's Program - Hosting #9 Tenn, Sunday 11:30 am

[gatorbogey]

w/ the men on the road this weekend @ LSU, gator basketball fans in and around gainesville can put their time and energy toward the women's program! come out and support the Gator women's program as they host the Volunteers, sunday, 11:30 am tip.

promises to be a good game. come early, get good seats down low in the arena. cheer loudly.

if you're a student reading this, get your friends to join you. get your frat and sorority involved. make it a fun outing for all. if you're a rowdy reptile for the men, come to the game sunday w/ the same energy and enthusiasm and rowdy cheering for the women. your rowdiness will be contagious! if you're a fan in the g'ville area, come to a game. if you've never been, come to this one and enjoy!

let's help cheer the gators onto a big upset victory. we can do this!:yes:

[CASontag]

Ah, I see it will be televised on ESPNU. Since I'm out of state I can't attend but I can watch and root for them and try to help out in this small way :-) Hopefully they can build off their SEC road win against MSU and follow it up with a win against Tennessee. They've been close in the past and this seems as good a time as any to get a signature win for the season.

Edit: Still 11:30 AM on Sunday isn't exactly doing attendance any favors. Seems like an awfully early start time especially on a Sunday. But perhaps this is the norm for women's basketball games. *shrug*

[gatorbogey]

spread the word. bring a friend or two. cheer!

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building the gator women's program, one fan at a time...

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about 2 hours away from tip! gather up your family and friends and head on over to the o'dome. you'll be able to get a front row seat next to tupac.

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for those out of the area,
audio for the game is here: http://www.gatorvision.tv//mediaPortal/player.dbml?&catid=0&DB_OEM_ID=6500

otherwise, you should be at the game!

[gatorbogey]

live stats for the game: http://gatorzone.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_wbaskbl.html?event=1178745&school=fla&sport=wbaskbl&camefrom=&startschool=&

[gatorbogey]

are you live from the o'dome, gatorgal?

[Gatorgal04]

Real good crowd for this weird time of day. Why aren't all these people in church? :wink:
Unfortunately that includes a lot of local TN fans here to support their team and Pat. It's the start of "Back Pat" week.

[gatorbogey]

it's a 'we back, Pat' game - both teams w/ t-shirts showing that during warmups shown on espnu

[Gatorgal04]

Carlie takes the charge!

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nice feed underneath to george

[Gatorgal04]

7-4 Gators. They're fighting hard and George looks good.

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Needles w/ a 3!

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lots of action early
bonds hits a deep jumper in transition
gators up early
12-8
15:49

[G2MGA]

almost seems like a different team from the MSU game so far...awesome start! And George is looking much better!

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fast paced early

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high soft banker off the glass for moss

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UT up 1
at 13 mark
get a steal and scores to go up 19-16

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miller w/ 3
to tie it up

[G2MGA]

our transition defense...ouch!

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tenn is beating us down the floor for easy transition buckets

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nice feeds to mcintyre under the bucket, just missing on the finish

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11:!2
24-19 ut

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only 2 fouls apiece
gators shooting 47%
Tenn at 58%

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steal by george and finish!

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mcintyre w/ a mid-range J

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tenn w/ a 3 to move back out to 4 pt lead
6:59
UT up 27-23

[G2MGA]

We have more bodies than TN, but I think we are going to struggle to keep this frenetic pace.

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need to cover simmons

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BAM! needles for 3

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"Florida basketball: Fantastic!"

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miller w/ a good move
but tenn scores rapidly to answer

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george gets hammered...no call
slow to get up

[Gatorgal04]

Dang, George re-injured her shoulder.

[G2MGA]

guess TN brought their refs with them...hardly a surprise, but...sure hope George is ok.

[gatorbogey]

george's shoulder popped out again,but went back into position on its own. so she may be able to return

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mercer hits

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2 pt game
w/ a minute remaining in the half

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moss hits one foul shot

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37-34 UT
6.6 sec in the half

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37-34 UT half

17 pts by UT's simmons

[G2MGA]

hung tough to end the first half...again we respond pretty well to George going out

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both teams shooting about 44% from the field and from 3
gators have the edge in rebounding 20-17
big advantage for the gators in bench points
big advantage for the vols in points in the paint and fast break pts.

[EastTNG8TR]

Let's hope George can be effective second half. Bonds needs to settle down. Tough but only down 3 to a top 10 team. We need to slow Simmons down to have a chance to win. The crowd is better than usual but wish a few more fans had showed up.

