Basketball

Junior guard for the Florida Gators men’s basketball team, Noah Locke, had a lot to say about the 2020-2021 season and his own progress from last year. The Injury During his freshman season, Locke began feeling a hip pain that doctor’s had a hard time understanding the source of. This, …

Dreams become reality tomorrow night at the 2020 NBA Draft. Will there be surprises? There always are. And this year’s no different. The Start of Something Special. Watch the 2020 #NBADraft presented by State Farm tomorrow (11/18) at 8:00 PM ET on ESPN!https://t.co/yaHXzqNYzI pic.twitter.com/YiyQO1e0Mz — NBA (@NBA) November 17, 2020 …

NBA teams could make trades for the first time this offseason beginning Monday at noon on the East Coast. Teams immediately sent shockwaves throughout the league. The Phoenix Suns kicked things off by acquiring 10-time All-Star point guard Chris Paul from the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Milwaukee Bucks followed that …

After a short delay to the season, the Florida Gators have announced their capacity plans for men’s and women’s basketball. The Stephen C. O’Connell center will have a capacity of 2,200 fans for the 2020-21 season. The reduced capacity is just over 20% of the O’Connell center’s normal capacity of …

Keyontae Johnson does it all. He can be the best offensive player on the court as well as the best on the defensive side of the ball. Johnson will start the 2020-21 SEC tournament as the Preseason Player of the Year, the Southeastern Conference announced on Wednesday. This distinction earns …

Birmingham, Ala.- The Southeastern Conference revealed the 2020-2021 men’s basketball season schedule Friday. The SEC’s 126 games will be played from Dec 29  through March 3. The SEC announced that there will not be any game on the weekend of March 6 so there is time for makeup games if …

The Florida Gators basketball team didn’t live up to their preseason hype one year ago but projected starting center Omar Payne is excited for how the team looks thus far. Filling the void down low Omar Payne is expected to be the starting center for the Gators going into this …

When Andrew Nembhard announced his decision to transfer to Gonzaga, it left the Gators with a major gap to fill at point guard. After all, Nembhard led the Gators averaging 33.2 minutes per game and played in all of their games in 2019. Sophomore guard Tre Mann entered the 2021 …

And junior Keyontae Johnson is here to help. Gator Basketball started the 2019-2020 season slowly and had paid the price in the end. This is not a mistake they will to make this season. For this season, the Gators personalized the team to bring their A-game. With the new personalized …

Syltavius Kelley also contributed to this story. Two young student-athletes scrap it out on Bill Woods Court. On the hardwood, the two are rivals, but off the court, they are not only best friends, but also cousins. While the kids are engaged in their intense one-on-one basketball game, their two …