For the first time in his college career last Thursday, redshirt junior Mike Rosario was forced to take in his team’s opening exhibition tip-off from the sidelines.
After the guard-laden Gators proved in an exhibition they can put up impressive numbers from the 3-point line, the focus this week is showing they can pull down enough rebounds when they miss.
On the 25th anniversary of the 3-point shot’s introduction into college basketball, the Gators rang in a new season by firing away from long range.
In their first action of the season, the Gators showed flashes of the type of fast, pressure defense they’ll need to be successful with a guard-heavy roster.
Entering his 16th season with the Gators, Billy Donovan has shared the court with thousands of opposing players, fellow coaches and former colleagues.
Casey Prather entered last season with the expectation of evolving into the Gators’ next big, slashing forward in the line of Corey Brewer and Chandler Parsons.
The Gators’ preseason expectations were put to a vote Thursday with the release of the first USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ poll.
Last season, Mike Rosario went from being the leading scorer on a Big East team to a practice player.
After an 8-year period of mostly grind-it-out play, the 2011-12 Florida basketball season will finally mark the return of Billy Ball.
At first, it looked to coach Billy Donovan that sophomore Will Yeguete had enjoyed too many pastries this summer while playing abroad for the French national team.
After unloading three big bodies to graduation and the NBA Draft, the Gators are trying to pick up some speed.
When Bradley Beal stepped on Florida’s campus this summer, coach Billy Donovan soon realized he was not only getting his highest-rated recruit in the last 10 years, but also one of the most mature freshmen he’s ever had at UF.
Junior forward Erik Murphy has been reinstated after he was suspended indefinitely in April, Florida announced Thursday.
Listening to sophomore Patric Young talk about Florida’s season-ending loss in March at the NCAA Tournament, it’s clear he hasn’t put the game behind him.
John Pelphrey knows Florida.
A 34-minute audio clip from St. Augustine police features Erik Murphy and Cody Larson admitting to underage drinking and breaking into a car.
Suddenly, Billy Donovan finds himself as, in his words, “the only one standing.”
Florida sophomore Erik Murphy and freshman Cody Larson have been officially suspended from the team, coach Billy Donovan announced Monday.
Florida sophomore Erik Murphy and freshman Cody Larson were arrested early Sunday morning on third-degree felony burglary charges, according to the St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office.
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