Head coach Billy Donovan addresses the media at Media Day Basketball season is almost upon us as the Florida Gator men’s basketball team will take the court in less than 20 days. The Gators opened practice on Friday and coach Billy Donovan discussed the team’s first few practice sessions. Donovan believes scoring points will …
Read More »Gator Men’s Basketball Holds Annual Media Day, Announces Two Players Out
As the Gator football team heads into the second half of its schedule, another Florida sport is just starting up. The Florida men’s basketball team held its annual Media Day on Wednesday, unofficially kicking off the basketball season. It wasn’t all good news from Florida head coach Billy Donovan though. …
Read More »Beal, Wizards Prepare for NBA Playoffs
The Washington Wizards (43-38) are going to the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2008 where they lost to the Lebron-led Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2 in the first round. Led by two young up-and-coming stars in starting point guard John Wall and starting shooting guard, former Gator Bradley Beal, the Wizards will …
Read More »Florida’s Streak and Season End at the Hands of Uconn 63-53 In Final Four
In Florida’s locker room following its 63-53 Final Four loss to Uconn, a reporter asked senior guard Scottie Wilbekin, “This team hasn’t lost in so long, did you even think you could lose?” Saturday’s Final Four matchup was a meeting between the Florida Gators, who were coming into the game …
Read More »Final Four Media Day: The Florida Gators In Dallas
As the Florida Gator men’s basketball team stepped to the podium and into their private media rooms for the second time this week, their message was almost in unison: be yourself. Florida knows they’re the No.1 team in the country, and they don’t just believe that because voters say they …
Read More »Florida One Win Away From Final Four; Faces Dayton on Saturday
The Florida men’s basketball team, SEC Champions, No. 1 overall seed and winners of 29 straight games have reached the point where its past three seasons have come to an end, the Elite Eight. The Gators are now one win away from claiming the South region as theirs and advancing to …
Read More »Florida Tames the Danes 67-55; Avoid Historic Result
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. …
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