No. 20 Florida Gators men’s basketball team travels to Tallahassee to take on Florida State at the Tucker Civic Center at 6 p.m. today. The teams enter the contest with unbeaten records at 3-0. Florida has gained the upper hand in the rivalry in recent years by winning the last …
Read More »5 Gators In Double Figures To Lift Florida Against Grambling State, 86-62
The No. 20 Florida Gators men’s basketball team dominated Monday in the O’Connell Center in beating a competitive Grambling State team, 86-62. Gators W.#GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/DLl3v4bIBE — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) November 12, 2024 The game had a lot going on. It was the second home game …
Read More »Condon-Led Florida Men’s Basketball Downs Jacksonville
Florida did one thing really well last year: score. The Gators were fifth in the nation in scoring offense, putting up a gaudy 85.6 points per game behind 73.7% from two-point range (ninth in the country). What UF did best was swamp teams with points down the stretch. The Gators …
Read More »Florida Basketball Passes First Test, Takes Down USF In Opener
The No. 21 Florida Gator men’s basketball team picked up right where it left off last season in Monday’s season opener against USF in Jacksonville. After averaging 89.8 points per game last season, the Gators handed the Bulls 98 points in the Jacksonville Sports Foundation Invitational at the VyStar Veterans …
Read More »Florida Basketball: Golden Sees Plenty To Work On At Scrimmage
Florida men’s basketball coach Todd Golden said the Gators recent scrimmage are good teaching moments leading to their season opener in less than two weeks. Start of Scrimmages The Gators are ranked No. 21 in the AP Preseason Top 25 Poll. They started playing scrimmages to help prepare for their opener …
Read More »Golden Focusing on Improving Gators’ Defense As He Begins Year 3
Florida men’s basketball head coach Todd Golden spent his first two seasons revamping the Gators’ offense. But as he enters his third year at the helm, he is now focusing on the team’s defensive effort. UF ranked 327th out of 351 Division I teams last season in scoring defense, allowing …
Read More »After Getting Feedback From NBA, Gators’ Clayton Poised For Big Senior Season
Confidence. Leadership. Those are two qualities that immediately come to Florida basketball head coach Todd Golden’s mind when he talks about senior point guard Walter Clayton Jr. Clayton’s 17.6 points per game last season was the highest scoring average by a Gators player since Anthony Roberson (17.9) in 2003-04. However, …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball Predicated To Finish Sixth In SEC
The Florida Gators men’s basketball team was picked to finish sixth out of 18 teams in the SEC in the league’s preseason media poll released Monday. https://twitter.com/GatorsMBK/status/1846221387813302543 The Gators were also ranked No. 21 in the Preseason Associated Press Top-25 for the first time since 2019. These standings mark Florida’s …
Read More »‘He’s Going To Be Really Important’: Martin Brings Key Traits To No. 21 Gators
Since being hired in 2022, Florida Gators men’s basketball coach Todd Golden has been a savant in the transfer portal, adding vital starters such as Micah Handlogten, Walter Clayton Jr. and Will Richard to his roster. He may have struck gold once again with the addition of Florida Atlantic guard …
Read More »High Hopes For Florida Men’s Basketball
The Florida men’s basketball team were ranked No. 21 in The Associated Press Top 25 Preseason Poll released Monday. This is the highest preseason ranking under three-year coach Todd Golden and UF’s first preseason appearance in the AP Top 25 since 2019. High stepping into 2025 Florida enters the season …
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