Indiana Basketball Hall of Famer Monte Towe has returned to Gainesville as the head coach of the Oak Hall boy’s basketball team. Towe was the starting point guard on North Carolina State’s 1974 NCAA Championship team. He was then drafted to the Atlanta Hawks in the fourth round of the 1975 NBA draft. …
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Former Gator Horford Continues to Sit with Concussion
The Celtics 106-105 loss under the New Orleans Pelicans marks as the seventh straight game the C’s are missing Al Horford. He’s been out for over three weeks since he suffered a concussion during practice on Oct. 31. The Celtics reported on the day of the injury that he was …
Read More »NBA: OKC vs Golden State Warriors Preview
“Revenge is a dish best served cold.” That may be All Star guard Russell Westbrook’s mind set going into the first match up of the season between the Oklahoma Thunder (4-0) and the Golden State Warriors (3-1) on Thursday night. A lot has changed since the last time these two teams met in …
Read More »Notable Gators to Watch in the 2016 NBA Season
The 71st season of the NBA is set to start on Tuesday with a number of notable Gators set to get on the court around the country. That being said, let’s take a look at where some those players are at in their professional careers. Joakim Noah The 6’11” player played at Florida from …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Media Day: High Expectations for a Talented Squad
A new season, but a similar cast of characters awaits Mike White in his second season as Florida’s head coach. The Gators lose Dorian Finney-Smith this year, but add explosive shooter, Canyon Barry, a transfer from the College of Charleston, Jalen Hudson, a transfer from Virginia Tech, Keith Stone, who …
Read More »New Faces Ready to Lead Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic finished the 2015-2016 with a 35-47 overall record, just missing the playoffs. The Magic only return six players from last year’s squad and bring in a handful of veteran players. Jeff Green, Bismack Biyombo, and Serge Ibaka all are now calling Orlando home after offseason moves. Serge …
Read More »’06-’07 Florida Basketball Team to Reunite at Florida Football Game
This Saturday, the Florida Gator football team will kick off its SEC schedule when the Kentucky Wildcats come to play at the Swamp. Football will not be the only highlight of the day as one of the best men’s basketball teams to ever play at Florida will be honored as the …
Read More »Finney-Smith Discusses NBA Future
After leading the Gators in both scoring and rebounding during his senior year, Dorian Finney-Smith remained a free agent following June’s 2016 NBA Draft. Three days later, after 14 separate workouts with different NBA teams, Finney-Smith signed a three-year, partially guaranteed contract with the Dallas Mavericks. However, the 6’8″ forward isn’t …
Read More »Gator Great Corey Brewer to Host 7th Annual Gainesville Basketball Camp
The 2006 and 2007 back to back Florida basketball national championship teams are squads that will go down as one of the most dominating teams in college sports. Even though it has been nearly 10 years since the last basketball championship, Corey Brewer, a member of that team, enjoys coming back to the town that helped him become …
Read More »Foley Officially Bids Farewell, Will Never Leave Program’s Side
A day after an emotional announcement of his retirement, Jeremy Foley entered his own press conference as loose as ever. He even teased his former employee and close friend, Billy Donovan, and said he had changed his mind and will be returning as athletic director. Unlike his friend, who walked …
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