As I walked into Madison Square Garden as a 15-year-old, my mind was racing with the fact that I would get to see the Florida Gators for the first time and a March Madness game for the first time. I’d grown up a Gators fan, despite living in New York, …
Read More »Search Results for: Billy Donovan
Heat to host Bulls in play-in
The Chicago Bulls will take a trip to South Beach to take on the Miami Heat Friday evening. The winner will clinch the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference and face the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1646389250504392704?s=20 Heat Miami’s first play-in game gave …
Read More »Bulls Complete Comeback vs. Raptors in Play-in
The Chicago Bulls defeated the Toronto Raptors Wednesday night 109-105 in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament. Chicago, who got the final spot in the tournament, overcame a 19-point deficit to take down the No. 9 Raptors. Zach LaVine poured in 39 points for Chicago to lead all scorers. DeMar DeRozan …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (April 7th)
I know there are people out there who get tired of me talking about The Masters. But it is my favorite week of the year. And not just because I won the media lottery and got to play it in 1996. What a year that was. The High Five tells …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (March 24th)
When Friday night and early Saturday morning have come and gone, there will be eight teams left in the NCAA Tournament. Which means the Elite Eight will leave us with four really happy teams and four that feel devastated that they were so close to being in the Final Four. …
Read More »Gator Men’s Basketball Host Knights in NIT play
The Florida men’s basketball team (16-16) host the UCF Knights (18-14) on Wednesday to open NIT play. The Gators and the Knights have faced off 11 times in history, with Florida winning 10 of the match ups. The last time they met was back in 2012 when the Gators won …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (February 24th)
This has not been the year we expected from the Florida basketball team and there are plenty of reasons (not excuses) for it. But this isn’t about that. This is about how it can happen at a lot of places. Gosh, we just recently saw Kentucky have its worst season …
Read More »FEATURE: Gator Great Will Yeguete Pursues Dreams Abroad
By: Molly Cooper and Taylor Fishman The clock starts to run down in the Georgia Dome as the Florida Gator men’s basketball team tries to hold off the Kentucky Wildcats from taking the lead. Kentucky’s James Young loses his footing on the way to the basket. The ball goes loose. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (January 6th)
I hate to start off The Return of the High Five with a negative vibe, but there hasn’t been a ton to cheer about for Florida fans of late. So, here is the start of the Friday series as Dooley Downer gives you five things to know about Florida’s 7-7 …
Read More »Gators Softball Welcomes Six on Signing Day
The Florida Gators softball team added six new players to its roster Wednesday during National Signing Day. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/1591098788256821250?s=20&t=Sw0DzGNUn-WITKgoHU7NRQ Ava Brown, Alyssa Hovermale, Ariel Kowalewski, Cassidy McLellan, Keagan Rothrock and Mia Williams joined Tim Walton’s Gators, making them the top-rated recruiting class of the 2023 cycle, according to Extra Innings Softball. …
Read More »