The Florida men’s basketball team tries to extend its stay in the NCAA Tournament today when it plays Pittsburgh; you can hear the game live on Country 103-7 The Gator starting at 11:35am. Florida struggled in its first NCAA Tournament game, getting by the Albany Great Danes 67-55 while Pittsburgh, …
Read More »Florida Tames the Danes 67-55; Avoid Historic Result
photo credit: Trevor Sikkema The Florida Gators men’s basketball pulled away from the Albany Great Danes late in the second half to move on to the third round of the NCAA tournament. In the history of March Madness, a 16 seed has never beaten a 1 seed (116-0), but Albany …
Read More »Florida opens up the Big Dance with Albany in Orlando
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 »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 »Gator Men’s Hoops Survives Trip To Tennessee With 67-58 Win
The Florida men’s basketball team won its 16th straight game Tuesday night with a 67-58 road win over Tennessee in Knoxville. Third ranked Florida is now 22-2 overall and 11-0 in the SEC while Tennessee falls to 15-9 and to 6-5 in SEC play. Tennessee, after being blown out in …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Travels to Take on Tennessee
The Florida Gator men’s basketball team hits the road for the first time in three SEC games as it travels to Tennessee to take on the Volunteers Tuesday evening. “Just because you’ve played well on the road up to this point in time, doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll just continue it, you …
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 »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, …
Read More »Gator Men’s Hoops struggles early but pulls away late to beat Missouri
The Florida men’s basketball team improved to 20-2 overall, and 9-0 in the conference after defeating the Missouri Tigers by a final score of 68-58 Tuesday night in Gainesville. All eyes were on freshman Chris Walker who was set to make his debut, and expectations were high. The freshman forward saw …
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