After suffering a first round loss to Xavier, the Florida Gator men’s basketball team (4-2) bounced back and defeated the Oregon State Beavers (3-3) 81-68 in the second round of the Phil Knight Legacy Tournament. The Gators saw another explosive offense performance from Trey Bonham who finished with a game …
Read More »Gator Men’s Basketball Falls To Xavier
Gators men’s basketball (3-2) was invited to compete in the Phil Knight Legacy Tournament over the Thanksgiving weekend. In their first-round matchup, the Gators lost to the Xavier Musketeers (4-1), 90-83. Florida will return to action on Friday against Oregon State to compete for fifth place. Regardless, the Gators need …
Read More »Former Gator Hoopers Continue to Thrive in the NBA
Florida’s History of Stars The Florida Gators have produced several star athletes in the professional sports world. This remains true in today’s NBA. Some of their most impressive NBA players include five-time All-star Al Horford, three-time All-star Bradley Beal, three-time NBA champion Udonis Haslem, and Mavericks starting power forward Dorian …
Read More »Gator Men’s Basketball Preview
The Gator men’s basketball team travels to Portland, Oregon to participate in the Phil Knight Legacy tournament. Its first opponent of the tournament is the Xavier Musketeers. Both teams are coming off of emotional games. Xavier lost a close one to a top 15 ranked team, and the Gators came …
Read More »Lon Kruger Inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
Former Gators head basketball coach Lon Kruger was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Fame on Sunday. He joins John Beilein, Jim Calhoun, Jerry Krause and Roy Williams as this year’s inductees. Gator Days Coach Kruger made his mark on Florida basketball. He took over the program in 1990 and …
Read More »Gators Men’s Hoops Surge Back For Win Over FSU
Florida Gator men’s basketball (3-1) surged back in the second half to take down the Florida State Seminoles (0-4) 76-67 on Friday night in Tallahassee. This is their second win in a row over the Seminoles and the first for Todd Golden as the Gator’s head coach. Additionally, this is …
Read More »Gator Men’s Hoops Suffers First Loss of Season
The Gator men’s basketball team (2-1) suffers its first loss of the season to the FAU Owls (2-1). The Owls defeated the Gators 76-74 in Gainesville on Monday night. Colin Castleton’s second straight 30-point game wasn’t enough to overcome the Owl’s 13 three-pointers on the night. Final#GoGators | @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/b8BWI5TrYp …
Read More »CJ Felder Talks UF Hoops
CJ Felder is a senior in his second season at UF. Felder spent his first two colligate years at Boston College playing for the Eagles. He discussed how the Gator basketball team is one big family and how transitioning to the Florida team was easy because everyone was so close. …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Looks to Remain Undefeated as It Welcomes FAU
Following Friday’s 88-78 home win over Kennesaw State, Florida improved to 2-0 under first-year head coach Todd Golden. The Gators will return to the O’Connell Center Monday night to face the FAU Owls. Golden called Florida forward Colin Castleton “really efficient” following the fifth-year senior’s career-high, 33-point performance Friday. “We …
Read More »Gators Men’s Hoops Hosts Florida Atlantic
The Florida Gators men’s basketball team will return to the Stephen C. O’Connell Center to host the Florida Atlantic University Owls in episode three of the Golden era on Monday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. The Gators have gotten off to a 2-0 start to open the 2022-2023 season …
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