College Basketball

The No.21 Florida Gators men’s basketball team opens its season tonight in Jacksonville against the USF Bulls, who are dealing with the passing of coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. Florida is ranked to start the season for the first time since 2019. BASKETBALL IS BACK. USF @ 8:30 VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena …

Deep into an underwhelming football season for Florida fans, basketball arrives with new hope for success in Gainesville. The ’24-’25 season begins tonight at 7 for the Florida women’s basketball team when it hosts Florida Atlantic University in the O’Dome. The Gators aim for improvement following a 16-16 season when …

Following Wednesday’s exhibition game win (85-46) over Flagler College, Florida women’s basketball is preparing for formidable opponents in the upcoming season. The Gators have a talented underclassmen group who showed out during last night’s matchup. Freshmen Liv McGill and Me’Arah O’Neal started against Flagler, assisting the team as they built …

The Florida Gators women’s basketball team tuned up Wednesday for the start of the season with an 85-46 win against Flagler College in an exhibition game at the O’Connell Center. Ra Shaya Kyle was Florida’s leading scorer with 21 points. Freshmen Liv McGill and Me’Arah O’Neal started for the Gators, …

Florida men’s basketball coach Todd Golden said the Gators recent scrimmage are good teaching moments leading to their season opener in less than two weeks. Start of Scrimmages The Gators are ranked No. 21 in the AP Preseason Top 25 Poll. They started playing scrimmages to help prepare for their opener …

Florida men’s basketball head coach Todd Golden spent his first two seasons revamping the Gators’ offense. But as he enters his third year at the helm, he is now focusing on the team’s defensive effort. UF ranked 327th out of 351 Division I teams last season in scoring defense, allowing …

Confidence. Leadership. Those are two qualities that immediately come to Florida basketball head coach Todd Golden’s mind when he talks about senior point guard Walter Clayton Jr. Clayton’s 17.6 points per game last season was the highest scoring average by a Gators player since Anthony Roberson (17.9) in 2003-04. However, …

The Florida Gators men’s basketball team was picked to finish sixth out of 18 teams in the SEC in the league’s preseason media poll released Monday. https://twitter.com/GatorsMBK/status/1846221387813302543 The Gators were also ranked No. 21 in the Preseason Associated Press Top-25 for the first time since 2019. These standings mark Florida’s …

Since being hired in 2022, Florida Gators men’s basketball coach Todd Golden has been a savant in the transfer portal, adding vital starters such as Micah Handlogten, Walter Clayton Jr. and Will Richard to his roster. He may have struck gold once again with the addition of Florida Atlantic guard …

The Florida men’s basketball team were ranked No. 21 in The Associated Press Top 25 Preseason Poll released Monday. This is the highest preseason ranking under three-year coach Todd Golden and UF’s first preseason appearance in the AP Top 25 since 2019.  High stepping into 2025 Florida enters the season …