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needles leads the gators w/ 9 at the half
george w/ 8
miller w/ 7

moss and lewis w/ 4 boards ea.

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working thru mcintyre to start the 2nd half
need to cover simmons on the other end!!

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bonds w/ 2 fouls shots to draw back to 4 down
and vols answer

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moss w/ a nice pull up

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vols hit a 3 from mcanopy

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vols taking off
now up 9 after a jumper
51-42
16:26

[EastTNG8TR]

We are leaving them way too open for threes

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needles w/ a 3 from the corner

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53-46 tenn @ 15:27

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George won't be returning according to gator staff

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mercer's not afraid to shoot
vols answer w/ another fast transition layup

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another time out for UF to try to get that defense right

[G2MGA]

Tennessee is completely exposing our defense...kind of glad this is an early SEC game from that standpoint.

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lewis w/ a deep 2

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is mercer going to replace george next season? she's not afraid to mix it up

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gators cut lead to 4 on 2 foul shots by mercer

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lewis w/ 4 fouls now

miller hits a runner

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11:33
57-53 vols

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bonds hits a jumper to get the gators to w/in 2

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bonds w/ another jumper
58-57 UT

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gators a bit sloppy. couple turnovers
down 3
8:09

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nice pass underneath by mercer to lewis for a bucket

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3 by bonds wide open!

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5:22
64-62 vols

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mcintyre ties it up

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bonds w/ a nifty move to give gators the LEAD!!!
4:20

[G2MGA]

I'm dying here!! Nice run to take the lead!

Big plays by JT.

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let's go gators, chomp chomp chompchompchomp!!

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had some chances there to extend the lead, some tough offensive rebounds, just couldn't get the put back to go.

can't leave simmons alone
got to stop the ball, can't let them go coast to coast

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@2:57
66-64 UF
7-0 run by UF to take the lead

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turnover and fast break for vols they have a 1 pt lead

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not the best possessions here down the stretch for the gators

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vols player down on the floor chasing a loose ball

[G2MGA]

TN star freshman down...that's Chandler Cooper's HS teammate.

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moss w/ a turnaround
under a minute down 1

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0:37 s remaining
69-68 vols
gators w/ the ball

[G2MGA]

this is about to be a heart-breaking loss or a season-defining win. I can hardly breathe!

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miller hits a jumper in the paint
gives gators the lead 70-69
tenn w/ a timeout
25.2 sec left

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defense gators, defense!

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12.6 s
foul on mcintryre
graves misses first
makes 2nd tied

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timeout gators, 9.1 sec
70 all

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vols had a foul to give

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no foul called on the shot

we're going to OT

[G2MGA]

TN refs save their day...complete BS. Let's get this in OT!

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kayla lewis w/ a strong offensive rebound

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charge on moss

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gators w/ steal miss layup and putback
still down 1

[llm85]

This overtime is really painful to watch.

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charge called on the vols, good position by needles

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mercer w/ a jumper
gators w/ the lead 2:12 left in OT

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gators miss the front end

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vols hit 1 of 2 foul shots
tie ballgame 1:34 left

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bonds hits

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simmons answers
75 all

[EastTNG8TR]

Win or lose...the future of Gator womens basketball is bright.

[G2MGA]

odd foul there

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24.3 sec still tied
foul
vols to the line
makes 1
misses 2nd

[atlg8rfan]

don't understand the foul there ..... play defense

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16.9 sec in OT
#9 Tenn 76
Florida 75

let's have a good possession here, good shot

[jhsgator]

Really strange foul there I didn't understand that

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mercer to the line

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8.9 sec
bricks the first

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misses the 2nd

[G2MGA]

Mercer with way too much adrenaline...saw that 0-2 FT trip coming.

[atlg8rfan]

2 bricks and a foul ... doesn't look good now

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gators foul
vols to the line

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makes both vols up 3

[G2MGA]

Damn...got a good look there for 3

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missed 3 by lewis at the buzzer
vols hang on, win 78-75 in OT

[gatorbogey]

solid effort by the young gators....almost!

[G2MGA]

Well, this one hurts. We'll have a week off to recover before another big home game against ranked South Carolina next Sunday.

[G2MGA]

Really impressed by what this team did without George for the last 30 minutes. Even in the loss, makes me much more optimistic about the rest of the season.

