Fans who gathered at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center to bid farewell to the O-Dome before a major $65 million dollar renovation were treated to the same story they’ve bore witness to all season long. The Florida Gators (17-13, 8-9 SEC) needed a win in the worst way to save fizzling hopes of making the NCAA Tournament but were unseated by the No. 22 Kentucky Wildcats (22-8, 12-5 SEC) in a 88-79 loss.
Emotion filled the arena, fans who remembered great games of season’s past were loud and tried to will their Gators to a win, but for the second time this season Kentucky proved to be the better team.