Down by three with 13 seconds left in the game, Xavier forward Paul Scruggs launched a desperate three-point shot into the air.
For the first 27 minutes, Miami and Florida went back-and-forth, trading runs in a game that looked primed for a final possession finish.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. had only played for about three-and-a-half minutes in the first half of Tuesday’s game before he was pulled due to foul trouble.
The 2019-20 season for the UF men’s basketball team has had an ominous beginning not many (if any) expected just a couple of weeks ago.
Keyontae Johnson had the look.
For Florida, Thursday night’s game was supposed to produce a get back-on-track type of performance at the O’Connell Center.
The UF men’s basketball team likely had plenty on its mind after dropping its sixth-straight game to the Florida State Seminoles on Sunday. It was unlikely that any of it was positive.
One by one, the basketballs sailed through the air, launching off the fingers of UF shooters from all over the court.
Florida-Florida State hasn’t been much of a rivalry on the hardwood lately, and UF coach Mike White is the first to admit that.
Silence spread throughout the O’Connell Center.
The UF men’s basketball team readily handled Lynn University last week, but that won’t show up on the official record.
Forward Kerry Blackshear Jr. found the ball in his hands with less than five seconds left in the first half.
College basketball season is now just a couple weeks away, and many teams, including the Gators, are preparing for exhibition games. These contests help squads gauge where they’re at as a team and focus on areas that need to be improved before the regular season gets underway.
Florida’s men’s basketball team is just 21 days away from its first game of the season against North Florida, and it has been busy acclimating its large roster of newcomers to the program. The Gators have high expectations coming into this season, but already they’ve faced two difficulties that they’ll need to overcome to start the season strong.
UF coach Mike White walked into Tuesday’s media day press conference with the same cool, crisp persona that he usually sports.
Florida's men’s basketball team spoke to the media Tuesday, and alligatorSports came away with some interesting tidbits before the Gators’ first fall practice of the year Friday.
The college basketball season doesn’t tip off until early November, but that won’t stop the national media from making those wildly bold predictions merely based off what a team looks like on paper.
It’s bigger than basketball.
The Gators men’s basketball team already had a top-10 class to look forward to this fall. On Friday, it made yet another huge addition.
The Florida men’s basketball team’s final scholarship spot has now been filled.
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