Amanda Butler's team faces a pivotal season. Florida aced its first major test.
The 2015-16 Florida women's basketball season didn't get off to a good start late last week, as the Gators fell into a 20-point hole, rallied, and faded late in a 97-91 loss in their season opener at Temple.
Monday night brought their home opener in Gainesville, against No. 6 Florida State, which made the Elite Eight in 2015 and is riding as high under Sue Semrau as the Seminoles ever have. And it brought another substantial deficit, this one a 15-point disadvantage established just 63 seconds into the second quarter1.