College Basketball

Despite a loss to Kentucky last Saturday, Florida men’s basketball coach Billy Donovan saw his team dig deep and fight. He said “it was the first time I’ve felt in 23 games we played to win.” Florida (12-11, 5-5) played inspired basketball against the number one ranked team in the country but …

Despite quite possibly their best performance of the season, the Florida Gator men’s basketball team fell to the top ranked Kentucky Wildcats by a final score of 68-61 Saturday night in Gainesville. In front of a sellout crowd inside the Stephen C. O’Connell Center the Gators came out on fire …

The Florida Gator men’s basketball team will look to bounce back on Saturday when they welcome the top ranked Kentucky Wildcats.  This will be the 11th time the Gators have faced the Wildcats when they were the number one team in the country and they are 0-10 in those previous …

The Florida Gator men’s basketball team had their two game win streak snapped on Tuesday night falling to the Vanderbilt Commodores by a final score of 67-61. Poor shooting would plague the Gators once again as the team shot an abysmal 36 percent from the field and an even worse …

The Florida Gator men’s basketball team will look to make it three in a row on Tuesday night as they meet the Vanderbilt Commodores inside the Memorial Gym in Nashville, Tennessee. Both teams will be entering this game in two completely different places with the Gators sitting 5-3 in the …

The Florida women’s basketball team (11-11, 3-6) jumped back of the winning track Sunday when it defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores (12-10, 4-6) in Tennessee, 67-58. Senior Kayla Lewis and junior Cassie Peoples were the leaders of the team. Lewis scored a career-high 18 points and Peoples recorded 11 points and five assists. …

Before Florida tipped off against Arkansas at the O’Connell Center on Saturday afternoon, junior Dorian Finney-Smith had an inkling that teammate Michael Frazier II would make the game-winning shot. That’s exactly what happened. “He told me before the game but I didn’t think anything of it until the last play,” …

Despite a much needed win on the road against Alabama on Tuesday, the Florida men’s basketball team still has some resume building to do in order to have a case for the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee in March. A win against Arkansas would certainly help. The Gators (11-9, 4-3 SEC) will have …

In their second match up of the season against the Missouri Tigers (12-9, 2-6), the Gator women’s basketball team (10-11, 2-6) struggled offensively once again and it cost them the game just as it did on January 11th in Columbia. The Gators were defeated 68-52 on their home court, and did not lead the entire game. …

Coach Amanda Butler and the Gator women’s basketball team s (10-10, 2-5) look to keep Sunday’s momentum going Thursday night at home against Missouri. The Gators are coming off of a 72-58 home win against Arkansas. The win against Arkansas marked Butler’s 150th win as Gator head coach, ended a …