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 …

Today is Media Day for both the Gator men’s and women’s basketball team and the Gator men’s team will have another Donovan on its roster. Billy Donovan will join the team coached by his father, Billy Donovan, as a walk-on.   The younger Donovan had been playing at Catholic University, a …

University of Florida men’s basketball coach Billy Donovan has led the United States 18 and under team to a gold medal after beating host Brazil 81-56 yesterday.  The U.S. team won all five of its games to win the FIBA Americas 18 And Under world championship. In other sports news… …

The University of Florida and USA Basketball announced today that men’s basketball head coach Billy Donovan will lead Team USA at the 2012 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championships. Team USA is the reigning champion from the 2010 tournament, beating Brazil 81-78 in the championship game on a last second three pointer by Baylor swingman Quincy Miller.  In …

After two seasons coaching ACC-bound Southern Methodist University’s men’s basketball team, Rob Lanier was fired Thursday. Lanier was an assistant coach for the Gators back in 2011. Lanier Leading the Mustangs This season, the SMU Mustangs lost the first round of the National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday to Indiana State …

Shaka Smart, head coach of the Marquette Golden Eagles, lead his team to the Sweet 16 after defeating the Colorado Buffaloes Sunday 81-77.  Marquette advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2013, and Smart returns to the Sweet 16 for the first time as a head coach …

Former Florida Gators men’s basketball assistant coach Donnie Jones made history with Stetson’s program last week by leading the Hatters to their first NCAA Tournament. STETSON IS GOING DANCING 👏 The Hatters punch their FIRST EVER ticket to the NCAA Tournament 🙌#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/nPTWSpfeNM — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 10, …

Todd Golden may be causing you some heartburn, but even the most cynical of Gator fans (what, Gator fans cynical?) will begrudgingly give him credit for where the Gators are this season. At 17-7 and 7-4 in the SEC, Golden’s second Florida team has fallen somewhere in the upper half …

Coming off of a disappointing loss to Ole Miss on Wednesday, the Florida Gators must have turned on some Big Sean because of the way they were able to Bounce Back. It's Great to be a Florida Gator 🐊#GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/YTVGc4Zcsk — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) …

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, …