Three-point shooting leads Florida to win over FIU
Nov. 29, 2009Jordan Jones scored a season-high 25 points to lead the Gators.
Jordan Jones scored a season-high 25 points to lead the Gators.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Since practice started in mid-October, Billy Donovan has talked about Florida’s newfound maturity and renewed commitment to defense. Both were on full display this weekend.
No. 15 UF will face College of Charleston on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – If Florida’s upset of No. 2 Michigan State on Friday announced the team’s return to college basketball relevance, Saturday’s game proved the Gators aren’t going anywhere.
Senior Day couldn’t have gone much better for the Gators.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – It wasn’t always pretty, but with tough defense, excellent free throw shooting and clutch plays down the stretch, Florida escaped with its biggest win in more than two years.
Boasting a taller starting lineup than the Gators, St. John’s presented a post-game threat that took a toll and manifested itself in a 61-47 win over UF on Friday in U.S. Century Bank Arena in Miami.
Although this is the first Gators team under coach Mary Wise to not win the conference, that won’t be the only way she remembers it.
The Swamp is about to host one of the biggest games in its 70-year history.
“Senior Day” just doesn’t do it justice.
In Florida’s first real test of the season, the team proved what it is capable of.
The Swamp will say goodbye to a legend Saturday, but he will not be wearing any orange or blue.
After last week’s great matchups, I can only hope rivalry week will give us some thrilling games like Florida’s last-second 62-3 victory over FIU, Alabama’s narrow 45-0 escape of Chattanooga or Texas’ 51-20 tough win over Kansas. This week’s slate has games with great history such as Alabama-Auburn, Florida-Florida State, Clemson-South Carolina and UCLA-USC.
I’ve been called a lot of things by friends and readers, but homer has never been one of them.
An air of sweet revenge engulfed the O’Connell Center on Tuesday night after Florida and Florida State met for a rematch of the top two teams last weekend at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
In its last two games, Florida shot below its standards.
As they headed into the final weekend of the season in 2008 the Gators’ focus was on the conference championship, but this year things are different.
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Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis’ future has not been decided yet, but the rumors of the Fighting Irish planning to try to get Florida coach Urban Meyer to replace him have already started swirling.
Florida isn’t spending too much time worrying about the garnet-and-gold monkey on its back.