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How significant is March Madness? Sixty percent of Americans said they plan on filling out an NCAA bracket, according to an online MSN survey. Comparatively, 57 percent of eligible Americans voted in the 2012 Presidential election. It’s probably safe to say the percentage of fans choosing Florida over Northwestern State …

Gators vs. Kentucky Credit: Michael Cadigan The University of Kentucky baseball team evened its series with Florida with an 11-5 win Thurday in Gainesville on Saturday. Kentucky is now 15-3 and 1-1 in the SEC while Florida falls to 9-11 and to 1-1 in league play. Gator righty Jonathon Crawford started on the mound and …

Seven innings wasn’t enough to separate two of the top teams in the SEC on Friday night. Florida (26-2, 3-1 SEC) needed one more inning to top Tennessee (22-5, 2-2 SEC) 6-5 at Katie Seashole Pressely Stadium in front of UF’s largest home crowd of the year. Florida junior pitcher …

The Florida baseball team (8-9) will collide with in-state rival Florida State (15-0) tonight at McKethan Stadium. It will be the first of three regular season games between the Gators and Seminoles. The Seminoles will be the sixth team from the state the Gators have played so far this season. …

The Indiana Hoosiers baseball team downed Florida 7-4 Sunday to take the rubber game of a three game series. Indiana is now 8-3 while Florida drops to 8-9 on the year. The Hoosiers sprung forward on Daylight Savings Time, taking the early lead on catcher Kyle Schwarber’s first inning homer off of …

The Florida Gator (7-4) men’s tennis team defeated No. 11 Texas A&M (9-5) 4-3 on Sunday in its SEC opener. The Gators ended their four match losing streak, but the road to redemption wasn’t easy as Florida once again lost the doubles point for the fith match in a row. No. 2 …

The Tennessee Volunteers have now won six-straight SEC games following last night’s 64-58 upset win over No. 8 Florida in Knoxville. Florida struggled as they shot only 42 percent from the field and only 23 percent from long distance. Gators coach Billy Donovan was not pleased with his team’s shot selection. Three …

In 1964, the United States was fighting a war in Vietnam, Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston to become World Heavyweight Champion and it was also the last time Florida and Tennessee didn’t play a home and home regular season series. Fast forward through almost five decades and we arrive in …

The Florida baseball team fell to Florida Gulf Coast 8-3 Saturday night at McKethan Stadium. The Eagles (4-1) clinched the series win after plating eight runs for the second straight night against the Gators (3-4). Florida started off the scoring with sophomore outifielder Justin Shafer’s RBI double to center driving in …

The 16th ranked Florida men’s tennis team (6-4) lost its fourth consecutive match on Saturday to 20th ranked Baylor (7-1) 4-3. The Gators once again started the match flat in the doubles losing the doubles point. Florida’s number two doubles team of juniors Mike Alford and Florent Diep struggled losing 8-3 to Baylor’s Julian …