Dreams become reality tomorrow night at the 2020 NBA Draft. Will there be surprises? There always are. And this year’s no different. The Start of Something Special. Watch the 2020 #NBADraft presented by State Farm tomorrow (11/18) at 8:00 PM ET on ESPN!https://t.co/yaHXzqNYzI pic.twitter.com/YiyQO1e0Mz — NBA (@NBA) November 17, 2020 …
Read More »Gators Announce Capacity for Men’s and Women’s Basketball
After a short delay to the season, the Florida Gators have announced their capacity plans for men’s and women’s basketball. The Stephen C. O’Connell center will have a capacity of 2,200 fans for the 2020-21 season. The reduced capacity is just over 20% of the O’Connell center’s normal capacity of …
Read More »NCAA To Host March Madness In One City
May Madness. You read that right. Nothing has been normal in 2020. And that will continue into 2021. HOOSIER DOME The NCAA announced on Monday they will look to host the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament in one geographic location this year, rather than the 13 first and second-round sites …
Read More »Keyontae Johnson Enters Season with High Expectations
Keyontae Johnson does it all. He can be the best offensive player on the court as well as the best on the defensive side of the ball. Johnson will start the 2020-21 SEC tournament as the Preseason Player of the Year, the Southeastern Conference announced on Wednesday. This distinction earns …
Read More »Gators Basketball Unranked in Preseason Poll
The Associated Press released its preseason top 25 poll, and the Gators aren’t in it. Florida will start the season unranked, though it did receive 69 votes. That is the third-most of any unranked team. Kentucky (No. 10) and Tennessee (No. 12) are the only ranked SEC teams to start …
Read More »Florida Center Jason Jitoboh Previews Gator Basketball
The college basketball rankings released on Wednesday afternoon didn’t seem to phase Florida basketball center Jason Jitoboh. Coming off a foot injury, Jitoboh looks to get back on the court and make a difference in the Gators’ 2020-2021 season. In his freshman season, Jitoboh played in 21 games for the …
Read More »SEC 2020-2021 Gators Men’s Basketball Schedule
Birmingham, Ala.- The Southeastern Conference revealed the 2020-2021 men’s basketball season schedule Friday. The SEC’s 126 games will be played from Dec 29 through March 3. The SEC announced that there will not be any game on the weekend of March 6 so there is time for makeup games if …
Read More »Omar Payne looks to fill gap at center for Florida
The Florida Gators basketball team didn’t live up to their preseason hype one year ago but projected starting center Omar Payne is excited for how the team looks thus far. Filling the void down low Omar Payne is expected to be the starting center for the Gators going into this …
Read More »The Battle at Point Guard is One of the Key Headlines Entering Gators Basketball Season
When Andrew Nembhard announced his decision to transfer to Gonzaga, it left the Gators with a major gap to fill at point guard. After all, Nembhard led the Gators averaging 33.2 minutes per game and played in all of their games in 2019. Sophomore guard Tre Mann entered the 2021 …
Read More »Gators Kayontae Johnson Ready to Take it to the Next Level
And junior Keyontae Johnson is here to help. Gator Basketball started the 2019-2020 season slowly and had paid the price in the end. This is not a mistake they will to make this season. For this season, the Gators personalized the team to bring their A-game. With the new personalized …
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