The Florida Gator men’s basketball team will look to improve to 2-1 this season when it faces Arkansas-Little Rock at home Saturday at 4:30 p.m. The Gators are coming off a 59-53 loss to Wisconsin Tuesday in which sophomore Michael Frazier II led the way with 20 points. Florida will …
Read More »Dorian Finney-Smith Reinstated
Florida men’s basketball sophomore forward Dorian Finney-Smith has been reinstated to the team head coach Billy Donovan reported on Friday. Finney-Smith was suspended for violating undisclosed team rules. The transfer from Virginia Tech missed Florida’s first exhibition game and two regular season games. Finney-Smith is sick, according to Donovan, and he …
Read More »Florida Men’s basketball falls short in their first road contest of the season
On Tuesday night in a sold out Kohl arena, the Florida Gator men’s basketball team was dealt its first defeat of the season, a close 59-53 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers. The Gators entered Tuesday’s game with a depleted roster just as they did less than a week ago in their home …
Read More »Donovan: Florida Must Improve to Beat Wisconsin
After winning its home opener versus UNF last friday, the Florida men’s basketball team will travel to Madison, Wisconsin to face the 20th ranked Badgers Tuesday night at 9 pm. UF leads the all-time series against UW 2-1 including a 74-56 victory in Gainesville last year. Despite getting a win against UNF, Gators …
Read More »VIDEO: Your Friday Sports in Two Minutes
From the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications, WRUF’s Chelsea Gates has your WRUF sports update. [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/CHELSEAGATESONLINE.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/CHELSEAGATESONLINE.mp4]
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Suspends Two More Players
[jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/Donovan-suspensions.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/Donovan-suspensions.mp4] UF men’s basketball head coach Billy Donovan announced at his weekly press conference today that transfers Dorian-Finney Smith and Damontre Harris will be suspended for the exhibition game against Florida Southern and at least one regular season game. Donovan did not specify a reason for the …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Adds Third Commit to 2014 Class
The Gator men’s basketball team got a big commitment yesterday as five star forward Devin Robinson from Christchurch School in Virginia announced he wants to bring his talents to Gainesville. Robinson is the 28th ranked prospect in the ESPN 100. Robinson chose the Gators over Indiana, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma …
Read More »Billy Donovan reflects on the 2012-2013 season and looks ahead to 2014
Following a successful, yet anticlimactic season that ended in the Elite Eight for the third consecutive season, the Florida Gators men’s basketball team wrapped up its season nearly two weeks ago. Gator coach Billy Donovan put a bow on the 2012-2013 campaign, looking back on the run to the regular season SEC …
Read More »Third Time Is Not the Charm For Florida Men’s Basketball
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 …
Read More »Gator Hoops Seeks to Secure Final Four Berth Against Michigan
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 …
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