As the calendar quickly turns to March, college basketball programs around the country are preparing to make one final run before the tournament. With conference tournaments fast approaching, teams are using these next few games as measuring sticks, seeing how they match up against their intraconference opponents. The SEC has …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: February 26
The Front Nine comes at you on the precipice of another special weekend of Gator sports and they are going to all be that way for a while. Sit back and enjoy. 1. If this is Friday, there must be another mock draft available on one of the websites. Try …
Read More »Gator Men’s Hoops Breezes Past Auburn 74-57
A Beatdown From Start to Finish Gators men’s basketball eased its way to a 74-57 victory over Auburn as it completed one of its most dominant performances on the season. Florida annihilated the Tigers from tip-off all the way to the buzzer as UF led by 22 points heading into …
Read More »SEC Basketball Round-Up: LSU v. Georgia, Florida v. Auburn, Mizzou v. Ole Miss
Tuesdays’ SEC slate of college basketball features matchups between LSU and Georgia along with Missouri and Ole Miss. Florida is also scheduled to face Auburn. Additionally, Kentucky was to face Texas A&M but the game was postponed after multiple members of the Aggies program tested positive for COVID-19. The first …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: February 22
The Back Nine comes at you after a visit to St. Augustine to see Dad, my first visit to the new ballpark to see a Gator game and a visit mentally to see the revival of blueblood basketball teams. 10. It was a wild weekend around Gainesville and we saw …
Read More »Gators Hold on for Win Over Georgia
The Florida Gator men’s basketball team got back on track today with a 70-63 win over the Georgia Bulldogs. A pretty solid first half for the Gators led way to a mediocre second half that made the game seem a lot closer than it actually was most of the time. …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball look to bounce back against Georgia BullDogs
Gator’s Men’s Basketball hosts the Georgia Bulldogs in their final meeting for the regular season. Gator Mens Basketball (10-6, 6-5 SEC ) Entering this match up, the Gators look to bounce back from a tough 84-75 loss against no. 24 Arkansas. Arkansas native Tyree Appleby stepped up for the The …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: February 19
The Front Nine comes at you hoping you have fastened your seat belts because the ride is about to get really interesting around here. 1. You know what really just sunk in the other day (and I’m sorry if I am the last person to realize this)? Florida is doing …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: February 15
The Back Nine comes at you after a busy sports weekend and I hope you carved out some time for your Valentines. The heart-shaped pancakes were the best part of it for yours truly. 10. There was a lot going on over the weekend (and it continues tonight with a …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: February 12
The Front Nine comes at you with another Saturday devoid of Gator basketball. Thank goodness we are about to have multiple choices of sports to pay attention to. 1.We’ll get to the drought of Florida basketball games, but since we have officially entered “Talking Season” with football finished for another …
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