Saturday night is going to be a special night for Florida Gators basketball. Former head coach Billy Donovan, who led the program to back-to-back national championships, returns to Gainesville. The court inside Exactech Arena will be named after Donovan at halftime. In the midst of all the fanfare of Donovan’s …

Billy Donovan, 19-year head coach of the Gator Men’s Basketball team, will be honored Saturday night when the University of Florida basketball court gets a new name. The floor of Exatech Arena will be known as “Billy Donovan Court” as of tomorrow night. The dedication will take place when the …

The Gators Men’s Basketball team announced that Florida’s basketball court will be named after former head coach Billy Donovan. Donovan’s Florida History Donovan was hired to be Florida’s men’s basketball coach in March of 1996. Over the next 19 seasons, he led the Gators to a 467-185 record during his …

Billy Donovan is entering his fourth season with the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight in the 73rd season of the NBA. After a 19-year run with the Florida Gators, Donovan was hired by the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2015. In Donovan’s first season, the Thunder went 55-27, finished 3rd in the …

With the Mike White era fully in swing, Billy Donovan has become more of a memory than a mainstay in present day Gainesville. The former two-time national championship coach is now entering his third season with the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA. Donovan has coached the Thunder to at …

Gainesville’s local boys basketball season is indeed in full swing. Thursday night will feature a non-conference rivalry game between the St. Francis Catholic Wolves (13-6) and the hosting Oak Hall Eagles (8-11). History The last meeting between these two teams saw the Wolves handle business at home, routing Oak Hall 70-35. …

The OKC Thunder will face the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday at 8 p.m. as both teams open their 2016-2017 NBA seasons. Oklahoma City is coming off of a powerful season behind head coach Billy Donovan. During his first NBA campaign, Donovan led the Thunder to a Northwest Division …

Oklahoma City Head Coach Billy Donovan has just finished his rookie year of coaching in the NBA. Donovan spent 19 seasons at the University of Florida, winning NCAA Championships two consecutive years in a row. Donovan says he enjoyed his first year with the Thunder but also says it went by too …

Earlier this week, Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley said a committee he had formed to replace men’s basketball coach Billy Donovan was going to have its first meeting. Apparently the committee didn’t take long to complete its work. On Thursday, it was announced that Louisiana Tech head coach Michael White was …