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As I walked into Madison Square Garden as a 15-year-old, my mind was racing with the fact that I would get to see the Florida Gators for the first time and a March Madness game for the first time. I’d grown up a Gators fan, despite living in New York, …

Former Gators head basketball coach Lon Kruger was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Fame on Sunday. He joins John Beilein, Jim Calhoun, Jerry Krause and Roy Williams as this year’s inductees. Gator Days Coach Kruger made his mark on Florida basketball. He took over the program in 1990 and …

Former Florida men’s basketball coach Lon Kruger will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame after being named on Wednesday. He will join eight others in the HOF class of 2022. https://twitter.com/GatorsMBK/status/1542196910601244673?s=20&t=iC_v99MWowIMG90mp8FANw Career Accolades Kruger ended his coaching career with a 674-432 record and coached for six …

Former Gator basketball head coach Lon Kruger announced his retirement from coaching on Mar. 25th after ten successful years at Oklahoma. His future successor there knows a thing or two about winning as well. After two memorable NCAA Tournament runs in the past four years, Loyola Chicago’s Porter Moser has …

Kruger Calls it Quits Former Gators Head Coach Lon Kruger announced his retirement after 35 seasons in college basketball. Lon coached the Oklahoma Sooners for the past 10 years, leading them to a final four appearances in 2016. Kruger led his team to the round of 32 before favorites Gonzaga …

Oklahoma Sooners basketball head coach Lon Kruger led his team to a 80-79 victory over the Texas Longhorn Tuesday night. The Sooners currently stand at (10-4) this season and ranked No. 24 in the AP Poll. https://twitter.com/OU_MBBall/status/1354273596110229507 Oklahoma Sooners He has been coaching the Sooners for the past 10 seasons. …

Since KenPom started tracking player usage in 2004, no player has had a higher usage rate than Trae Young. Young is being used on 40.5% of Oklahoma’s possessions and is leading the NCAA in points (30.1 PPG) and assists (10 APG) per game. On top of that, he’s shooting 45.8% …

For the second game in a row, the Florida Gators earned a 30-point victory, taking down the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman, 84-52.

When the SEC-Big 12 Challenge was planned, the Gators' visit to Norman, OK was viewed as a marquee matchup with post-season implications on the line.

On March 20, Texas A&M staged one of the most improbable comebacks in college basketball history. The Aggies found themselves down by 12 points with 35 seconds left against No. 11 seed Northern Iowa. The odds of TAMU winning were 1 in 3,000. They got the “1”. After tying the …