A year ago, two-time NCAA champion and former Gator great Al Horford made headlines when he signed a four-year, $113 million contract with the Boston Celtics. The deal played a huge role in shaking up the NBA’s landscape, as Horford helped the Celtics emerge as a championship contender in the Eastern Conference.
With the 2017 NBA Finals set to kick off tonight at 9 p.m., this season marks the first time in seven years a former Gator won’t be competing for the Larry O’Brien trophy.
The Gators basketball team picked up a 6-foot-5 sharp-shooting transfer from Rice on Tuesday.
Junior forward Devin Robinson announced on Twitter that he will forgo his senior season at Florida and enter the 2017 NBA draft.
The Florida men’s basketball team will have one less guard on its roster at the start of the 2017-18 season.
A change in scenery has done wonders for some of the former Gators in the NBA this year. For others, it has done the exact opposite.
The Gators men’s basketball team is losing seniors Kasey Hill, Canyon Barry, Justin Leon and Schuyler Rimmer to graduation, and it could possibly lose junior starters Devin Robinson and John Egbunu to the NBA Draft.
When the final buzzer rang in Madison Square Garden in the Elite Eight on Sunday afternoon, three things became clear: The Gators were completely outplayed by South Carolina, their season was over and, last but not least, senior point guard Kasey Hill’s career as a Florida Gators basketball player was over as well.
By almost every account, the Florida basketball team exceeded expectations this season — only 9.3 percent of NCAA Tournament brackets filled out on ESPN.com had Florida advancing to the Elite Eight.
With Sunday’s 77-70 loss to South Carolina in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, the careers of four Gators came to a close: seniors Kasey Hill, Justin Leon, Canyon Barry and Schuyler Rimmer.
In 2014, Kasey Hill was celebrating a trip to the Final Four.
Chris Chiozza:
Florida’s March magic ran out Sunday.
Down two points. Four seconds left. And the full length of the court.
OK, who saw this coming?
When Florida hired Mike White as the men’s basketball coach to take over for UF legend Billy Donovan, forward Devin Robinson had never heard White's name.
All Chris Chiozza could do was watch.
Ahh, March Madness.
The Gators basketball team is riding a wave of momentum back to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in three seasons. For that, Florida fans can thank the Gators defense, which put on a truly absurd display of dominance in No. 4 seed UF’s 65-39 win over No. 5 seed Virginia on Saturday in Orlando.
Twenty minutes after the game ended, Kasey Hill sat in front of his locker, still wearing orange and blue.
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