Gators Men’s Basketball

With last season’s leading scorer—forward Dorian Finney-Smith—now playing for the Dallas Mavericks, sophomore guard KeVaughn Allen will be expected to play a pivotal role on the team. As a freshman, Allen averaged the second most points on the team with 11.6 points per game. He also averaged 2.7 rebounds along …

A new season, but a similar cast of characters awaits Mike White in his second season as Florida’s head coach. The Gators lose Dorian Finney-Smith this year, but add explosive shooter, Canyon Barry, a transfer from the College of Charleston, Jalen Hudson, a transfer from Virginia Tech, Keith Stone, who …

University of Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley has unveiled a new plan for a $100 million facilities upgrade for the school’s football, baseball and softball programs. Foley said that football, baseball and softball were the school’s main priorities at the moment for renovation and addition. The plan to pay for …

The Florida Gator men’s basketball team received an invitation to the Phil Knight Invitational (PK80) celebrating the Nike co-founder’s 80th birthday during Thanksgiving weekend in November 2017. The first-year tournament hosts 16 powerhouse teams in Portland, Oregon in two separate eight-team events. Each team plays three games and one winner …

The 2006 and 2007 back to back Florida basketball national championship teams are squads that will go down as one of the most dominating teams in college sports. Even though it has been nearly 10 years since the last basketball championship, Corey Brewer, a member of that team, enjoys coming back to the town that helped him become …

Many remember Patric Young as the star center that helped Florida’s men’s basketball team in 2014 to a Final Four appearance and a perfect SEC record. Now that a few years have passed since Young graduated from UF he still has a lot going on, despite suffering a rough injury this past season …

Dominance is the Kentucky Wildcats name and winning is there game. That has been the recent trend over the last few years as the bread winners of the SEC all have come out of the East—namely the Kentucky Wildcats. Last season John Calipari and the Wildcats went 29-7 overall with a 13-5 SEC conference record. The Wildcats just …

Although there are no real divisions in SEC men’s basketball, there has been a stark contrast in the level of competition and success between teams that would be considered in the SEC East and SEC West. Throughout the past decade, SEC ‘East’ teams like Kentucky and Florida have been the …

The Gators men’s basketball team left much to be desired at the end of the 2015-16 season. The Gators ended their season 21-13 overall and 9-9 in SEC play. The Gators lost Dorian Finney-Smith who went undrafted in the recent NBA Draft, but was then invited to the Mavericks’ summer …

The Golden State Warriors and the Oklahoma City Thunder are back to face off in the Western Conference Finals. Currently, the Oklahoma City Thunder lead the series 1-0. Game 2 is back at the Oracle Arena where the Warriors will try to tie the series after their first Game 1 home …