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 »Gators Men’s Basketball Faces Vanderbilt in Final Regular-Season Game
The Gators men’s basketball team travels to Nashville, Tennessee, to face the Vanderbilt Commodores (8-22, 3-14 SEC) Saturday for its final regular season game. Florida will be right back in Nashville after this game for the SEC Tournament. As it stands right now, UF ( 21-9, 11-6 SEC) sits as …
Read More »Kentucky and Tennessee Battle in Heavyweight SEC Showdown
No. 4 Tennessee men’s basketball might have locked up the SEC regular season conference crown Tuesday, but there’s still a lot on the line for Saturday’s game versus No. 15 Kentucky. The Volunteers (24-6, 14-3 SEC) are playing for a potential No. 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament, while Kentucky (22-8, …
Read More »SEC Hoops Roundup
As the men’s basketball regular season nears its end, teams try to make their final postseason push. Tuesday featured an SEC triple-header, with Alabama taking on Florida, Auburn travelling to Missouri, and Ole Miss Squaring off with Georgia. With the SEC Tournament just a week away, each conference win is …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Bashes Bama In Rematch At O’Dome
The Florida Gators men’s basketball team came out on top in the highly anticipated SEC rematch against the No. 16 Alabama Crimson Tide on Tuesday. After falling at Alabama earlier this season in overtime, a sold-out O’Dome ensured for an electric atmosphere for the Gators (21-9, 11-6 SEC) and they …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Gators Need To Solve Zone Defense
The Back Nine comes at you after a wild weekend where Gators were scattered all over the place. 10. Saturday was one of those days for the Gator Nation. Florida lost another basketball game, because it could not figure out how to play against a zone defense. The baseball team …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Falls At South Carolina After Losing 10-Point Lead
The No. 24 Florida Gators men’s basketball team fell at the No. 18 South Carolina Gamecocks, 82-76, on Saturday afternoon. It was a close matchup, with South Carolina trailing for the majority of the game. But, the Gamecocks managed to snatch back the lead in the last five minutes of …
Read More »Assistant Coach John Andrzejek’s Impact on the Men’s Basketball Team
Florida’s assistant men’s basketball coach John Andrzejek has made an impact in his first year with the team. After a four-year stint as an assistant coach with Washington State, he joined the program in August. Previous Experience This is not the first time Andrzejek and head coach Todd Golden have …
Read More »Mississippi State Travels to Auburn to Challenge the Tigers
As the regular season winds down in SEC basketball, one more battle between the No. 11 Auburn Tigers (21-7, 10-5 SEC) and the Mississippi State Bulldogs (19-9, 8-7 SEC) looms. Neville Arena in Auburn, Alabama, is the site for the matchup, and the Bulldogs look to sweep the series against …
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