Gators Men’s Basketball

With a chance to reach the 500th win plateau in his coaching career, Billy Donovan will have to wait a little longer. Florida had no answer for LSU forward Jarrell Martin, who scored a career-high 28 points and added 13 rebounds as the Gators fell in Baton Rouge 70-63 on …

Ole Miss guard Stefan Moody joined Miami’s Angel Rodriguez and Georgetown’s D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera on a special list Thursday night. All three players have drained game-winning jumpers to beat the Florida Gators this season. Moody drained a long-distance three-pointer over Chris Chiozza with 2.7 seconds remaining to beat Florida 62-61. The shot dropped …

Despite a loss to Kentucky last Saturday, Florida men’s basketball coach Billy Donovan saw his team dig deep and fight. He said “it was the first time I’ve felt in 23 games we played to win.” Florida (12-11, 5-5) played inspired basketball against the number one ranked team in the country but …

Before Florida tipped off against Arkansas at the O’Connell Center on Saturday afternoon, junior Dorian Finney-Smith had an inkling that teammate Michael Frazier II would make the game-winning shot. That’s exactly what happened. “He told me before the game but I didn’t think anything of it until the last play,” …

Despite a much needed win on the road against Alabama on Tuesday, the Florida men’s basketball team still has some resume building to do in order to have a case for the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee in March. A win against Arkansas would certainly help. The Gators (11-9, 4-3 SEC) will have …

It was a different opponent but the same story for the Florida Gator men’s basketball team as they lost a heart breaker to the Ole Miss Rebels Saturday night. Rebels guard Jarvis Summers made two free throws with 3.5 seconds left to lift Ole Miss (12-7) to a 72-71 victory, and give Florida its third …

LSU Postgame Recap The Florida Gators men’s basketball team lost their first SEC home game since 2012 Tuesday night when they were defeated by the LSU Tigers 79-61. The loss was Florida’s second in a row in conference play, as their record fell to 10-8 on the season and 3-2 in the …

All good things must come to an end and that was the case with Florida’s SEC winning streak in men’s basketball. The Gators fell in a deep hole early and never recovered, falling to Georgia 73-61 in Athens on Saturday afternoon. Florida is now 10-7 on the season, 3-1 in …

Eli Carter scored 20 points off the bench as the Florida men’s basketball team blew out the Mississippi State Bulldogs 72-47 on Saturday night. The Gators improve to 2-0 in conference play, 9-6 on the season. It was Carter’s first double-digit scoring outing since November 17th against Miami in the …

After missing four straight free throws in the final 39 seconds during Florida’s home loss to UConn last Saturday, the Gators made their free throw opportunities down the stretch to beat South Carolina 72-68 to open up the SEC season on Wednesday night. The Gators improve their overall record to …