College Basketball

The shining four teams coming out of the Elite Eight in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament will go head-to-head over the weekend for a shot at the title. The Final Four boasts top-seeded Louisville along with Michigan, Syracuse and Wichita State. Louisville had the night of its life in its …

Florida may have had the experience of being in the Elite Eight for the third straight year, but experience wasn’t enough as Florida (29-8) never had a chance against the surging Michigan Wolverines (30-8) as Michigan rips the Gators 79-59 to move on to the Final Four. A lack of …

Second chances can be hard to come by, but on the Arlington, Texas hardwood Sunday afternoon, the Florida Gator men’s basketball team (29-7, 14-4 SEC) has its third chance to break through to the Final Four in as many seasons as the third seeded Gators take on the fourth seeded …

The Florida Gator men’s basketball season continues to get sweeter, as the Orange and Blue bounced back from an early double digit deficit to eliminate 15 seed Florida Gulf Coast University from NCAA Tournament contention with a 62-50 win that advances the Gators to the Elite Eight for the third consecutive year and for …

For the third consecutive year, the Gators men’s basketball team is set to tipoff in hopes to advance to the Elite Eight. This year’s opponent however is a little different from years past. In the 75 years of the NCAA tournament, Florida Gulf Coast is the first 15 seed to …

All eyes in Gainesville are on the Florida-Florida Gulf Coast battle up in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament but there are other match ups Friday night as well…. Midwest Region: (1) Louisville v.s. (12) Oregon, 7:15 p.m. The Louisville Cardinals have looked like the number one overall seed in the tournament.  In its …

There won’t be two teams from Florida in the Elite Eight this year. Miami, who had hoped to join the winner of tonight’s matchup between Florida and Florida Gulf Coast, fell to Marquette in the East Regional semifinal in Washington D.C. on Thursday night, 71-61. Marquette jumped out to a …

The Gator women’s basketball team defeated the Charlotte 49ers Wednesday night in the third round of the WNIT 67-65. It was revenge for the Gators as the 49ers beat the Gators in the third round of the WNIT in 2011. With the game tied and three seconds remaining last night, Florida’s Jaterra …

College basketball fans rave at this time of year. The Sweet 16 in the NCAA Men’s Tournament is a stage that not many teams have the opportunity to grace. Viewers have become accustomed to watching the power houses: Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, etc. When Florida and Florida Gulf Coast square …

In case you missed it…. Today on Sportscene with Steve Russell, ESPN college basketball analyst Jimmy Dykes joined the show. Steve and Jimmy talked about the FGCU-UF Sweet 16 match-up and other match-ups like Marquette-Miami, Michigan-Kansas and Oregon-Louisville. Listen to the entire interview here: You can catch Sportscene with Steve Russell every …