It’s all fans on deck in Gainesville. With one of the busiest weekends of Florida’s athletic calendar on tap, there is plenty of excitement in The Swamp. As the brisk wintery air turns into the blossoming spring, nearly every major Gators winter or spring sport will be fighting for a …
Read More »What Led To Florida Men’s Basketball’s Drop In Polls Despite Dominant Run?
The Florida Gators are on a tear, rattling off six straight wins in dominant fashion. Yet, despite double-digit victories against LSU (79-65), Oklahoma (94-72), South Carolina (83-62), Mississippi State (79-66), at No. 1 Auburn (81-72) and Vanderbilt (82-71), the Gators dropped from No. 2 to No. 3 in The Associated …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball Takes Win Streak To Athens
The No. 3 Florida Gators look to pick up their seventh consecutive win when they travel to Athens on Tuesday to face the Georgia Bulldogs. Saturday Games The Gators (24-3, 2nd in conference at 11-3) are carrying the momentum from their win against the LSU Tigers on Saturday in Baton …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Athletics Shows Out On Weekend
The Back Nine comes at you after a big weekend for Gators sports and a happy Valentine’s Day … for me anyway. 10. It was pretty spectacular this weekend with so much going on. Sometimes I don’t know how the UAA handles a weekend with baseball, softball, lacrosse, basketball, women’s …
Read More »Handlogten’s Return Boosts Gators Ahead Of South Carolina Matchup
The third-ranked Florida Gators welcome South Carolina to the O’Connell Center for a conference showdown tonight. This is the second meeting between the teams this season after the Gators won a dramatic 70-69 victory in Columbia last month thanks to a game-winning layup by Will Richard with just 4.8 seconds …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Favorite Florida Men’s Basketball Teams
They have a chance. To make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament? Sure. To win it all? Why not? But this Gator basketball team – most importantly – has a chance to slip into my personal top five Florida hoops teams of all time. The High Five looks at …
Read More »SEC Men’s Basketball Standings Get Tighter After Wild Saturday
Following the loaded slate of games Saturday that saw multiple ranked teams fall at home, the SEC standings are now as close as ever. Six different teams have at least seven wins in conference play and only two schools have been eliminated from at least a share of the regular-season …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Looks To Continue Win Streak At Mississippi State
After a hard-fought victory against the No. 1 Auburn Tigers, 90-81, in “The Jungle” on Saturday, the No. 3 Florida Gators look to add another SEC road win tonight against the No. 22 Mississippi State Bulldogs at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville. https://twitter.com/GatorsMBK/status/1889059926867353665 The Gators (20-3, 7-3 SEC) have won their …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Men’s Basketball Is Good
The Back Nine comes to you after another perfect Gainesville weekend that included something I didn’t think we would see. 10. On Saturday morning at the gym I was thinking about how the first item in this column should be about the Super Bowl instead of Florida basketball. That’s …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Stuns No. 1 Auburn In ‘The Jungle’
The No. 6 Florida Gators outplayed No. 1 Auburn on Saturday for a 90-81 win at Neville Arena. The Gators (20-3, 7-3 SEC) turned the game around after trailing early 15-5 by outscoring the Tigers 43-23 the rest of the half en route to snapping Auburn’s 14-game winning streak. Florida …
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