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The No. 2 Florida Gators have won five straight games and sit at 23-3 on the season. Let’s breakdown what has gone right for coach Todd Golden and UF as they reach the final stretch of the college basketball regular season. Lethal 3-Point Shooting The Gators (10-3 SEC) have hit …

No. 2 Florida defended home court Tuesday in a blitzing of Oklahoma 85-63 for its fifth consecutive win. After an embarrassing loss in Knoxville 64-44 on Feb. 1, the Gators (23-3, 10-3 SEC) have cranked things up a notch. Even without leading rebounder and third-leading scorer Alex Condon, the Gators …

While “It Just Means More” may be the Southeastern Conference’s overall motto, it could not exemplify the state of Men’s Basketball more correctly than now. With less than a month remaining until the closure of regular season play, the battle for conference leverage rages on. Seven teams are two games …

The Florida men’s basketball team moved from up a spot to No. 2, its highest ranking in the coach Todd Golden era, in The Associated Press poll released Monday. After beating Mississippi State in Starkville without two starters and destroying South Carolina at home, the Gators (22-3, 9-3 SEC) have cemented …

The No. 3 team in the nation just got deeper. Micah Handlogten, the 7-foot-1, 235-pound center, returned to the court for the Florida Gators in an 88-67 blowout against South Carolina (10-15, 0-12 SEC) on Saturday in the O’Connell Center. His last game was almost a year ago in the …

The Back Nine comes at you after a big weekend for Gators sports and a happy Valentine’s Day … for me anyway. 10. It was pretty spectacular this weekend with so much going on. Sometimes I don’t know how the UAA handles a weekend with baseball, softball, lacrosse, basketball, women’s …

No. 3 Florida took over Humphrey Coliseum on Tuesday in an 81-68 win against No. 22 Mississippi State, without two key starters in Alex Condon and Alijah Martin. This was yet another historic game for the Gators (21-3, 8-3). This victory was the first time Florida has won back-to-back ranked …

After a statement 90-81 win at No. 1 Auburn, the Gators jump from No. 6 to No. 3 in this weeks AP poll. This is the highest Florida has been ranked in the Todd Golden era and since the 2013-2014 season. The Gators (20-3, 19-3) were able to do what …

The Back Nine comes to you after another perfect Gainesville weekend that included something I didn’t think we would see.   10. On Saturday morning at the gym I was thinking about how the first item in this column should be about the Super Bowl instead of Florida basketball. That’s …

The No. 6 Florida Gators outplayed No. 1 Auburn on Saturday for a 90-81 win at Neville Arena. The Gators (20-3, 7-3 SEC) turned the game around after trailing early 15-5 by outscoring the Tigers 43-23 the rest of the half en route to snapping Auburn’s 14-game winning streak. Florida …