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The Madness begins, the NIT continues, the Heat lose and spring football practice starts in our Thursday Sports Update… ** March Madness officially gets underway today when the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicks off around the country. Tennessee and Cal-Poly won first round games Wednesday to advance to further play. …
Read More »Florida Football Opens Spring Practice Today
The Florida Gator football team will be opening spring practice today at 3:35. The Gators will be looking to bounce back from a dismal 4-8 season, which saw the team have multiple injuries. Florida head coach Will Muschamp says that only a few players will be held out of spring football, …
Read More »Florida Women’s Guard Jaterra Bonds Earns SEC Team Honor
Florida women’s basketball senior guard Jaterra Bonds has been awarded a spot on the Associated Press All-SEC Second Team. In her final season in a Gator uniform, Bonds has been a do-everything player. Bonds lead the team in scoring at 15.6 points per game and was the leading distributor on …
Read More »More SEC Men’s Hoops Teams In NIT Action
Two more SEC teams will be in NIT first round action tonight. The Georgia Bulldogs earned an at-large berth in the 2014 National Invitation Tournament and will host Vermont in the first round Wednesday night. The Bulldogs (19-13, 12-6) will make their 12th appearance in the NIT and have gone 11-11 …
Read More »March Madness Underway; Tiger Pulls Out, More In Sports Update
The Madness has begun, a big night for LeBron James, Tiger pulls out of a tournament and more in our Wednesday Sports Update… ** March Madness is underway! In two play-in games last night, Albany downs Mount St.Mary’s 71-64 while NC State advances to play St.Louis after a win against …
Read More »Top-Ranked Gator Softball Uses Offensive Surge to Down Central Connecticut State
The top-ranked Gator softball team (29-2, 4-2 SEC) took advantage of strong pitching and two towering home runs to beat the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils 8-2 on Tuesday. Gator coach Tim Walton turned to four different pitchers to hold the Blue Devils (9-5, 0-0 NEC) to two runs on four hits. Senior …
Read More »Florida Baseball Tops #1 FSU
The Gator baseball team outshines the top ranked Florida State Seminoles in their first meeting of the season after a 3-1 win at home Tuesday night. Sophomore lefty Danny Young took the mound for Florida on Tuesday night, opposing Florida State’s senior righty Peter Miller. Young threw three scoreless innings, giving …
Read More »University of Florida Lacrosse Looks Forward to Dartmouth Matchup
The University of Florida lacrosse team (8-2) takes on Dartmouth (3-2) tonight at 6:30 at home. Despite coming off a loss to Syracuse over the weekend, the Gators remain ranked number 4 in the IWLCA poll. Gator coach Amanda O’Leary says that 19 turnovers against Syracuse is uncharacteristic of her team. “We had nineteen turnovers, which …
Read More »The Florida Baseball Team Looks to Knock Off No. 1 FSU Tonight
The Florida baseball team is 7-1 in their last eight match ups headed into a Tuesday night duel with in state rival Florida State. The Seminoles are ranked number 1 in the country, only having lost twice in 19 games this season. On the hill for the Gators will be sophomore southpaw Danny …
Read More »Florida Women’s Basketball Team Earns At-Large Bid for NCAA Tournament
The University of Florida’s women’s basketball team received an at-large bid to play in the upcoming NCAA Division-I Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Gators earned a No. 11 seed after going 19-12 in the regular season, and will be facing a sixth-seeded Dayton team on Sunday that finished the season with a 23-7 mark. Florida finished fifth …
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