Gainesville is the place to be this weekend, when the Florida Gators football team hosts its annual Orange & Blue Spring Game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at 1 p.m. today. After finishing last season with an 8-5 record, winning their last four games, the Gators are looking to prepare …
Read More »Looking Back On Historic Gators Men’s Basketball Season
The Florida Gators basketball team had a historic 2024-25 season in its return to national prominence. As the dust settles after the tremendous campaign, here are some of the Gators’ achievements from the final months of the season. Third championship Florida’s win Monday earned the school’s third basketball national championship. …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff Caps Three-Year Sprint
The Florida men’s basketball team had incredible success with recruiting, player development and team chemistry this year, which combined equaled a national championship. These factors came from the coaching staff that has promoted the team and the mentality of being a Gator. Florida coach Todd Golden was hired in 2022 …
Read More »Champion Gators Complete Comeback For The Ages
Fifteen minutes left in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game. Down 12. Zero points from senior All-American guard Walter Clayton Jr. Dead in the water. Against the smothering defense of Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars, any other team would have folded under the pressure, but not coach Todd Golden’s Florida …
Read More »Gallery: Comeback Gators Are National Champions
The Florida Gators fought back from a 12-point deficit in the second half Monday to beat the Houston Cougars 65-63 in the NCAA Tournament title game at the Alamodome in San Antonio for the school’s third national championship. This marked the fourth comeback in six NCAA Tournament wins for the …
Read More »How To Welcome Home National Champion Gators
For the third time in program history, the Florida Gators are men’s basketball national champions. Fans in Gainesville and beyond anxiously watched Monday’s championship bout, a nail-biting 65-63 win for the Gators against Houston in San Antonio. Gator Nation took to the streets to celebrate, flooding University Avenue. Fans can …
Read More »Florida vs. Houston: Championship Showdown Set For Monday Night
The Florida Gators are storming into the national championship game with momentum squarely at their back. After outlasting SEC rival Auburn 79-73 in a nail-biting Final Four game Saturday in San Antonio’s Alamodome, the Gators have punched their ticket to the title game for the fourth time in program history. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Men’s Basketball Needs To Stay Course
The Back Nine comes at you as the proud owner of an undefeated T-shirt. I guess I have to put it in the wash to have its powers ready for tonight. 10. I’m kidding, of course, because we all know that what we wear or where we are …
Read More »Final Four: Florida vs. Auburn – One More Dance For Shot At Glory
For the first time in more than a decade, Florida is back in the Final Four. The Gators, led by coach Todd Golden in just his third year at the helm, have authored a March run that’s been equal parts gritty and exhilarating. Golden is only the third coach in …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball’s Clayton Jr., Haugh Refuse To Lose
With three minutes left in Saturday’s Elite 8 matchup between top seed Florida and three seed Texas Tech, the Red Raiders led the Gators 75-66 and had a 95.6% chance of winning. Walter Clayton Jr. and Thomas Haugh had other plans. They combined to hit five 3s to help the …
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