The Florida men’s basketball team defeated the La Salle Explorers 82-69 on Wednesday night. Jalen Hudson led the Gators with 15 points, while Keyontae Johnson and Kevarrius Hayes added 12 apiece. Pookie Powell paced the Explorers with 21 points. The Gators struggled to create any legitimate separation in the first …
Read More »Kevarrius Hayes speaks on Gator basketball as season approaches
With just over a month until the season tips off, the Gator basketball team looks poised to make a run at the SEC Championship and go even further than that. Leaning on the guards Florida returns most of its roster from a season ago, but Coach Mike White is tasked …
Read More »Freshman Guard Andrew Nembhard Ready to Contribute for Florida
Andrew Nembhard, the 6’5″, 191-pound point guard is ready to prove exactly how good he is for the Gators. Five Stars When Andrew Nembhard committed to play for the Florida Gators, it was easy to see that head coach Mike White pulled off a huge recruitment success. Nembhard is a 5-star …
Read More »Billy Donovan Speaks To Gator Baseball; Will Return To Coach Thunder
Billy Donovan became the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2015 following Scott Brooks’ departure. The former Florida men’s basketball coach is 150-96 in three seasons with the Thunder. However, Donovan is 14-15 in the NBA playoffs, losing in the first round in the 2017-18 season. Donovan coached …
Read More »The Future of Egor Koulechov
Known affectionately to Florida fans as “3Gor,” former graduate transfer Egor Koulechov has officially started his path to a professional career. This past week, Koulechov played in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament in Portsmouth, Virginia. The P.I.T. consists of 8 teams and a total of 64 players. The tournament invites 64 …
Read More »Florida’s New Associate Head Basketball Coach, Armon Gates is Ready to Work
Gator Basketball Head Coach, Mike White’s new hire has been getting settled in his new position. Armon Gates was hired as the teams Associate Head Coach last Sunday. Gates is filling the position once held by Dusty May before he left to become the head coach at Florida Atlantic. Prior to coming …
Read More »John Ebgunu Officially Done at UF
After missing the entire 2017-2018 season with a torn ACL, John Egbunu has decided to forgo the process of receiving a medical redshirt for a sixth season of eligibility. Egbunu thanked “Gator Nation” in an Instagram post late Monday night, indicating that he will be moving on from the University …
Read More »Loyola Chicago faces Nevada in Sweet 16 Matchup
The 11-seeded Loyola Ramblers men’s basketball team will play in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1985. They will face a No. 7 Nevada in the bracket-busting matchup. Rambling On Coming into the tournament, the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers were picked by many to be a dark horse in the …
Read More »Round of 32 Preview: No. 6 Florida vs. No. 3 Texas Tech
The No. 6 seed Florida Gators are set to take on the No. 3 seed Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Round of 32 on Saturday night at 8:40 p.m. ET at the American Airlines Center on TNT. Florida is 10-3 all-time in the second round of the NCAA Tournament …
Read More »Walk-Ons are Living the Dream at Florida
Mak Krause and Andrew Fava were never supposed to play basketball at the University of Florida. They both had aspirations of walking on, but never thought it would become anything more than a pipe dream. The Beginning of a Journey Krause and Fava had offers to play at small Division …
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