photo credit: Trevor Sikkema The Florida Gators men’s basketball pulled away from the Albany Great Danes late in the second half to move on to the third round of the NCAA tournament. In the history of March Madness, a 16 seed has never beaten a 1 seed (116-0), but Albany …
Read More »Gators Turn the Tide in a 78-69 Home Win
photo credit: Trevor Sikkema Will Yeguete was one of five Gators who scored in double digits in the team’s home win over Alabama Saturday afternoon College basketball games have a tendency to be told as a tale of two halves. But for Florida’s 78-69 win over Alabama on Saturday afternoon, …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Will Try to Control The Tide on Saturday
The Florida men’s basketball team has made it 16 seasons in a row with at least 20 victories — now 20-2 — and it will try to get its 21st victory of the season this Saturday against the 9-13 Alabama Crimson Tide. Florida is on its third 20-2 start all-time, …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Trounces Tennessee 67-41 in Gainesville
Florida’s Casey Prather has scored double digits in every game he’s played in this season. To the outside sports fan, the University of Florida has a few rivalries: Florida State, maybe Miami, and Georgia. But to those who call themselves fans of the Gators, they know there is another: Tennessee. …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Looks to Remain Undefeated In SEC
The Florida Gator men’s basketball team will travel deep into Tide country in Tuscaloosa Thursday to take on Alabama. The Orange & Blue look to remain undefeated in conference play and extend their current win streak to 10 games. The Gators (15-2, 4-0 SEC) current nine-game win streak is tied for …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Could Make Program History Tonight Versus Georgia
Florida forward Dorian Finney-Smith is coming off his second double-double of the season versus Arkansas and will look to continue his solid play as he fills in for the injured Casey Prather. The Florida men’s basketball team goes in Tuesday night’s SEC matchup against Georgia tied for the school’s longest …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Hosts Arkansas-Little Rock
The Florida Gator men’s basketball team will look to improve to 2-1 this season when it faces Arkansas-Little Rock at home Saturday at 4:30 p.m. The Gators are coming off a 59-53 loss to Wisconsin Tuesday in which sophomore Michael Frazier II led the way with 20 points. Florida will …
Read More »Billy Donovan reflects on the 2012-2013 season and looks ahead to 2014
Following a successful, yet anticlimactic season that ended in the Elite Eight for the third consecutive season, the Florida Gators men’s basketball team wrapped up its season nearly two weeks ago. Gator coach Billy Donovan put a bow on the 2012-2013 campaign, looking back on the run to the regular season SEC …
Read More »Third Time Is Not the Charm For Florida Men’s Basketball
Florida may have had the experience of being in the Elite Eight for the third straight year, but experience wasn’t enough as Florida (29-8) never had a chance against the surging Michigan Wolverines (30-8) as Michigan rips the Gators 79-59 to move on to the Final Four. A lack of …
Read More »Gators Hoops Set to Face FGCU In Sweet 16
For the third consecutive year, the Gators men’s basketball team is set to tipoff in hopes to advance to the Elite Eight. This year’s opponent however is a little different from years past. In the 75 years of the NCAA tournament, Florida Gulf Coast is the first 15 seed to …
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