The arena that served as a stage to two consecutive men’s basketball national championships, (’06, ’07) and three consecutive gymnastics national championships (’13, ’14, ’15) won’t house a show again until December 2016. Demolition and renovation of the 36 year-old O’Connell Center is finally underway. The $64.5 million project is …
Read More »Warriors on Pace to Dethrone Jordan, ’96 Bulls
The 1996-1997 Chicago Bulls, a team described with dreamlike success, may no longer be imagined in the same surreal setting they have been for the past two decades. The Golden State Warriors stand at 66-7 and must go 7-2 in their final nine games to finish 73-9, one game better …
Read More »Florida State Spring Football Scrimmage Recap
The Florida State Seminoles, arguably the best college football team in the state of Florida, held their first scrimmage of the spring season this past Saturday. The scrimmage was scheduled to be held in Doak Campbell Stadium, but weather forced the team inside their training facility for the entire practice. …
Read More »North Carolina Earns 19th Final Four Appearance
The Eastern Regional finals wrapped up Sunday night with No. 1 North Carolina defeating No. 6 Notre Dame with the Tar Heels defeating the Fighting Irish 88-74. Notre Dame made Carolina work for this historic win. The Irish led the Tar Heels for the beginning of the first half, but it wasn’t until there was …
Read More »Sooners Advance to Final Four
For the fifth time in school history and the first time since 2002, the Oklahoma Sooners are in the Final Four. The Sooners defeated the Oregon Ducks 80-68 to win the West Region. Buddy Hield was sensational as he scored 37 points on 65 percent shooting while making eight three-pointers. He has …
Read More »Syracuse Upsets Virginia to Continue Run to Final Four
No. 10 seed Syracuse rallied from a 16 point deficit to upset No. 1 seed Virginia last night and become the first ever No. 10 seed to make it to the Final Four. The Orange are just the fourth double-digit seed and the lowest seed to make it since No. 11 VCU in 2011. Cuse has now …
Read More »Villanova Final Four-bound After Cutting Down South Region Nets
No 2-seeded Villanova came into the Elite Eight match-up against top seeded Kansas as the underdog, but that mattered little as the Wildcats were the ones cutting down the nets once the final whistle had been blown. Kris Jenkins, Josh Hart, and Ryan Arcidiacono all scored 13 points in a well-balanced …
Read More »Gator Baseball Loses In Extras To Kentucky
The Florida Gator baseball team fell to Kentucky on Easter Sunday 5-4 to lose their first series of the season. Florida falls to 23-3 and to 4-2 in the SEC on the season, while Kentucky improves to 17-6, 4-2 in the league. The Gators have now dropped two straight after winning …
Read More »Florida Gator Baseball Drops Game Two Against Wildcats
The top ranked Florida Gator (23-2, 4-1 SEC) baseball team dropped the second game of a three game series to the Kentucky Wildcats (16-6, 3-2 SEC) 7-4 Saturday afternoon. With this loss the Gators 17 game winning streak comes to an end; Florida was one win shy of tying the school …
Read More »No. 2 Florida Lacrosse Destroys Vanderbilt
The second ranked Florida lacrosse team didn’t let bad weather put out its fire today as the Gators routed Vanderbilt 16-2. The Gators improved their record to 10-1 overall and registered their first win in the Big East. Senior Nicole Graziano says they’re hoping to use this win to propel them forward. Florida shot …
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