Florida Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach Rhyne Howard led Team USA to a 3-0 record in the 2024 Olympics Qualifying Tournament that wrapped up Sunday. Florida Assistant Coach Rhyne Howard In October 2023, Rhyne Howard was hired as an assistant coach for the Gators. Howard is a current player for the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Was Townsend worthy of Super Bowl MVP Consideration?
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that saw the end of one season and the beginning of another. At least that was the way I saw it. 10. The last football game of the season delivered in many ways, especially the final quarter and OT. But up …
Read More »Florida Upsets No. 12 Auburn at Home
Florida took control of Saturday’s game against No. 12 Auburn from the jump to run away for the 81-65 win at the sold-out O’Connell Center, the Gators’ 15th consecutive home win against the Tigers. It is also the Gators’ second win against a top-15 opponent in 10 days and their …
Read More »Gators Split Day Two At USF-Rawlings Invitational
The Florida Gators softball team split its pair of games on the second day of the USF-Rawlings Invitational in Tampa, losing to Michigan 2-1, but defeating Illinois State 12-1 later Saturday. Neither game finished in the standard seven innings. The first game lasted double the amount of innings as the …
Read More »No. 3 Texas Takes Down Florida Men’s Tennis
The No. 3 Texas Longhorns defeated the Florida Gators 4-3 Saturday in Austin, Texas. It was the Gators’ fourth consecutive loss after a 3-0 start. The Longhorns improved to 6-1, only losing to the Virginia Cavaliers which was ranked No. 1 at the time. Every Serve Counts To start, Texas …
Read More »Gators Gymnastics Wins Big Over Arkansas
The Florida Gators gymnastics team secured a big SEC win Friday against the Arkansas Razorbacks in their 18th Link to Pink meet at the O’Connell Center. Thousands of fans sported pink for the Gators’ 12th consecutive sold-out meet. Florida coach Jenny Rowland talked about the deeper meaning of the meet: …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: No Place Like Home For These Gators
We know Florida won’t finish unbeaten at home this year thanks to Kentucky (the Gators did get the Wildcats back). How you play at home has a lot to do with how you finish and where you play in the postseason. Certainly, with the home schedule Florida has remaining starting …
Read More »Gators Baseball Picked to Win SEC East
Florida was picked to finish first in the SEC East by 11 of the conference’s 14 baseball coaches in the league’s preseason poll released Thursday. The Gators were also picked to finish third overall in the conference, with two first-place votes. Arkansas was picked as the favorite in both the …
Read More »Gators Look to Turn Season Around Against Razorbacks
The Florida Gators women’s basketball team takes on the 17-7 Arkansas Razorbacks at 6 p.m. today at the O’Connell Center. The Gators (11-9, 2-6 SEC) are coming off a 40-point loss to the No. 13 LSU Tigers on Sunday in Baton Rouge, La. With only eight games remaining, the Gators …
Read More »Florida Women’s Tennis Loses To Michigan On The Road
The No. 5 Michigan Wolverines beat the No. 8 Florida Gators 4-1 at Ann Arbor in a women’s tennis match Tuesday. This was the Wolverine’s fourth-ranked matchup and third-ranked win of the season to improve to 5-1 during its five-match win streak. The Gators fell to 4-1. Florida’s first doubles …
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