College Basketball

photo credit: Trevor Sikkema The Florida Gators men’s basketball pulled away from the Albany Great Danes late in the second half to move on to the third round of the NCAA tournament. In the history of March Madness, a 16 seed has never beaten a 1 seed (116-0), but Albany …

The Florida Gator men’s basketball team advances to the third round of the NCAA Tournament by defeating the Albany Great Danes 67-55 Thursday in Orlando. Casey Prather and Dorian Finney-Smith both lead the Gators with 16 points, and Kasey Hill added 10 more off 17 minutes participating fully and often …

The Florida Gators go into the NCAA tournament as decorated as you can possibly be boasting a 32-2 record with an SEC regular season and tournament title already under their belts. But today, the past means little and each team start off the Big Dance 0-0, six wins away from …

ESPN 850 WRUF and WUFT TV will have live previews from the NCAA Tournament in Orlando where Florida will play against Albany. Corey Brooks, Lola Glanton and Trevor Sikkema are on hand with live updates and we’ll also have post game stories and interviews with Gator coach Billy Donovan and …

Two more SEC teams will be in NIT first round action tonight. The Georgia Bulldogs earned an at-large berth in the 2014 National Invitation Tournament and will host Vermont in the first round Wednesday night. The Bulldogs (19-13, 12-6) will make their 12th appearance in the NIT and have gone 11-11 …

The University of Florida’s women’s basketball team received an at-large bid to play in the upcoming NCAA Division-I Women’s Basketball Tournament.  The Gators earned a No. 11 seed after going 19-12 in the regular season, and will be facing a sixth-seeded Dayton team on Sunday that finished the season with a 23-7 mark. Florida finished fifth …

Two Southeastern Conference teams will be playing in the National Invitational Tournament as it kicks off tonight. The Arkansas Razorbacks will play the Indiana State Sycamores and the Missouri Tigers will be hosting the Davidson Wildcats. The Tigers are coming off a loss against the Florida Gators in the quarterfinals …

The No. 3 ranked Florida Gator men’s basketball team (22-2) goes into Lexington, Kentucky to face the No. 14 ranked Wildcats (19-5) in prime time Saturday night. Florida goes into the first of two games against Kentucky this season with an undefeated 11-0 SEC record, while Kentucky sits in second place in …

From the Innovation News Center at the University of Florida College of Journalism, here’s your WRUF Sports in 60. Our own Trevor Sikkema talks Gator Basketball, Olympics, SEC basketball and more! Update on the 15’s [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/WRUF-Updated-2-11-14.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/WRUF-Updated-2-11-14.mp4] Update on the 45’s [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/WRUF-Update-2-11-14.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/WRUF-Update-2-11-14.mp4]

The Florida women’s basketball team (17-7, 7-4 SEC) scored 86 points to defeat the 15th ranked Kentucky Wildcats (17-6, 5-5 SEC) 86-80 in a high-scoring affair in Gainesville on Sunday.  The win gives the Gators the season series sweep over Kentucky. The two teams went in to halftime tied at 40, …