After a hectic five days in which the Florida men’s basketball team played three games, the Gators are undefeated. Florida hosted Stetson in its home opener Sunday and stifled the Hatters, 86-40. The stat sheet clearly displayed the Gators’ strong defensive performance. Stetson shot 19.6% from the field and 66.7% from …
Read More »Doubleheader this weekend for both Gators Basketball programs
It’s a busy weekend for the Florida Gator basketball program. Both men and women are in the O’Connell Center this preparing for their respective games. Gators Women’s Basketball (2-1) The Gators are off to a 2-1 start this season. Florida will play its third and final game of the week. …
Read More »Omar Payne looks to fill gap at center for Florida
The Florida Gators basketball team didn’t live up to their preseason hype one year ago but projected starting center Omar Payne is excited for how the team looks thus far. Filling the void down low Omar Payne is expected to be the starting center for the Gators going into this …
Read More »Tre Mann Looks to Lead his Team this Upcoming Basketball Season
Basketball season is right around the corner, and the Gator men’s basketball team has already started preparing for the upcoming season. The Gators went 19-12 on the 2019 season and look to improve this year with more of a veteran team. Florida guard Tre Mann says he looks for more …
Read More »Tre Mann Withdraws from NBA Draft and Returns to Florida for Sophomore Season
Tre Mann announced on Tuesday that he will withdraw from the NBA draft and play with Florida for his sophomore season. He posted the announcement in his social media as he stated that he wanted to “continue growing as a player and as a person”. Let’s work! 🧡💙 pic.twitter.com/inF81NdAbN — …
Read More »NCAA Extends Dead Period for Recruiting
The NCAA announced today that the dead recruiting period will be extended until May 31. In light of the Coronavirus, the NCAA had initially made the recruiting dead period until April 15th after winter and spring college sports had been suspended. Division I, Division II extends their recruiting dead periods: …
Read More »Dontay Bassett Enters Transfer Portal
Just days after the 2019-20 season was placed on a sudden stop, Florida already finds themselves down another big man for the 2020-21 season. Junior forward Dontay Bassett has entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal. The news breaks just a few days after forward Gorjok Gak announced that he will …
Read More »Florida men’s basketball seeks its fifth win of the month against Arkansas
The Florida Gators (16-9, 8-4) host the Arkansas Razorbacks (16-9, 4-8) tonight at 7. Florida looks for its ninth conference win before facing a difficult closing stretch that includes Kentucky twice. Arkansas enters tonight’s matchup on a four game losing streak, coming off a last-second loss to Mississippi State. The …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball hits the road to face undefeated LSU
It is no surprise that in 2019 the Gators and LSU match has been one for the books for both programs. Last season, these two teams met for the first time in February 20, 2019, where the Gators manage to grab the win in Baton Rouge 82-77 in overtime. Consecutively, the …
Read More »Gators upset No.4 Auburn with freshman Omar Payne with career high
The Gators ( 11-5/3-1 SEC) fought hard all through the game taking down No.4 Auburn giving them their first loss in the SEC for the season. The last meeting with these two teams was March 16, 2019, when Auburn defeated the Gators 65-62 fast forwarding. The Gators Defeat Auburn 69-47 …
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