Gainesville is the place to be this weekend, when the Florida Gators football team hosts its annual Orange & Blue Spring Game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at 1 p.m. today. After finishing last season with an 8-5 record, winning their last four games, the Gators are looking to prepare …
Read More »Champion Gators Complete Comeback For The Ages
Fifteen minutes left in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game. Down 12. Zero points from senior All-American guard Walter Clayton Jr. Dead in the water. Against the smothering defense of Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars, any other team would have folded under the pressure, but not coach Todd Golden’s Florida …
Read More »Three Things To Watch At Final Four
After 60 games of NCAA Tournament play, the Final Four is finally here. For the first time since 2008, the Final Four will consist of only number one seeds. While some may complain about a “chalky” tournament, these last three games will truly pit the best against the best. Who …
Read More »Gators Flex Depth, Dominance In Sweet 16 Win
SAN FRANCISCO – The Florida Gators are marching into the Elite Eight for the 10th time in program history and first since 2017 following an 87-71 Sweet 16 win against four seed Maryland. Behind a balanced attack, stifling rebounding and explosive second-half runs, the top-seeded Gators (33-4) continued their March …
Read More »Scouting Florida’s Potential SEC Tournament Opponents
The Florida Gators men’s basketball team finished the regular season as the No. 2 two seed in the SEC, earning them a double-bye in the SEC Tournament. There are three different teams the Gators (27-4, 14-4 SEC) may face in their first game at 7 p.m. Friday. The 15 seed LSU …
Read More »Key Games In Final Regular Season Week Of SEC Men’s Basketball Play
With one week remaining in SEC men’s basketball play, and the standings for the SEC Tournament still not set, games this week have massive implications. Three midweek games in particular will have their outcomes shaping both the SEC and NCAA Tournament seedings. All 16 SEC teams are in action Tuesday …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Athletics Shows Out On Weekend
The Back Nine comes at you after a big weekend for Gators sports and a happy Valentine’s Day … for me anyway. 10. It was pretty spectacular this weekend with so much going on. Sometimes I don’t know how the UAA handles a weekend with baseball, softball, lacrosse, basketball, women’s …
Read More »No. 3 Florida Men’s Basketball Resilient Without Condon, Martin In Road Win
No. 3 Florida took over Humphrey Coliseum on Tuesday in an 81-68 win against No. 22 Mississippi State, without two key starters in Alex Condon and Alijah Martin. This was yet another historic game for the Gators (21-3, 8-3). This victory was the first time Florida has won back-to-back ranked …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Looks To Continue Win Streak At Mississippi State
After a hard-fought victory against the No. 1 Auburn Tigers, 90-81, in “The Jungle” on Saturday, the No. 3 Florida Gators look to add another SEC road win tonight against the No. 22 Mississippi State Bulldogs at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville. https://twitter.com/GatorsMBK/status/1889059926867353665 The Gators (20-3, 7-3 SEC) have won their …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Men’s Basketball Is Good
The Back Nine comes to you after another perfect Gainesville weekend that included something I didn’t think we would see. 10. On Saturday morning at the gym I was thinking about how the first item in this column should be about the Super Bowl instead of Florida basketball. That’s …
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