For the first time since the 2015-2016 season, the Florida Gators took down the Vanderbilt Commodores, 81-74, in both teams’ SEC opener. The victory marked Mike White’s first win over Vanderbilt while head coach of the Gators. Free throws made the difference as Florida went 22-25 from the line. Egor …
Read More »Florida Set To Open SEC Schedule Against Vanderbilt on Saturday
After a bumpy non-conference schedule in which the Gators had their highs with wins over No. 20 Gonzaga and No. 21 Cincinnati, and lows with losses to Loyola-Chicago and Florida State, the time has come for SEC play. Florida opens up their conference slate at home on Saturday vs. the …
Read More »Gator Women’s Basketball Wraps Up Non-Conference Play Against Delaware State
After another break from play for Christmas, the Florida Gator women’s basketball team returns to a normal schedule. The Gators return to action Wednesday afternoon as they host Delaware State. This will be the final non-conference game of the season for the Gators. Final Tuneup Throughout the non-conference part of …
Read More »PREVIEW: Incarnate Word vs. Florida
The Florida Gators’ non-conference schedule comes to an end on Friday. UF is set to take on Incarnate Word tonight for the first time in program history at Exactech Arena at the O’Connell Center at 7 p.m. The Gators are coming off a 72-63 victory over James Madison at the …
Read More »FEATURE: From JUCO to Florida, Mark Thompson Has Persevered
Looking back on his two years at Florida, Mark Thompson‘s career did not go as planned. Before ever stepping foot on the field, he declared that he would run for a thousand yards before the team’s bye week. Mark Thompson just 794 short yards away from rushing for 1,000 before the …
Read More »SEC Power Rankings: Part 3…With Tiers!
We’re roughly a third of the way through the NCAA regular season and the SEC looks a bit different than it did in our last power rankings. Now, once again, power rankings are not my prediction of how the league will finish at the end of the year. It has …
Read More »No. 22 Florida Loses First Orange Bowl Classic In 8 Years to Clemson
The Clemson Tigers ended Saturday evening’s Orange Bowl Classic on a 14-3 run, winning the game 71-69. The loss marked the Florida Gators’ first defeat in the Orange Bowl Classic since the 2009-2010 season. UF made one shot in the final 5 minutes and 39 seconds of play. Jalen Hudson …
Read More »No. 22 Florida Set To Take On Clemson On Saturday in the Orange Bowl Classic
No. 22 Florida and Clemson are set to square off in the Orange Bowl Classic in Sunrise, Florida at the BB&T Center on Saturday evening for the first time since 1957. While the two teams have played 18 times in program history, with the series tied at 9-9, 15 of …
Read More »No. 5 Gators Continue to Succeed Away From Home
Gators Outlast Bearcats in Thriller The Florida Gators outlasted the Cincinnati Bearcats by a score of 66-60 in the Never Forget Tribute Classic. Egor Koulechov led all scorers with 21 points and 7 rebounds, while Jalen Hudson added 17 points of his own. Point guard Chris Chiozza did it all, …
Read More »Gators Volleyball Defeats Bruins to Advance to Elite Eight
All season long the No. 3 Gators showed that they were elite, Friday night was no different. Faced with adversity after losing the first set, Florida swung back in a big way winning three straight sets to defeat the No. 17 Bruins three sets to one. Carli Snyder led the …
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