UK Wildcats at Florida Gators 1/19 Game Thread

[Mr2Bits]

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Kentucky Wildcats vs. Florida Gators
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Wednesday, January 19, 2008 - 9:00 PM ET ESPN
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Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville, FL

Game Notes:

• Florida trails the all-time series with Kentucky, 84-30, but has experienced its greatest success over the past three years, having won six consecutive meetings
• The Gators are the only school in SEC history to have won six consecutive games against Kentucky...In fact, UF is one of only four schools (along with North Carolina and Indiana) to have six straight wins over Kentucky (Notre Dame had seven)

Florida Probable Starters (15-3, 2-1)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG/RPG
21 Dan Werner F 6-7 235 So. 8.1/7.3
34 Marreese Speights C 6-10 245 So. 13.4/7.6
15 Walter Hodge G 6-0 170 Jr. 9.9/2.8a
33 Nick Calathes G/F 6-6 194 Fr. 15.3/5.8a
5 Jai Lucas G 5-11 155 Fr. 9.8/2.2a

Kentucky Probable Starters (7-8, 1-1)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG/RPG
54 Patrick Patterson F 6-8 232 Fr. 16.7/8.0
42 Mark Coury F 6-8 238 So. 3.3/2.9
34 Ramon Harris F 6-6 213 So. 4.2/3.9
3 Ramel Bradley G 6-2 191 Sr. 15.7/3.8
32 Joe Crawford G 6-5 207 Sr. 16.4/3.7
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[UFtb]

Who do the Gators need to focus on stopping? Crawford or Patterson?

 

[FloridaGatorforLife]

6-4 early for the Gators. They have missed many open shots so far.

Go Gators!

 

[FloridaGatorforLife]

Tebow and Horford are hanging out down on the floor.

Florida is missing a ton of shots.

 

[FloridaGatorforLife]

26-17 Florida!

Finally hitting shots!!!

 

[FloridaGatorforLife]

30-25 at the half.

Go Gators!

 

[FloridaGatorforLife]

That Tebow pep talk was awesome!!!

 

[CrimsonGator]

Great game and great win!!

 

[FloridaGatorforLife]

I really thought we blew it when they came back and tied it to go to overtime. It was great to see how the guys played in overtime!

 

[gatorsare#1]

7 in a row!!! If we can beat Kentucky the next time we play them, we'll have the record for most wins in a row against UK.