College Basketball

The College of Central Florida Patriots overtook the Saints of Sante Fe College men’s basketball 93-79 Saturday afternoon.  The Patriots (11-10) and the Saints (20-2) opened up their conference schedule. Bobby Hunter, the nation’s JUCO leading scorer, led the Saints with 37 points and went 7 for 11 from downtown.  Roody St. …

The Florida Gator  men’s basketball team welcomes the Missouri Tigers to the O’Connell Center this afternoon, which will be the first meeting between these two programs.  UF is coming off a 68-47 blowout win this past Thursday in College Station against the Texas A&M Aggies.  Similar for the Tigers, they routed …

The Florida men’s basketball team improves to 13-2 on the season after blowing out Texas A&M 68-47 Thursday night in College Station.  Florida moves to 3-0 in SEC play while A&M falls to 12-4 and 2-1 in the conference. Florida shot the ball well at 50 percent on 25 of 50 shooting and the …

The Gator men’s basketball team is back on the road tonight taking on the Texas A&M Aggies in College Station.  Both of these programs are not only 2-0 in SEC play, but both teams also enter tonight’s game with big wins over SEC opponents.  The Gators defeated LSU in Baton Rouge 74-52 …

The Southeastern Conference is in full flip mode in men’s college basketball.  Kentucky  Tennessee, and Vanderbilt were the top three seeds in the SEC tourney last year.  Now they are 2-6 in conference games. Meanwhile: Auburn, Ole Miss, and Mississippi State are undefeated at 2-0. Those teams will look to keep their fortunes going …

Santa Fe College men’s basketball was stunned by the State College of Florida Manatees 97-80 Tuesday. The Manatees (16-4) snapped the Saint’s five game winning streak, dropping their record 11-5. Bobby Hunter led the Saints with 20 points, followed by Roody St. Germain with 14 points and Deonte Moore with 12.  Takija …

The Tennessee Volunteers are in Lexington tonight taking on the Kentucky Wildcats in men’s college hoops action.  Both teams have struggled so far this season.  The Vols have an 8-6 record and are looking for their first win in the SEC while Kentucky is 10-5 and 1-1 in the SEC.  …

The Florida women’s basketball team dropped a nail biter at home on Sunday, coming up just short of Tennessee (13-3, 4-0 SEC) 78-75 in overtime. The game was 40 complete minutes of intensity that saw seven lead changes and six tied scores. The Gators (13-5, 2-2 SEC) were led by …

BATON ROUGE, LA. — The number 11 Florida men’s basketball team (12-2, 2-0 SEC) traveled to LSU (9-4, 0-2 SEC) with myriad medical setbacks and adversity aplenty, but outlasted both the stingy Tiger defense and a tightly contested opening half to pull away and dominate on the road en route to a …

The Florida (11-2, 1-0 SEC) men’s basketball team travels to the bayou on Saturday for its first SEC road game of the year. After registering 16 assists during Florida’s last two wins, junior point guard Scottie Wilbekin looks to continue dishing out dimes against LSU (9-3, 0-1 SEC). Wilbekin says …