On Tuesday night, the Florida men’s basketball team (15-8) will welcome the Ole Miss Rebels (15-8) to the O’Connell Center for the first time this season. The two teams met earlier this year in Oxford, where the Gators took down the Rebels, 80-71, despite a 22 point, four steal performance …
Read More »Kentucky Dominates Florida in 80-61 at Rupp Arena
The combo of Tyler Ulis and Jamal Murray was too much for the Florida men’s basketball team Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky as the 1-2 punch combined for 53 points in an 80-61 Wildcat win. The Wildcats have now won 33 straight games at home, good for the SEC’s longest active …
Read More »Gators Prepare For Talented, But Slumping Kentucky
The Kentucky Wildcat (16-6) men’s basketball team has lost two straight games and don’t look at all similar to the team that beat the Gators three times last season, and that advanced all the way to the Elite Eight. Coach John Calipari has tried to change up his look, only …
Read More »Gators Look To Sustain Their Momentum Vs. Arkansas
The Florida men’s basketball team (14-7) is coming off of their most important win of the season, after taking down the #9 West Virginia Mountaineers last Saturday. On Wednesday night, the Gators will face a surging Arkansas Razorbacks (11-10) team, whose won their last two games, including a victory over …
Read More »Magic Lose to Spurs, Heat Prep for Rockets
The Orlando Magic hoped to start the month of February with a bang after their disastrous moth of January, losing 13 out of 15 games. The Magic learned Monday night that it is very hard keeping up with the San Antonio Spurs momentum resulting in a 107- 92 loss. Going up against one of the …
Read More »Gators Make Big NCAA Tournament Push, Down #9 West Virginia, 88-71
On a brisk Saturday afternoon in Gainesville, the Florida men’s basketball team (14-7) picked up its biggest win of the season, and its first over a Top-25 team, dominating the West Virginia Mountaineers (17-4) in an 88-71 victory. Dorian Finney-Smith led the charge for the Gators, scoring 24 points on …
Read More »Gators Prepare For Gritty West Virginia
The Florida Gators (13-7) men’s basketball team will have their last chance to impress the committee with a tough out-of-conference win on Saturday afternoon, when they take on the ninth-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers (17-3). A team affectionately known to some as “Press Virginia” boasts one of the most aggressive and …
Read More »Late Surge Not Enough For Gators, Fall to Vanderbilt, 60-59
Despite taking 26 more shots than Vanderbilt and hitting five of their last seven from the field, Florida’s volume shooting attack wouldn’t be enough to take down Vanderbilt as the Commodores hold on to defeat Florida 60-59 Tuesday night in Nashville in an SEC men’s basketball contest. Despite taking more shots …
Read More »Defensive Battle Expected Between Gators and Commodores
Tuesday night’s battle between two of the SEC’s top seven teams will mark an important stage in the little past halfway point of the 2015-2016 season. For the Florida Gators (13-6), it’s a chance to come away with their second in-conference road victory, an important attribute the committee notes when …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Prepares For Auburn and Bruce Pearl
Bruce Pearl is no stranger to Florida Basketball. In his six seasons with the Tennessee Volunteers, he went 10-2 vs. the Gators, and 4-2 in the O’Connell Center. A coach once faced twice a year, is now seldom seen by Gator fans. But on Saturday night, Pearl will square off with …
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