College Basketball

The Florida Gator men’s basketball team improves to 4-1 on the season Thursday night after a 79-59 victory over the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee. The Gators went into this game without a true point guard as freshman Kasey Hill was out with injury and senior Scottie Wilbekin remains out due …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

After winning its home opener versus UNF last friday, the Florida men’s basketball team will travel to Madison, Wisconsin to face the 20th ranked Badgers Tuesday night at 9 pm. UF leads the all-time series against UW 2-1 including a 74-56 victory in Gainesville last year. Despite getting a win against UNF, Gators …

[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 …

From the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications, WRUF’s Chelsea Gates has your WRUF sports update. [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/CHELSEAGATESONLINE.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/CHELSEAGATESONLINE.mp4]    

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 …