Florida women’s basketball head coach Cameron Newbauer and his team are one day away from their 2020-2021 season home opener against Grambling State University. The Gators welcome the Tigers to Exactech Arena for Florida’s first game since March. After finishing the 2019-2020 season (15-15), coach Newbauer knows the Gators might …
Read More »Gators Women’s Basketball debuts Emily Sullivan, UNC Grad Transfer
SEC Women’s Basketball starts on Wednesday. The Gators will be debuting five new players this season including UNC grad transfer Emily Sullivan. Who is Emily Sullivan? Sullivan is a grad transfer from the University of North Carolina where she studied Broadcast Journalism. After transferring to UF, she is mastering in …
Read More »UF Redshirt Danielle Rainey Is Back and Ready
Coming back from a knee injury is not easy for any player. Especially if an athlete plays contact sports like basketball. Daniel Rainey is cleared to return to practice. Rainey on Returning to the Court It was, unfortunately, the case for Rainey who saw her season shorten after sustaining a …
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 »Guard Lavender Briggs Looks to Lead Florida Women’s Basketball
Florida women’s basketball sophomore guard Lavender Briggs knows this season is about improving and putting her program on the map. After a breakout performance her freshman season, Briggs and the rest of the Gators want to take the necessary steps to grow into a top SEC team. The biggest goal …
Read More »Intensity Ramping Up for Newbauer, Gators Women’s Hoops
After beginning practice in October, the Gators Women’s Basketball team is gearing up for the regular season. With their first game on Nov. 25 against Grambling State, Head Coach Cam Newbauer is increasing the intensity at practice. Newbauer spoke to the media Monday to discuss the upcoming season and an …
Read More »Faith Dut Ready For Upcoming Women’s Basketball Season
With Zada Williams exhausting her eligibility last season, Gators Women’s Basketball forward Faith Dut looks to take the next step in her sophomore season. Dut is looking to build off a freshman season that saw her average 2.2 PPG, 1.4 RPG and .2 APG. A former three-star prospect, at 6’4 …
Read More »Centralized Conference Realignment
How many different ways has it been said that this year has been a dumpster fire? For college athletics, the chaos of 2020 has unearthed deep cracks in a system of dysfunctional leadership divided by geography, politics, and mixed messaging. A single multi-billion dollar business in which a multitude of …
Read More »SEC: weighing the effects of the recent vote to open athletic facilities
It just means more in the SEC. Nothing means more to the conference at this moment than the recent decision to open up campuses for athletes. On May 22, the SEC voted to allow schools to open their athletic facilities for individual workouts for football and basketball players. SEC commissioner …
Read More »SEC announces return for athletes
SEC fans have been waiting for an announcement on the return of sports since March 12, when the conference suspended all in-person athletic events. Earlier today, that announcement finally came. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said that universities can open for voluntary activities, starting June 8. “At this time, we are …
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