The SEC is an undoubtably better league than it was last season. While the Southeastern Conference ended up placing five teams in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, with three of them venturing to the Elite 8, the league was very top heavy. Only five teams won 20 or more games, while …
Read More »South Carolina Women’s Basketball Defeats Mississippi State to win Championship Title
For the first time in school history, South Carolina is the national champion in women’s basketball. They defeated Mississippi State 67-55 Sunday night in Dallas. Coach Dawn Stanley put on her championship cap proudly, as she won the title she waited her whole career to earn. Stanley and her team …
Read More »SEC Basketball Preview: Mississippi State vs. South Carolina
Mississippi State looks to snap a six game losing skid Tuesday night as they travel to South Carolina to face the Gamecocks on Senior Night. Last Time on the Court The Bulldogs (14-14, 5-11 SEC) suffered its worst loss of the season on Saturday, losing 77-48 on the road to …
Read More »No. 13 Florida Resilient in 81-66 Win over South Carolina
Even with a date with Kentucky in sight, all of Florida’s attention was on South Carolina on Tuesday night as they picked up their ninth win in a row. The Florida Gators took down the South Carolina Gamecocks, 81-66, behind a stellar second half. UF outscored SCAR, 46-33, in the final …
Read More »Kevarrius Hayes Shines in Egbunu’s Absence
The Florida Gators Men’s Basketball team has been handed their fair share of injuries in the past few weeks. Gorjok Gak is out with a foot injury, John Egbunu’s season ended with a torn ACL, and Canyon Barry, the team’s leading scorer, rolled his ankle late in the game at Mississippi …
Read More »No. 13 Florida Seeks Revenge Against South Carolina Tuesday Night
The thought of the first South Carolina-Florida game this season puts a sour taste in a lot of Gator fans mouths. UF was awful from the three-point line and on offense in general and lost a 57-53 “thriller” in Columbia. Tuesday night’s match-up features two of the most efficient defensive …
Read More »No. 15 Florida Narrowly Avoids Defeat In 57-52 Victory over Mississippi State
It wasn’t pretty, but the Gators did just enough to pull off their eighth victory in a row. Florida went to Starkville on Saturday on took down to the Mississippi State Bulldogs, 57-52, as Chris Chiozza led the team with 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting. The Bulldogs were the third …
Read More »No. 15 Florida Looking For First 8-Game Winning Streak of the Season vs. Mississippi State
https://soundcloud.com/espn-gainesville/rowdy-round-table-episode-5 On Saturday afternoon, the Florida Gators will have the opportunity to pull off their first eight-game winning streak of the season as they take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The two teams are in very different standing coming into the weekend’s match-up. The Gators are atop the SEC, tied with …
Read More »Men’s Basketball: Mississippi State takes on the Gators
While Florida men’s basketball seems to have an NCAA Tournament berth all but assured, its next opponent, a young and inexperienced Mississippi State team, is trying to find some consistency. The Bulldogs record stands at 14-11 and it looks like they would have to win the SEC Tournament to …
Read More »John Egbunu Out For The Year With A Torn ACL
With the Gators playing their best basketball of the season, an injury was the exact opposite of what they needed to fuel their momentum. John Egbunu has been declared out for the season after suffering a torn ACL during Tuesday night’s victory over the Auburn Tigers. Egbunu’s expected recovery time is …
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