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Eight former athletes and one honorary letterwinner will be inducted into the 2024 UF Athletic Hall of Fame class, the school’s F Club and Gator Boosters announced this week. The Gator Greats to be inducted are Scottie Wilbekin, Chas Henry, Elizabeth Beisel, Hannah Rogers, Francesca Enea, Preston Tucker, Genevieve LaCaze …

As I walked into Madison Square Garden as a 15-year-old, my mind was racing with the fact that I would get to see the Florida Gators for the first time and a March Madness game for the first time. I’d grown up a Gators fan, despite living in New York, …

By: Molly Cooper and Taylor Fishman The clock starts to run down in the Georgia Dome as the Florida Gator men’s basketball team tries to hold off the Kentucky Wildcats from taking the lead. Kentucky’s James Young loses his footing on the way to the basket. The ball goes loose. …

The Florida Men’s Basketball team will take on the 17th-ranked Florida State Seminoles in a highly-anticipated season opener. The Gators haven’t defeated their in-state rivals since 2013-14, when Billy Donovan, Scottie Wilbekin, Patric Young and Casey Prather led the team to a Final Four berth. After leading the team to …

The University of Florida is preparing for a Sweet 16 matchup with the Wisconsin Badgers later tonight. Regardless if the Gators win or lose, the season is ultimately coming to an end within the next few weeks. For Florida, that means the collegiate careers of seniors Kasey Hill, Canyon Barry, …

For many years, the names Kasey Hill and Chris Walker were synonymous with each other. Everyone regarded them as sure-fire prospects and each cracked the top 15 in the 2013 ESPN 100. Chris Walker was a 6-foot-10, 220-pound big man who could score from almost anywhere within 12-feet. Hill was a …

Head coach Billy Donovan addresses the media at Media Day Basketball season is almost upon us as the Florida Gator men’s basketball team will take the court in less than 20 days. The Gators opened practice on Friday and coach Billy Donovan discussed the team’s first few practice sessions. Donovan believes scoring points will …

In Florida’s locker room following its 63-53 Final Four loss to Uconn, a reporter asked senior guard Scottie Wilbekin, “This team hasn’t lost in so long, did you even think you could lose?” Saturday’s Final Four matchup was a meeting between the Florida Gators, who were coming into the game …

As the Florida Gator men’s basketball team stepped to the podium and into their private media rooms for the second time this week, their message was almost in unison: be yourself. Florida knows they’re the No.1 team in the country, and they don’t just believe that because voters say they …

“Smash the Slipper” has been a phrase the University of Florida has come to use and master over the course of their basketball program’s success. In 2006, the Gators defeated 11 seed George Mason in the Final Four on their way to winning a National Championship. In 2013, the Gators …