Gators Men’s Basketball

The University of Florida men’s basketball team will not play their Dec. 2 matchup against the Oklahoma Sooners, the school announced Sunday. Positive tests delay start of Florida’s season This is not the first time the virus has affected the Gators. They have been dealing with COVID issues since Nov. …

The Gatos men’s basketball team has to wait a little bit longer than expected to hit the hardwood. Florida paused team activities Sunday due to positive COVID-19 tests. As a result, its 2020-21 season opener moved back a week with two games down the drain. Gators Exit ‘Bubbleville’ Tournament After …

Niels Lane, a Florida hoops freshman guard, feels he is fitting in nicely with Gators men’s basketball. Recruiting Even before Head Coach Mike White made contact with Lane, he knew he would fit in with the program. The guard told his friend in his sophomore year of high school that …

Florida basketball is preparing for their first game of the 2020 season to take place in exactly a week. Freshman forward Samson Ruzhentsev is ready to make his mark on the team. Before Florida Originally from Moscow, Russia, the six-foot-seven forward calls Chattanooga, Tenn. home. Ruzhentsev said he knew he …

Junior guard for the Florida Gators men’s basketball team, Noah Locke, had a lot to say about the 2020-2021 season and his own progress from last year. The Injury During his freshman season, Locke began feeling a hip pain that doctor’s had a hard time understanding the source of. This, …

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 …

Keyontae Johnson does it all. He can be the best offensive player on the court as well as the best on the defensive side of the ball. Johnson will start the 2020-21 SEC tournament as the Preseason Player of the Year, the Southeastern Conference announced on Wednesday. This distinction earns …

He did not take the court last season for the Gators. However, that does not mean he is not ready to make an impact. Gators guard Alex Klatsky has been working hard to earn his way onto the court this season for Gator men’s basketball. He’s been working out and …

The Associated Press released its preseason top 25 poll, and the Gators aren’t in it. Florida will start the season unranked, though it did receive 69 votes. That is the third-most of any unranked team. Kentucky (No. 10) and Tennessee (No. 12) are the only ranked SEC teams to start …

The college basketball rankings released on Wednesday afternoon didn’t seem to phase Florida basketball center Jason Jitoboh. Coming off a foot injury, Jitoboh looks to get back on the court and make a difference in the Gators’ 2020-2021 season. In his freshman season, Jitoboh played in 21 games for the …