After a long, hard year full of different challenges, the 2021 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament is finally right around the corner. The tournament is set to kick off later this week in a bubble atmosphere in San Antonio, TX. 31 teams qualified for an automatic bid, while 33 teams were …
Read More »Florida Gators Enter NCAA Tournament as No.7 Seed
The Florida Gator Men’s Basketball team secured a No. 7 seed bid in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. https://twitter.com/ScottStricklin/status/1371226321272123396 Five other SEC teams were selected for the Tournament. However, Florida is the only SEC team to make every NCAA Tournament since 2017, with this also marking the team’s 21st all time …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: March 15th
The Back Nine comes at you after a warm and wonderful weekend here in America’s City, and now we start working on excuses not to go to work Friday when the Madness really begins. 10. Apparently, Florida’s game against Tennessee in the SEC Tournament didn’t mean anything. In fact, I’m …
Read More »#2 Arkansas vs. #7 Missouri in the SEC Tournament
The #7 Missouri Tigers (16-8) are taking on the #2 Arkansas Razorbacks (21-5) on Friday at 7 p.m. in the 2021 SEC Tournament. The tournament is taking place in the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The Tigers defeated #10 Georgia in the second round of the SEC Tournament on Thursday. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: March 12
The Front Nine comes at you with the best weekends of the year on the horizon. Let’s just home the only Madness of March takes place on the courts and not in the labs. 1. Even though Florida won its opening game in the SEC Tournament on Thursday, this team …
Read More »Becky Burleigh Gets Set For Final Home Game with Florida Gators
The Florida Gators women’s soccer team is back in action tonight as they take on Georgia Southern in what will be head coach Becky Burleigh’s last home game at 6 p.m. In addition, this will be the final game for associate head coaches Vic Campbell and Alan Kirkup. The Gators …
Read More »Pat Dooley: SEC Memories
As Florida prepares for another SEC Tournament, Pat Dooley of The Tailgate radio show takes a look at a half-dozen (plus one) moments he will never forget. They are not all good times, but they were certainly interesting. 1.Grown men cried. The first one is always the most emotional. I …
Read More »More Teams are Ready to Dance in March Madness
Selection Sunday is quickly approaching and college basketball teams around the country are clinching their spot in the tournament. Although brackets remain unfinished, more teams have begun punching their ticket to March Madness. https://twitter.com/marchmadness/status/1369649796915544065?s=20 NCAA Tournament Qualifiers This year 30 teams have earned an automatic bid to the tourney. Moreover, …
Read More »Gators Mann, Castleton Awarded SEC Honors
The Southeastern Conference has announced it’s first and second-team honors for the 2021 season. Gators sophomore guard Tre Mann was named to the first-team and junior center Colin Castleton was listed second-team. The conference also unveiled it’s All-Freshman and All-Defensive lists, although no Gators were honored. All-@SEC Honors for @tre2mann3 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine March 8
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend where I still somehow managed to avoid long pants. Of course, I also watched a lot of basketball, which is an indoor sport for me. 10. Let’s talk about the elephant in the room and, to be honest with you, I’m …
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