At a glance, South Carolina's 57-53 win over Florida on Wednesday night looks like a defensive masterpiece put on by the most defensively efficient team in the nation.
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In a stat that goes to show the current state of the Southeastern conference, on Wednesday afternoon, when the #19 Florida Gators and #24 South Carolina Gamecocks meet in Columbia, it will be the first match-up of ranked opponents in the SEC this season. UF comes into the game with …
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Coaches always say it’s about who finishes the game, not who starts it. For the Florida Gators, that mantra rang true, as Canyon Barry (27 points) and Keith Stone (17 points) combined for 44 of UF’s 80 points off the bench in an 80-76 win over the Georgia Bulldogs on …
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No foe is more common to Florida Gator basketball fans than the team from Athens. The Georgia Bulldogs and Florida Gators will square off on Saturday afternoon at noon in their 144th meeting. The first time these two teams met was in the winter of 1950. In that game, the …
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Free throws plagued Mike White and the Florida Gators last season, more than likely costing them a trip to the Big Dance. On Tuesday night in Tuscaloosa, it was Avery Johnson and the Alabama Crimson Tide who had to suffer through the hardships of missed opportunities at the charity stripe. …
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With 2:07 left in the 2017 National Championship game, Jalen Hurts ran in a 30-yard score to put the Alabama Crimson Tide up by three points. ESPN’s win probability calculator gave them a 78.1% chance to win at the time and if things continued the way they did all season, …
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Florida’s win streak of 11 straight wins over Alabama was snapped last season. On that night, the Gators shot just 28.6% from the field and 14.3% from beyond the arc. That loss at the O’Connell Center came mid-way through the SEC schedule last year, and was the start of a 3-6 in-conference …
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When Justin Leon joined the Gators in the Fall of 2015, the junior college All-American was expected to be a middle of the rotation player with some upside. Fast forward to January 7, 2017 and Leon’s new career-high of 19 points were vital in Florida’s 83-70 takedown of the Tennessee …
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Besides Georgia and Kentucky, no other team has squared off against the Gators on the hardwood more than the Tennessee Volunteers. On Saturday night at 5:15 p.m., Florida will face Tennessee for the 123rd in program history at the Exactech Arena at the O’Connell Center. While Tennessee won the last …
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Florida’s sheer athleticism was too much for the Ole Miss Rebels on Tuesday night at the Exactech Arena at the O’Connell Center as the Gators hustled their way to a 70-63 victory in their first home, SEC contest. Canyon Barry tied his season-high in points with 20 on 8-14 shooting …
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