Sitting at 3-1 on the season, the Florida Gator men’s basketball team will play host to the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee Thursday night. The Gators are riding somewhat of a high coming off a 67-53 victory over the Jaguars of Southern University. However, the Gators were dealt yet another blow as …
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Florida Men’s Hoops wins over Southern, but loses Kasey Hill due to injury
Sports are all about the team. Photo: Kim Kelment, USA TODAY Sports Success is had as a unit, and failure as well. But on Monday night, the big story coming out of Florida’s 67-53 win against Southern won’t be the final score. It will be the fact that the already depleted Gator …
Read More »No. 16 Florida Men’s Hoops hosts Southern tonight in the O’Dome
The Florida men’s basketball team (3-1) will open its doors to the Jaguars of Southern University (1-3) tonight in Gainesville. The Gators are coming off an 86-56 home win versus Arkansas-Little Rock where senior forward Casey Prather continued his 2013 scoring tear with 27 points on 10-for-11 shooting. Prather is averaging 22.3 points …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Hosts Arkansas-Little Rock
The Florida Gator men’s basketball team will look to improve to 2-1 this season when it faces Arkansas-Little Rock at home Saturday at 4:30 p.m. The Gators are coming off a 59-53 loss to Wisconsin Tuesday in which sophomore Michael Frazier II led the way with 20 points. Florida will …
Read More »Dorian Finney-Smith Reinstated
Florida men’s basketball sophomore forward Dorian Finney-Smith has been reinstated to the team head coach Billy Donovan reported on Friday. Finney-Smith was suspended for violating undisclosed team rules. The transfer from Virginia Tech missed Florida’s first exhibition game and two regular season games. Finney-Smith is sick, according to Donovan, and he …
Read More »Florida Men’s basketball falls short in their first road contest of the season
On Tuesday night in a sold out Kohl arena, the Florida Gator men’s basketball team was dealt its first defeat of the season, a close 59-53 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers. The Gators entered Tuesday’s game with a depleted roster just as they did less than a week ago in their home …
Read More »Despite a Criticized Defense, Florida Men’s Basketball Holds Off UNF 77-69
[jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/CHELSEAAA.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/CHELSEAAA.mp4] Florida started its regular season 1-0 after a 77-69 victory against the University of North Florida. It was anything but another day at the office for a Billy Donovan coached basketball team. Despite getting the win, the Florida men’s basketball team showed it not only missed …
Read More »UF Men’s Basketball Team Opens Season Friday vs. UNF; Women Too
The Florida men’s basketball team is coming off three straight Elite Eight appearances, and on Friday afternoon, it will look to begin the journey back and possibly beyond. Its first test will be against the University of North Florida which tips off at 3 pm. The Gators will open up …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Suspends Two More Players
[jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/Donovan-suspensions.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/Donovan-suspensions.mp4] UF men’s basketball head coach Billy Donovan announced at his weekly press conference today that transfers Dorian-Finney Smith and Damontre Harris will be suspended for the exhibition game against Florida Southern and at least one regular season game. Donovan did not specify a reason for the …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Adds Third Commit to 2014 Class
The Gator men’s basketball team got a big commitment yesterday as five star forward Devin Robinson from Christchurch School in Virginia announced he wants to bring his talents to Gainesville. Robinson is the 28th ranked prospect in the ESPN 100. Robinson chose the Gators over Indiana, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma …
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