I'm shocked and a bit disappointed that this is the record and it surpassed the previous record by 1,000. It seems to be that on a campus of 50,000 we should routinely get 10% of them to come watch a basketball game.
Does the athletic department not provide more student tickets or is it a demand problem, or cost problem? Ken K MNGator > On Jan 9, 2014, at 10:09 AM, "Oliver Barry" <[email protected]> wrote: > > FREE THROWS: Florida had 4,182 students show up for Wednesday’s win, a school > record. The student attendance surpassed the previous record by more than > 1,000. > > How do you get more students at your basketball games? Have a crappy > football season. > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Bob Parks Realty, LLC > REO Department > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > Phone: 615-826-4040 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > [email protected] > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Shane Ford > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 7:24 AM > To: GatorNEWS > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators win 24th straight at home to open SEC play > > Gators win 24th straight at home to open SEC play > > > > Florida forward Casey Prather celebrates after a dunk against South Carolina > during the first half at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on Wednesday. > Matt Stamey/Staff photographer > By Kevin Brockway > Gainesville SUN Staff writer > Published: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 8:59 p.m. > > Last Modified: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 11:28 p.m. > > > > It had all the makings of a joyous Southeastern Conference opener. Florida > was up by more than 20 points late against South Carolina before a > near-packed O’Connell Center ready to celebrate a convincing league win. > But senior point guard Scottie Wilbekin’s ankle sprain in the closing minutes > put a damper on UF’s 74-58 win before 12,147 at the O’Dome. Wilbekin suffered > the injury when he rolled his ankle on a drive to the basket with 2:50 > remaining. Florida coach Billy Donovan said Wilbekin is questionable for UF’s > next game Saturday at Arkansas. > “They took him off the floor and iced it immediately,” Donovan said. “Right > now, he’s probably out (Thursday’s) practice. We’ll see where he is Friday.” > Wilbekin scored a team-high 17 points as the No. 10 Gators (12-2, 1-0 SEC) > matched a school record with their 24th straight home record. But at issue > was whether the 6-foot-2 senior point guard from Gainesville should have been > in the game with Florida ahead by 23 points. > Donovan had a substitute ready to check in for Wilbekin when he was hurt and > South Carolina coach Frank Martin still had the majority of his starters in > the game. > “It was hard,” Donovan said. “When you have older guys and you get into a > situation where I think we got outscored the last two minutes 11-3. You want > to get guys off the floor, but you put some of those guys in the bench in > there, it’s difficult. Obviously, South Carolina, Frank’s teams, the way he > teaches and coaches, he’s going to play those guys for 40 minutes and get > after it and play hard.” > Donovan also said Wilbekin may have caused the injury himself by shooting in > the lane off of one leg. > “He never really makes that shot, and he did such a good job all game long,” > Donovan said. “But it’s a matter of him listening.” > Other than Wilbekin’s injury, Florida had plenty to feel good about during > the game. Florida jumped to a 14-1 lead and scored 15 points off 15 South > Carolina turnovers in the first half to build a 34-21 halftime lead. UF’s > press was effective, frustrating South Carolina (7-7, 0-1) into ill-advised > passes and rushed shots. > “The young kids were tight and nervous,” said South Carolina coach Frank > Martin, who started three freshmen. “My biggest concern going into this game > was that first five to six minutes. Exactly what I was hoping didn’t happen, > happened.” > South Carolina whittled UF’s lead to eight points in the second half before a > final UF surge. After going 1-of-10 from 3-point range in the first half, > Florida went 4-of-9 from beyond the arc in the second half to finish 5-of-19 > for the game. > Casey Prather added 13 points for the Gators and Patric Young had 13 points, > seven rebounds and three steals. The Gators outscored South Carolina 40-22 in > the paint and 20-5 in fast-break points. > Young felt like the Gators led down at points during the game instead of > sustaining their intensity for a full 40 minutes. > “We allow that human nature to kick in and us having that mindset of relaxing > a little bit instead of having that killer mindset,” Young said. > Florida’s 24-game home winning streak, which started Nov. 11 2012 with an > 84-35 win over Alabama State, is the third longest in Division I. Stephen F. > Austin currently holds the longest home win streak at 26 games. Duke is next > at 25 straight at home. Missouri had its 26-game home win streak snapped with > a stunning 80-74 overtime loss to Georgia on Wednesday night. > Florida will go for the school record when it next plays at home on Jan. 14 > against Georgia. Florida last won 24 straight at home from March 1, 2006 to > Nov. 23, 2007, a stretch that covered the second of its back-to-back national > title seasons. > “We’ve been here for a minute, and it would be nice to do something special > and keep that streak going,” Florida senior forward Will Yeguete said. > Florida will face an Arkansas team on Saturday that has won 23 straight at > home. If Wilbekin can’t go, McDonald’s All-American Kasey Hill will start at > point guard for the Gators. Hill had a solid SEC debut with five points, two > assists and two steals. > But Young thinks Wilbekin will find a way to get on the court Saturday for > UF’s first SEC road game. > “He went to the basket hard and it was a minor ankle sprain,” Young said. “I > think he’s going to be alright. We’ve got the best trainers here, the best > doctors. He’ll work hard to try to get back.” > FREE THROWS: Florida had 4,182 students show up for Wednesday’s win, a school > record. The student attendance surpassed the previous record by more than > 1,000. … South Carolina senior Brenton Williams, a Santa Fe College transfer, > finished with 10 points and three steals. Junior guard Tyrone Johnson led the > Gamecocks with 12 points. > Donovan wins FIBA award > Florida coach Billy Donovan was named a co-recipient of the 2013 USA > Basketball National Coach of the Year. > Donovan led Team USA to a 9-0 record and gold medal at last summer’s 2013 > FIBA Under-19 World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. > He shared the award with Miami women’s basketball coach Katie Meier, who led > the USA under-19 women to a gold medal as well. > "I'm very thankful to USA Basketball for the opportunity to coach this team > and appreciative of this honor," Donovan said. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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