The Florida Gators go into the NCAA tournament as decorated as you can possibly be boasting a 32-2 record with an SEC regular season and tournament title already under their belts. But today, the past means little and each team start off the Big Dance 0-0, six wins away from …
Read More »Live Coverage From NCAA Tournament
ESPN 850 WRUF and WUFT TV will have live previews from the NCAA Tournament in Orlando where Florida will play against Albany. Corey Brooks, Lola Glanton and Trevor Sikkema are on hand with live updates and we’ll also have post game stories and interviews with Gator coach Billy Donovan and …
Read More »More SEC Men’s Hoops Teams In NIT Action
Two more SEC teams will be in NIT first round action tonight. The Georgia Bulldogs earned an at-large berth in the 2014 National Invitation Tournament and will host Vermont in the first round Wednesday night. The Bulldogs (19-13, 12-6) will make their 12th appearance in the NIT and have gone 11-11 …
Read More »Florida Women’s Basketball Team Earns At-Large Bid for NCAA Tournament
The University of Florida’s women’s basketball team received an at-large bid to play in the upcoming NCAA Division-I Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Gators earned a No. 11 seed after going 19-12 in the regular season, and will be facing a sixth-seeded Dayton team on Sunday that finished the season with a 23-7 mark. Florida finished fifth …
Read More »NIT Preview: Missouri Tigers vs Davidson and Arkansas Razorbacks vs Indiana State
Two Southeastern Conference teams will be playing in the National Invitational Tournament as it kicks off tonight. The Arkansas Razorbacks will play the Indiana State Sycamores and the Missouri Tigers will be hosting the Davidson Wildcats. The Tigers are coming off a loss against the Florida Gators in the quarterfinals …
Read More »SEC Saturday Showdown: Florida Men’s Basketball Travels to Kentucky
The No. 3 ranked Florida Gator men’s basketball team (22-2) goes into Lexington, Kentucky to face the No. 14 ranked Wildcats (19-5) in prime time Saturday night. Florida goes into the first of two games against Kentucky this season with an undefeated 11-0 SEC record, while Kentucky sits in second place in …
Read More »VIDEO: Tuesday Sports Updates
From the Innovation News Center at the University of Florida College of Journalism, here’s your WRUF Sports in 60. Our own Trevor Sikkema talks Gator Basketball, Olympics, SEC basketball and more! Update on the 15’s [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/WRUF-Updated-2-11-14.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/WRUF-Updated-2-11-14.mp4] Update on the 45’s [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/WRUF-Update-2-11-14.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/WRUF-Update-2-11-14.mp4]
Read More »Florida Women’s Basketball Down Kentucky Wildcats, Sweep the Season Series
The Florida women’s basketball team (17-7, 7-4 SEC) scored 86 points to defeat the 15th ranked Kentucky Wildcats (17-6, 5-5 SEC) 86-80 in a high-scoring affair in Gainesville on Sunday. The win gives the Gators the season series sweep over Kentucky. The two teams went in to halftime tied at 40, …
Read More »Gators Turn the Tide in a 78-69 Home Win
photo credit: Trevor Sikkema Will Yeguete was one of five Gators who scored in double digits in the team’s home win over Alabama Saturday afternoon College basketball games have a tendency to be told as a tale of two halves. But for Florida’s 78-69 win over Alabama on Saturday afternoon, …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Will Try to Control The Tide on Saturday
The Florida men’s basketball team has made it 16 seasons in a row with at least 20 victories — now 20-2 — and it will try to get its 21st victory of the season this Saturday against the 9-13 Alabama Crimson Tide. Florida is on its third 20-2 start all-time, …
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