The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that included a little bit of everything, kind of like a Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixins, but the bean casserole made you ill. 10. As soon as I saw Micah Handlogten on the floor of the Bridgestone Arena and it …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Tornado-Affected SEC Tourney Holds Memories 16 Years Later
Any time in the last 15 years that an SEC Basketball Tournament is played, there is inevitably a mention of the 2008 Tournament. That was the one when the tornado ripped through downtown Atlanta and the tourney was eventually moved to Georgia Tech. There was a documentary about it, but …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Defeats Georgia in SEC Tournament
A win is a win for the Gators. No matter how it looked Thursday night. Gators WIN!#GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/P0wA9yXQ8P — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) March 15, 2024 The Florida men’s basketball team took care of business in the second round of the SEC Tournament by defeating …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Loss At Vanderbilt May Have Silver Lining
The Back Nine comes at you after another weekend filled with the good, the bad and the awful. 10. The Gator men’s basketball loss Saturday might be the best thing that could have happened to Florida. This team got better as the season went along and there was a lot …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Gators Need To Solve Zone Defense
The Back Nine comes at you after a wild weekend where Gators were scattered all over the place. 10. Saturday was one of those days for the Gator Nation. Florida lost another basketball game, because it could not figure out how to play against a zone defense. The baseball team …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Wow Weekend For Florida Athletics
The Back Nine comes at you after one of those weekends that makes the Gator Nation warm and fuzzy all over. 10. But we have to start with the big national story which was the court-storming by Wake Forest students that caused an injury to Duke’s Kyle Filipowski. The answer …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Sinks Vanderbilt
Home dub!#GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/o1OfTJ3UJU — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) February 24, 2024 The Florida men’s basketball team took down Vanderbilt, 77-64, in front of sold-out crowd at the O’Connell Center on Saturday. The No. 24 Gators (19-8, 9-5 SEC) bounced back after losing a nail-bitter …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: These Losses Will Stay With You
The other day on the radio, we were talking about losses that stay with you for a few days and some that stay with you forever. It was in reference to Florida’s tough overtime loss to Alabama on Wednesday night. But because I felt like the Gators were playing with …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Key For Florida Is Avoiding Bad Losses
The Back Nine comes at you after a wet weekend that included another win by Florida’s suddenly en fuego basketball team. 10. You can look at these Gators as a team that is making you run out of Tums or a team that keeps winning close games. No matter how …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Again Takes Down Georgia
For the 1oth time in a row, the Gators have muzzled the Bulldogs. 🐊>🐶 ROAD DUB😤#GoGators | presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/E8c3lchPLc — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) February 17, 2024 The Florida men’s basketball team defeated Georgia 88-82 Saturday at the Stegeman Coliseum in Athens. The Gators (18-7, 8-4 SEC) …
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