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The Back Nine comes at you after a glorious weekend of Gainesville weather, other than the fact I experienced my first hailstorm. Those things are loud. 10. Let’s start with the spring game, which was certainly way more entertaining than I thought it would be. I don’t know that Florida …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

For the third time in program history, the Florida Gators are men’s basketball national champions. Fans in Gainesville and beyond anxiously watched Monday’s championship bout, a nail-biting 65-63 win for the Gators against Houston in San Antonio. Gator Nation took to the streets to celebrate, flooding University Avenue. Fans can …

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, …

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. …

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 …

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 …