Former Florida Gators men’s basketball assistant coach Donnie Jones made history with Stetson’s program last week by leading the Hatters to their first NCAA Tournament. https://twitter.com/marchmadnessmbb/status/1766924201741434950?s=42 Jones was an assistant coach from 1996-2006 and the Associate Head Coach during the 2006-07 season for the Gators under Billy Donovan. Jones …
Read More »Men’s NCAA Tournament Set for March Madness
The Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament field is set and games will begin Tuesday with the First Four. The Round of 64 begins Thursday. Top Seeds The defending champion UConn Huskies enter the tournament as the overall No. 1 seed. The last team to win back-to-back national titles was the 2006-07 …
Read More »Gators Earn No. 7 Seed in NCAA Tournament
After an impressive run in the SEC Tournament, the Florida men’s basketball team received a No. 7 seed in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament. The Gators head to Indianapolis on Friday, where they’ll play the winner of the Colorado-Boise State First Four game at 4:30 p.m. on TBS. …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Falls In SEC Championship Game, Loses Handlogten To Injury
This one hurts. No need to sugar coat it. Final. Auburn Wins, 86-67. pic.twitter.com/r92eynO2y3 — ESPN 98.1 / 850 WRUF (@ESPNGainesville) March 17, 2024 The Florida Gators men’s basketball team lost in the SEC Tournament championship game to No. 12 Auburn, 86-67, Sunday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Loss At Vanderbilt May Have Silver Lining
The Back Nine comes at you after another weekend filled with the good, the bad and the awful. 10. The Gator men’s basketball loss Saturday might be the best thing that could have happened to Florida. This team got better as the season went along and there was a lot …
Read More »SEC Women’s Hoops Tournament Set
After concluding the regular season Sunday, the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament is set and begins Wednesday in Greenville, South Carolina. The championship will take place Sunday. The Leaders It comes to no surprise the undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks (29-0, 16-0), lead by head coach Dawn Staley, have become back-to-back regular …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Set to Take on South Carolina
The No. 24 Gators men’s basketball team takes on the No. 18 South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia, South Carolina, Saturday at noon. Saturday plans in South Carolina 🫡 @ South Carolina @ 12 PM pic.twitter.com/5JliN725DU — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) March 2, 2024 Recent Play The Gators are coming …
Read More »Gators Look to Knock Off Missouri at Home
The No. 24-ranked Florida Gators men’s basketball team is looking for its 20th win of the season Wednesday night against a struggling Missouri Tigers team that has yet to win a conference game. With a win, Florida (19-8, 9-5 SEC) would secure its first 20-win regular season since 2017. Game …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: These Losses Will Stay With You
The other day on the radio, we were talking about losses that stay with you for a few days and some that stay with you forever. It was in reference to Florida’s tough overtime loss to Alabama on Wednesday night. But because I felt like the Gators were playing with …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: No Place Like Home For These Gators
We know Florida won’t finish unbeaten at home this year thanks to Kentucky (the Gators did get the Wildcats back). How you play at home has a lot to do with how you finish and where you play in the postseason. Certainly, with the home schedule Florida has remaining starting …
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