ESPN college basketball analyst Seth Greenberg gives his thoughts on the current state of March Madness, the disappointment of SEC teams, a potential sleeper team and officiating. SEC’s Misfortune Auburn and Kentucky were both defeated in dramatic upsets in the first round to 13th-seeded Yale and 14th-seeded Oakland, respectively. Both …
Read More »Texas A&M Loses Heartbreaker to Houston
The No. 9 seed Texas A&M Aggies lost an overtime thriller to No. 1 seeded Houston on Sunday in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, 100-95. Final in Memphis. pic.twitter.com/DojPhDhU6H — Texas A&M Basketball (@aggiembk) March 25, 2024 With the loss, the SEC is …
Read More »Tennessee Men’s Basketball Reaches Sweet 16 For Second Straight Season
The Tennessee Volunteers, a No. 2-seed, are back in the Sweet 16. However, it’s the round they’ve struggled to get past in their tournament history. Reaching the Sweet 16 a total of 10 times, the Volunteers have reached the Elite Eight just once. That Elite Eight run came back in …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Sure, ‘I had Yale beating Auburn’ In My Bracket
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that pretty much had every emotion possible. 10. Let’s start with what happened Friday evening and the depression that fell over Gainesville with the end of another basketball season. There was anger, there was pain, there was the stinging realization that …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Handlogten’s injury got Tournament committee’s attention
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that included a little bit of everything, kind of like a Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixins, but the bean casserole made you ill. 10. As soon as I saw Micah Handlogten on the floor of the Bridgestone Arena and it …
Read More »NCAA Tournament Features Eight SEC Teams
As the NCAA Tournament bracket was unveiled Sunday evening, SEC officials undoubtedly looked on with joy. The SEC saw eight teams from its conference make the Big Dance, with four earning top-four seeds. Historic Conference Performance The SEC tied the Big 12 for the most bids in the NCAA Tournament, …
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 »Florida Men’s Basketball Defeats Georgia in SEC Tournament
A win is a win for the Gators. No matter how it looked Thursday night. Gators WIN!#GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/P0wA9yXQ8P — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) March 15, 2024 The Florida men’s basketball team took care of business in the second round of the SEC Tournament by defeating …
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 »Florida Men’s Basketball Ends Regular Season With Loss At Vanderbilt
Several turnovers in the last seconds of Saturday’s game led to the Florida Gators men’s basketball team to suffer a 79-78 loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tenn. In a back-and-forth matchup, Vanderbilt (9-22, 4-14 SEC) came out victorious after a layup from Tyrin Lawrence‘s in …
Read More »