JACKSONVILLE — Heading into Friday’s Southeastern Conference Tournament matchup, UF was poised to avenge its first-round, 22-point loss in last year’s conference tournament.
Things didn’t go as planned.
In one of Florida’s worst performances of the season, the Gators were thoroughly demolished 92-69 by Kentucky in the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena and were eliminated from the tournament.
The 23-point loss margin was worse than last year’s, despite UF going into the game with nine more wins than it had a year ago.
“We’re obviously terribly disappointed in the way that we played,” UF coach Amanda Butler said after the game.