Tag Archives: College Basketball

The Florida Gator basketball season is right around the corner as their season opener is November 11th against Gardner-Webb.  Losing four seniors from last season, the Gators will look for players to step up in big ways to fill in the void. Florida Gator Center Kevarrius Hayes is one of …

Florida basketball comes back in November and the Gators are anticipating a successful 2017-18 season. Veteran Chris Chiozza will be starting his senior season and expects to be named starting point guard. The Gator Nation remembers Chiozza for his impressive junior season as backup point guard and his heroism during …

After finishing up with his last final on Radiation Detection and submitting a 20 page lab report, nuclear engineering major and former Gator basketball player Canyon Barry is looking at what the future holds after Florida basketball. Barry was a key cog for the Gators as their sixth man, lending an experienced hand and …

Game Preview Tonight is the night every college basketball fan has been waiting for. It’s the night that the two remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament will be meeting in the National Championship. Gonzaga, the number 1 seed on the West side of the bracket, and North Carolina, the number one …

The SEC, a conference that was disrespected by “experts” around the country, really shined in the month of March. South Carolina stunned the nation with their second round victory over two-seeded Duke. Then the fun really started, as the Gamecocks knocked off three-seed Baylor and fourth seeded Florida before losing to …

Former Florida Gator men’s Basketball assistant Matt McCall was named the head coach at the University of Massachsetts on Wednesday.  McCall previously worked as the director of basketball operations for the Gators between 2006-2008 and as an assistant during the 2011-2015 seasons.  In April 2015, McCall  left Gainesville to become the coach …

Head coach Johnny Dawkins has been enjoying a successful first year with the UCF Knights men’s basketball team, guiding it to the NIT, their first postseason appearance since 2012. The Knights will take on the TCU Horned Frogs in the NIT semifinals. The Horned Frogs are coached by Jamie Dixon who is also in …

The No.2 seed Kentucky Wildcats(31-5) take on the No.3 seed UCLA Bruins (31-4)  in the Sweet 16 South Regional semifinal for the NCAA Tournament at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee Friday night. Not only is this the premier game for the Sweet 16, it is the only matchup that puts two …

The No.1 seed Kansas Jayhawks (30-4) will take on the No. 4 seed Purdue Boilermakers (27-7) for a Midwest region battle in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament Thursday night. The Jayhawks are in luck tonight as the game will at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Even …

Kentucky and deep tournament runs are synonymous with each other, and head coach John Calipari has helped continue that tradition. Since becoming Kentucky’s head coach, Calipari has led the Wildcats to five Elite Eights, four Final Fours and two national championship appearances including a victory in 2012. This year, he …