Gators Men’s Basketball

Florida junior point guard Scottie Wilbekin has not played in a single game since being held out of the 2012 Navy-Marine Corps Classic to start the season.  He was suspended for an unspecified reason by coach Billy Donovan but he has now been reinstated to the team.   Donovan says missing the last …

This evening the Florida Gator women’s basketball team travels to Tallahassee to take on the Florida State Seminoles (2-0). The Gators are 2-0 also after beating Fairfield and Georgia State. This will be the 73rd meeting of the two teams in series history. Last year the Gators played the Noles at …

The 10th ranked Florida Gator men’s basketball team defeated the 22nd ranked Wisconsin Badgers 74-56 Wednesday night.  The Gators from tipoff dominated and never looked back as Florida shot 61 percent from the floor going 26 of 42 and 50 percent from deep going 6 of 12. The Gators held Wisconsin scoreless …

The 10th ranked Florida men’s basketball team will have its hands full when it faces the number 22/20 Wisconsin Badgers out of the Big Ten tonight.  The schools have only met two other times and split both those meetings.  This game is part of a tough non-conference schedule the Gators will play with teams like …

The young Florida women’s basketball team was lead by upperclassmen Sunday afternoon as the team improved its record to 2-0 after taking down the Georgia State Panthers(1-1) 84-65. The Gators were outrebounded in the first half by 10 boards but bounced back to grab six more than the Panthers in the second half. …

GAINESVILLE, FL. – Following an exhibition victory against Nebraska Kearney that disappointed head coach Billy Donovan and an anticlimactic no contest against Georgetown, the tenth ranked Florida men’s basketball team exterminated the Alabama State Hornets 84-35 on Sunday afternoon in Gainesville. The lopsided win marked the 22nd consecutive home opener won by …

Despite being without scholarship players Casey Prather and Scottie Wilbekin, the 10th ranked Gator men’s basketball team went into halftime of Friday night’s season tipoff game against Georgetown winning, 27-23.  The game was being played on the USS Bataan battleship in Jacksonville but at halftime the basketball floor got wet and slippery while players …

The Gator women’s basketball team opens its season tomorrow when they host Fairfield in the O’Dome.  Gator head coach Amanda Butler says the team is anxious to get out on the court. The team returns two starters from last year’s NCAA Tournament team in senior Jennifer George and junior Jaterra Bonds.  …

The Florida men’s basketball team opens the regular season this Friday against Georgetown in the Navy/Marine Corps Classic at Mayport.  The game will take place on the deck of the USS Bataan battleship in Jacksonville and the 10th ranked Gators are preparing for the outdoor elements.  Florida senior guard Kenny Boynton …

The 10th ranked (pre-season)Florida men’s basketball team defeated Nebraska-Kearney 101-71 in an exhibition game Thursday night in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. This was the first meeting between the two schools. UF returned three starters from last season’s Elite Eight squad; senior guard Kenny Boynton, senior forward Erik Murphy and junior …