Gators Men’s Basketball

BATON ROUGE, LA. — The number 11 Florida men’s basketball team (12-2, 2-0 SEC) traveled to LSU (9-4, 0-2 SEC) with myriad medical setbacks and adversity aplenty, but outlasted both the stingy Tiger defense and a tightly contested opening half to pull away and dominate on the road en route to a …

The Florida (11-2, 1-0 SEC) men’s basketball team travels to the bayou on Saturday for its first SEC road game of the year. After registering 16 assists during Florida’s last two wins, junior point guard Scottie Wilbekin looks to continue dishing out dimes against LSU (9-3, 0-1 SEC). Wilbekin says …

The Florida women’s basketball team heads to the road to take on Mississppi State tonight. The Gators are looking to build off a 77-72 win over LSU on Sunday.  Florida coach Amanda Butler thinks the team has momentum heading into the matchup on Thursday.. Florida junior guard Jaterra Bonds has been impressive during …

Maybe it was a new starter.  Maybe it was the biggest student turnout in seven years (3,200).  Maybe it was playing at home for the first time since mid- December.  Whatever IT was had the Florida Gator men’s basketball team (11-2, 1-0) in high gear as it dominated the Georgia Bulldogs …

After rounding out non-conference play with a 10-2 record and a 79-58 win over Yale on Sunday, the Florida men’s basketball team is opening conference play tonight at home against the Georgia Bulldogs. Senior point guard Kenny Boyton had a huge night against Yale, going 9 of 12 from the floor, …

Throw GPA and SAT scores out the window.  Ivy League Yale (5-11) was schooled Sunday  as the Florida men’s basketball team (10-2) is now on another win streak after back and forth win/losses in their prior four games.  Even without senior forward Erik Murphy who did not play because of sore ribs, …

The Florida women’s basketball team took down the Tigers of LSU in a close 77-72 showdown on Sunday in the O’Connell Center.  This was a huge confidence booster for the Gators (12-4, 1-1 SEC) who were narrowly defeated by Kentucky, 76-69, earlier in the week.  Gator head coach Amanda Butler …

The Florida women’s basketball team opens SEC play tonight when it travels to face sixth ranked Kentucky, coached by former Gator assistant Matthew Mitchell. Florida (11-3) has won six in a row and Kentucky (12-1) has won 11 in a row with its only loss coming to defending national champion …

The Florida men’s basketball team defeated the Air Force Falcons Saturday night 78-61 as part of the Orange Bowl Classic. The Gators shot 53 percent from the field going 28 for 52, 7 of 19 from the three point line (36%) but struggled, going 15 of 23 (65%) from the …

The 14th ranked Gator men’s basketball team continues its December road journey when it plays Air Force today in the Orange Bowl Classic. The Gators come off a loss on the road against Kansas State and now stand at 8-2 on the year.   Air Force will start five seniors including …