[GatorChoice]

It seems the Lady Gators just can't seem to get over the hump when it comes to quality wins. Amanda is putting together a nice program though.

[gatorbogey]

Well, this one hurts. We'll have a week off to recover before another big home game against ranked South Carolina next Sunday.

if you come into town for the gator game vs missouri on saturday, stay over and catch the women play s. carolina on sunday!

[EastTNG8TR]

The team, without George, won the second half against UT. Every single one of those players are back next year.... plus a McDonald AA PG, a McDonald AA W/PF, a four star, 6'4 F/C, a combo guard who is Florida's all time leading scorer in high school with over 4,700 points, and an elite 3 pt shooter who was also a top 50 recruit in the nation. This program will start competing for Elite Eights next year.

[gatorbogey]

The team, without George, won the second half against UT. Every single one of those players are back next year.... plus a McDonald AA PG, a McDonald AA W/PF, a four star, 6'4 F/C, a combo guard who is Florida's all time leading scorer in high school with over 4,700 points, and an elite 3 pt shooter who was also a top 50 recruit in the nation. This program will start competing for Elite Eights next year.

good point!

[HALLGATOR]

It would be nice to see them start winning these close games. Based on what is being posted maybe it will start happening soon.

[EastTNG8TR]

They have won several close ones this year. This young team has grown up fast and will get better.

[G2MGA]

Yeah, the future for this program is looking brighter by the day!

It is tough to lose another close one, but the most encouraging thing for me was how we played in the final minutes of both regulation and OT. For the most part very composed and aggressive with different people stepping up, and if anything, almost wanting to make a play too bad perhaps.

Still that's a huge improvement compared to some of the very timid late game play we've seen in recent years (and even earlier this season, in the win against Pacific for example). Not to mention that we were doing that without our only senior and All-SEC player out on the floor.

[GboroGator]

Another moral victory, hooray!..this wasn't exactly your mother's Tennessee.

[EastTNG8TR]

Ummm...that UT team is top ten in the country with a number 4 ranking in the RPI. To play them to OT without the lone.senior is HUGE!.

[gatorbogey]

play is improved on the court and looks to be getting better and better as we attract higher ranked players. parallel to that, i sense improving interest from fans, etc.

case in point is views to this thread vs the gator men vs lsu thread. women are about 1/4th the number of views, but to get over 1,000 views is somewhat noteworthy. time to capitalize - good play begets more interest and that will get more fans in the stands which attracts the recruits, and helps to get more wins.

[tommyuf21]

Really impressed by what this team did without George for the last 30 minutes. Even in the loss, makes me much more optimistic about the rest of the season.

It would have been easy for a young team to lose confidence with their leader out. The fact that they fought this out to the end is a big boost and with all of the young talent they have.

Amanda is another example of why we have the best AD in the country. He knows who to place faith in and lets them do what they have to do. I've been a proponent of giving her the time she needs to what needs to be done here. I know that some people think this should have happened sooner. However, in the SEC, it is not easy to build a monster program.

[tommyuf21]

Another moral victory, hooray!..this wasn't exactly your mother's Tennessee.

Don't be suprised if this UT team makes it to the Final Four. Both UK and UT are among the best teams in the country and run most of their opponents off the court.

They have excellent talent and the coaching staff is solid.

I guess people expected them to drop off the map when Pat had to retire. Summit built a monster program and although we have a fighting chance with recruiting now against them, they are still benefiting from decades of dominance.

Thankfully, your view isn't shared by our administration, otherwise we would be making yet another coaching change and creating yet more instability in a sport where stability is a must.

[crapgame44]

We fired the proverbial shot across the bow yesterday against UT! We made a huge STATEMENT yesterday. Anybody in the know on womens college basketball is now aware the the Gators have broken out and are heading for the top. As EastTNgator has pointed out numerous times it will be next season when UF explodes. All the pieces are just about in place. Yesterday, if George was not injured halfway through and we had the additional strength available of Cooper, Dimaite and Peoples (and Mercer shot just a little better) it most likely would have been a 10 point win for UF. Not to mention we handed them the game by missing 2 consecutive foul shots at the very end. The Lady Vols wont be the last good team we rattle or beat.

[MJGator8104]

^^^^^^^THIS!^^^^^^^

If people (the casual fans) would jump on the bandwagon this season just think how it could be next season. If we lived close enough to attend any games, we'd be there.