With the conclusion of the 2017 NBA Summer League this past Monday, let's take a look back at how several former Gators fared in the tournament.
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.
Do you hear it? The ticking? She hears it. She’s been hearing it for as long as she can remember, and now it’s grown from a little pinch to a searing pain she can’t hide if she tries. She hears it when she thinks about her future — a future that, until recently, saw her heading to the WNBA. Well, no more. No more basketball for junior Brooke Copeland. Not when people are suffering, dammit, and not while she can do something about it in her limited time on earth.
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.
After a three-year drought of not seeing one of its players selected in the WNBA draft, the Florida women’s basketball team has once again sent a player to the pros.
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.
When Cameron Newbauer answered his cell phone last week and was told he was being considered for the women’s basketball head coaching job at the University of Florida, a combination of shock and awe coursed through his body.
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.
Cameron Newbauer was named Florida’s new women’s basketball head coach on Monday, UF’s athletic department announced.
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?
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