The Florida Gators (1-1) fell to the Virginia Cavaliers (2-0) 73-70 in Charlotte, North Carolina Friday night. Four Gators finished the game scoring in double figures. UF shot 40% from the field and just 28% from deep.
The Florida Gators (5-4, 3-2 SEC) open their final three-game stretch against the No.18 Louisiana State Tigers (6-3, 4-2 SEC) 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Tiger Stadium. The Gators are 14-point underdogs against LSU.
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The Gators (5-4, 3-3 SEC) and Tigers (6-3, 4-2 SEC) both lost their previous matchups and are looking to get back on track with a victory Saturday. UF lost an overtime heartbreaker at home to Arkansas, while LSU fell on the road to bitter rivals Alabama. I sat down with Peter Rauterkus, the sports editor of the Reveille, the student newspaper at LSU, to break down the matchup.
The trio of sophomore forward Micah Handlogten, graduate student forward Tyrese Samuel and freshman forward Alex Condon produced 44 points as a collective in UF’s season opener. All showed signs of agility, movement and a defensive identity for the Gators.
The Florida Gators (2-0) defeated the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (0-2) 83-69 Thursday afternoon in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
Rainn Wilson proudly strolls on to the University Auditorium stage and passionately speaks to an excited crowd of UF students; little about bears, beets or “Battlestar Galactica,” but more about passion and the mechanics behind it.
Florida women’s basketball secured the signing of Alivia “Liv” McGill Wednesday, officially making her the highest-ranked recruit in program history. The Florida men’s basketball team also landed the signing of a top recruit. Four-star guard Isaiah Brown signed with Todd Golden’s Gators Wednesday.
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The Alachua County School Board unanimously elected District 2’s Diyonne McGraw as its newest chair Tuesday. Leanetta McNealy, the current vice-chair from District 4, will retain her position through a unanimous vote after turning down a nomination for chair.
Disappointment flooded Ben Hill Griffin Stadium as the Florida Gators suffered a 39-36 loss against the Arkansas Razorbacks. Arkansas snapped a six-game losing streak and clinched its first-ever victory in the Swamp to halt the Gators’ undefeated season at home. Although fans found the loss a tough pill to swallow, Florida head coach Billy Napier found silver linings in the performance.
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Sophomore guard Riley Kugel has been highly regarded as a potential breakout player heading into his second season in Gainesville and was named to the Coaches’ Preseason First-Team All-SEC team. He’s already proving why he was tabbed to the list as he scored 23 points, grabbed six steals and dished four assists in UF’s 93-73 season-opening win against Loyola Maryland.
Making an ofrenda [offering], like the one built by Mexican graduate students at the UF IFAS horticultural sciences lab, is a tradition typical of Dia de Los Muertos, celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2. The offering was erected Oct. 30 and remained through Nov. 2.
The Florida Gators (1-0) pounded the Loyola Maryland Greyhounds (0-1) 93-73 in their season opener at home in the Exactech Arena. The Gators shot 58.1% from the field, 50% from the free throw line and held LMU to shoot at a 45.8% clip.
The Florida Gators (1-0) took down the North Florida Ospreys (0-1) 82-65 in their season opener Monday in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. The Gators continually found space down low and scored 54 points in the paint.
Any underdog team can go into enemy territory and grab a win in the world of college basketball. Especially when no team has played a minute on the court for the 2023-2024 season. In the case of the Florida Gators men’s basketball team, they’ll look to avoid this going into their season opener against the underdog Loyola Maryland Greyhounds — an opponent they’ve never faced.
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The Gators have now dropped their last two games and face a gauntlet the rest of the way in search of clinching bowl eligibility. While one loss is more excusable as it came against the No. 1 team in the country — the Georgia Bulldogs Oct. 28 — the other spells questions for Florida the rest of the way out.
Gathering every Sunday morning, the UF student-run nonprofit A Reason To Give has worked to serve the Gainesville homeless community for over seven years, making more than 150 bagged lunches a week and collaborating with a variety of Gainesville organizations and homeless shelters.
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