“We don’t need validation from anybody,” said sophomore Jordyn Merritt. That’s the message as of late around Florida women’s hoops. It’s the mantra that gave the Gators a rout over No. 7 Tennessee, only the fifth win in series history. From @CalebWiegandt
Billy Napier’s first recruiting class is now finalized as National Signing Day came to a close Wednesday night. Jackson Castellano has more on the Gators ‘22 class.
Florida senior Tyree Appleby was all positives after a huge performance in a 66-65 victory over Mizzou that went down to the wire on Wednesday night.
Meet the oldest member of an extremely young Florida baseball roster, Garrett Milchin, who has overcome Tommy John surgery twice in his six years in Gainesville.
Aliyah Boston's 13 points and 19 rebounds helped South Carolina hand the Gators their third loss in SEC play.
“I'm really excited about the future of the program and what we're doing right now.” Mike Holloway has a good feeling about what he has seen so far from his track and field teams. @EthanEibe gives us more on their efforts in this weekend’s meets in Clemson and Kentucky.
“Whatever Mike White said to his team at halftime was a lot better than what I said.” Oklahoma State head coach Mike Boynton gave praise to the Gators after Florida men’s hoops came back from being down 16 in the first half to grab the win. Jackson Castellano has more on Saturday.
Leanne Wong became the second freshman in the nation to win the All-Around this season and posted the first 10 of her collegiate career. “One of my goals this year was to get a 10,” said Wong. “I’m happy I accomplished that goal.”
Florida men’s hoops loses another frontcourt weapon in center Jason Jitoboh. The junior shot 76% in four starts and tallied four blocks.
Head coach Kevin O’Sullivan spoke with the media on Thursday afternoon, and discussed the outlook of Gator baseball heading into the season.
As the cheers of 10,000 Florida men’s basketball fans crescendo into a deafening roar, the quiet insight from their team manager rings loudest through the players’ heads. From the locker room bathrooms, Ju-Ray Kuo, an applied physiology and kinesiology masters student at UF, has become the unofficial barber of the Florida Gators men's basketball team — every returning player on the 15-player team has received a haircut from Kuo at least once.
In a blow for blow matchup against Tennessee that came down to the final possession, UF couldn’t hang on and collected their sixth straight loss in Knoxville.
A potential rise back to the top started off on the right foot Sunday with a 6-1 win over North Florida and a shutout performance against South Florida 7-0 the following day.
Florida men’s basketball shot 14.3% from long range and gave up 48 points in the second half Monday night to cause their eventual downfall to the Ole Miss Rebels.
Florida men’s tennis scored an emphatic shutout win against No. 14 Central Florida on Sunday.
Florida earned its fifth straight SEC win by upsetting No. 11 LSU in Exactech Arena.
Billy Napier continues to bring over talent from his tenure at Louisiana-Lafayette, as three star TE Hayden Miller committed to Florida after decommitting from the Ragin Cajuns on November 28.
Florida was victorious in 23 of the 32 events between the men’s and women’s categories on the way to a 201-91 men’s final score and a 184-116 tally for the women, handing Auburn a pair of defeats.
White’s squad maintained constant pressure, running away with the game. Florida (12-6, 3-3) defeated Vanderbilt (10-8, 1-5) on Saturday 61-42. The Gators were in control the whole way, never allowing Vandy to take a lead.
Gators secured the win with a final score of 196.975-194.475. Florida has won 11 of the last 13 meetings against UGA.
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