The WNBA draft was in person in New York City for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through three rounds, 12 teams selected a total of 36 eligible athletes. The First WNBA Draft Pick While the Washington Mystics won the 2022 WNBA draft lottery, they traded …
Read More »UF Men’s Basketball Forward Tuongthach Gatkek Enters Transfer Portal
Tuongthach Gatkek, the 6-foot-9, 172-pound Florida forward, entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal on Thursday, according to 24/7 Sports. #UF big Tuongthach Gatkek enters the NCAA transfer portal https://t.co/DownvX1bSP @247SportsPortal — Blake Alderman (@Blake_Alderman) April 7, 2022 Big Losses Joining the Gators in the 21-22 season Gatkek was …
Read More »Gators Make Todd Golden Hire Official
The Florida Gators men’s basketball team has officially hired Todd Golden as their next head coach. After previous reports suggesting that the Gators were going to hire him, they name Golden as the team’s 20th coach in school history. Previous Time With San Francisco Golden, 36, guided the San Francisco …
Read More »Gators Men’s Hoops on NCAA Bubble
Overall, Gators men’s hoops is 18-11 this season and are on the NCAA Bracketology Bubble. Now, Florida heads into their last two games of the regular season with games against Vanderbilt and Kentucky. Looking at the Team The Gators bubble isn’t burst yet. While the loss against Arkansas put them …
Read More »Gators fall short to Alabama 83-70
The SEC schedule has started for the Gators Men’s Basketball team and it’s off with a loss to No. 15 Alabama. How it went down Florida started strong in the first half. They entered halftime with a lead of 39-36 over the Crimson Tide. Gators center Colin Castleton was the …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball Defeats Florida State 71-55
The Florida men’s basketball team gets a huge home win over arch rival Florida State on Sunday, beating the Seminoles 71-55. Gators Now 2-0 Florida opened their season this past week hosting Elon in their first regular season game defeating them 74-61. The last time Florida and Florida State played …
Read More »Colin Castleton and the Gators face Elon to open season
In just a little over a month, junior forward Colin Castleton and Florida Gators basketball will take the court against Elon to open the 2021-2022 regular season. On July 4, Colin Castleton announced his return to the Florida Gators following his training for the NBA draft. https://twitter.com/Castleton_/status/1411718680736681984 In the 2020-2021 …
Read More »Patric Young gets SEC Network gig
After concluding a career overseas in EuroLeague basketball, former Florida Gator big man Patric Young is hanging up his jersey. Consequently, he will fulfill another dream this upcoming college basketball season that takes place off the court. Young is set to assume a new role with SEC Network as a …
Read More »Keyontae Johnson awaiting medical clearance and hopeful for return
The Florida Gators basketball star Keyontae Johnson made a big announcement on Twitter Wednesday. The forward gave fans hope he will return back to the court for the 2021-2022 season. After a unexpected and terrifying collapse on the court last December, the forward announced that he will not be entering …
Read More »What’s Next for Florida Gators Hoops?
For the Florida Gators men’s basketball team, it was a season full of highs and lows. It survived Virginia Tech in the first round of the NCAA tournament. However, the Gators saw its season go down the drain when 15-seed Oral Roberts knocked them out in the Round of 32. …
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