The Oklahoma Sooners, four-time defending women’s college world series national champions, are not the top-ranked team on Softball America’s preseason top 25 announced Monday. That title belongs to the Florida Gators. https://twitter.com/SoftbalAmerica/status/1878826878271938844 Erickson’s Return The Gators look to continue the success of their 54-win 2024 season. The team earned …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Basketball’s Depth On Display
The Back Nine comes at you after a cold weekend that required a lot of us to stay inside and watch all the great sports going on. It was taxing, but I made it. 10. It was kind of weird to see John Calipari coaching at Arkansas this weekend in …
Read More »Florida Women’s Basketball Dominates Against Missouri
Florida women’s basketball team came up with a dominant 93-67 win against the Missouri Tigers on Sunday. The Gators improved to 11-7 and 2-2 in the SEC and dropped the Tigers to an 0-4 SEC record and 11-8 overall after their fourth loss in a row. road win!! #GoGators | …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Hands Arkansas Its Third Consecutive Loss
No. 8 Florida walked out of a soldout Bud Walton Arena with a 71-63 win against coach John Calipari‘s Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday. Arkansas’ defense was good enough to win the game, but offensively, it was like it was shooting with the lid still on the rim. Calipari is 0-3 …
Read More »Gators Gymnastics Holds On For Season-Opening Win
The No. 3 preseason-ranked Florida Gators gymnastics team opened its season Friday night in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center with a quad meet win over No. 3 Michigan State, No. 23 Nebraska and Northern Illinois. Florida had built up a substantial lead through three rotations, but two costly falls on …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Routs No. 1 Tennessee
After allowing Kentucky to shoot the lights out at Rupp Arena in a 106-100 loss Saturday, No. 8 Florida shut down No. 1 Tennessee from the start Tuesday for a 73-43 win in the O’Connell Center. WHAT. A. NIGHT. IT’S GREAT TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR #GoGators | Presented by …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Tough Lexington Loss, But Here Comes No. 1
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend so chilly it felt like our three-day winter is coming right around the corner. 10. We knew it was coming. We knew this Florida basketball team was not going undefeated. And we knew that Rupp Arena can be both the quietest …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball’s Undefeated Start Ends At No. 10 Kentucky
The No. 6 Florida men’s basketball team’s unbeaten start came to an end Saturday in Lexington, Ky., at the hands of No. 10 Kentucky, 106-100. Final Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/mJH4bx9MPh — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) January 4, 2025 Florida (13-1, 0-1 SEC) had held its previous four opponents to …
Read More »Florida Women’s Basketball Falls In SEC Opener
No.19 Alabama opened the women’s basketball game Thursday on a 19-5 run en route to a 79-69 win against Florida for its 13th straight home victory. The Crimson Tide led 41-31 at halftime and by double figures for a majority of the second half, with Florida getting as close as eight …
Read More »Florida Basketball Ends Year With Another O-Dome Sweep
The Florida men’s and women’s basketball teams ended the 2024 portion of the schedule with consecutive doubleheader wins at the O’Connell Center. Men’s Basketball The No. 6 Gators (13-0) capped their non-conference schedule Sunday with an 85-45 rout of Stetson (2-11). Florida opened a double-digit lead early and started to …
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