“How sweet it is, baby! How sweet it is!” The Florida Gator men’s basketball team seemed back to its old self on Saturday afternoon as they kicked off the third round of the NCAA Tournament with a double-digit win over 9-seed Pittsburgh, 61-45. Florida may have been focused in their …
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Florida Tames the Danes 67-55; Avoid Historic Result
photo credit: Trevor Sikkema The Florida Gators men’s basketball pulled away from the Albany Great Danes late in the second half to move on to the third round of the NCAA tournament. In the history of March Madness, a 16 seed has never beaten a 1 seed (116-0), but Albany …
Read More »Live Coverage From NCAA Tournament
ESPN 850 WRUF and WUFT TV will have live previews from the NCAA Tournament in Orlando where Florida will play against Albany. Corey Brooks, Lola Glanton and Trevor Sikkema are on hand with live updates and we’ll also have post game stories and interviews with Gator coach Billy Donovan and …
Read More »SEC Saturday Showdown: Florida Men’s Basketball Travels to Kentucky
The No. 3 ranked Florida Gator men’s basketball team (22-2) goes into Lexington, Kentucky to face the No. 14 ranked Wildcats (19-5) in prime time Saturday night. Florida goes into the first of two games against Kentucky this season with an undefeated 11-0 SEC record, while Kentucky sits in second place in …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Travels to Take on Tennessee
The Florida Gator men’s basketball team hits the road for the first time in three SEC games as it travels to Tennessee to take on the Volunteers Tuesday evening. “Just because you’ve played well on the road up to this point in time, doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll just continue it, you …
Read More »Gators Turn the Tide in a 78-69 Home Win
photo credit: Trevor Sikkema Will Yeguete was one of five Gators who scored in double digits in the team’s home win over Alabama Saturday afternoon College basketball games have a tendency to be told as a tale of two halves. But for Florida’s 78-69 win over Alabama on Saturday afternoon, …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Will Try to Control The Tide on Saturday
The Florida men’s basketball team has made it 16 seasons in a row with at least 20 victories — now 20-2 — and it will try to get its 21st victory of the season this Saturday against the 9-13 Alabama Crimson Tide. Florida is on its third 20-2 start all-time, …
Read More »Gator Men’s Hoops struggles early but pulls away late to beat Missouri
The Florida men’s basketball team improved to 20-2 overall, and 9-0 in the conference after defeating the Missouri Tigers by a final score of 68-58 Tuesday night in Gainesville. All eyes were on freshman Chris Walker who was set to make his debut, and expectations were high. The freshman forward saw …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball goes into Starkville Thursday Night to Face MSU
The Florida Gator Men’s Basketball team will travel to Starkville Thursday night and put their undefeated SEC record on the line against the Bulldogs of Mississippi State. Florida is 17-2 on the year and now ranked No. 3 in the country according the the latest AP Poll. The Bulldogs are …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Trounces Tennessee 67-41 in Gainesville
Florida’s Casey Prather has scored double digits in every game he’s played in this season. To the outside sports fan, the University of Florida has a few rivalries: Florida State, maybe Miami, and Georgia. But to those who call themselves fans of the Gators, they know there is another: Tennessee. …
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