The Florida Gators basketball team had a historic 2024-25 season in its return to national prominence. As the dust settles after the tremendous campaign, here are some of the Gators’ achievements from the final months of the season. Third championship Florida’s win Monday earned the school’s third basketball national championship. …
Read More »Florida Basketball’s Handlogten Reflects On Deciding To Come Back, Winnning Title
Back on Feb. 14, Micah Handlogten made a shocking announcement. “I’m back,” he said. Handlogten announced he would return and forego a redshirt year, despite already missing the first 24 games of the season due to a broken leg he suffered in last year’s SEC Championship Game. “I think the …
Read More »Champion Gators Complete Comeback For The Ages
Fifteen minutes left in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game. Down 12. Zero points from senior All-American guard Walter Clayton Jr. Dead in the water. Against the smothering defense of Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars, any other team would have folded under the pressure, but not coach Todd Golden’s Florida …
Read More »Florida’s Richard, Clayton On NCAA All-Tournament Team
The nets have been cut, “One Shining Moment” has been played and the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball season has come to a close. As the Florida Gators end the year atop of the sport, another wild March Madness is over. After 63 games and many outstanding performances, the best five …
Read More »Gallery: Comeback Gators Are National Champions
The Florida Gators fought back from a 12-point deficit in the second half Monday to beat the Houston Cougars 65-63 in the NCAA Tournament title game at the Alamodome in San Antonio for the school’s third national championship. This marked the fourth comeback in six NCAA Tournament wins for the …
Read More »Final Four Most Outstanding Player: Florida Basketball’s Walter Clayton Jr.
The NCAA Tournament has come to a close, and the Florida Gators are National Champions. They defeated the Houston Cougars 65-63 on Monday night in San Antonio, and Walter Clayton Jr. was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player. In the championship game, Houston did everything it could to slow …
Read More »Heartbeat Of Gator Nation Cheers On Florida Men’s Basketball
Gator Nation is buzzing in anticipation of tonight’s NCAA championship game. Fans camped outside of local businesses over 24 hours before tip-off. The Florida men’s basketball team has had a wildly successful 2024-2025 season. The team will face off against the Houston Cougars at 8:50 p.m. (CBS, ESPN 98.1-FM/AM-850 WRUF, …
Read More »Florida vs. Houston: Championship Showdown Set For Monday Night
The Florida Gators are storming into the national championship game with momentum squarely at their back. After outlasting SEC rival Auburn 79-73 in a nail-biting Final Four game Saturday in San Antonio’s Alamodome, the Gators have punched their ticket to the title game for the fourth time in program history. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Men’s Basketball Needs To Stay Course
The Back Nine comes at you as the proud owner of an undefeated T-shirt. I guess I have to put it in the wash to have its powers ready for tonight. 10. I’m kidding, of course, because we all know that what we wear or where we are …
Read More »Scouting Houston: Gators Face Cougars For National Championship
Both the Florida Gators and Houston Cougars are top-seeded teams in the NCAA Tournament making it the first time two No. 1 seeds have faced each other in the National Championship Game since 2008. The third-ranked Gators (35-4) advanced to the championship after a thrilling rematch against the Auburn Tigers …
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