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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Author: Brian D. Fox, Jr.
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The SEC’s softball Preseason Coaches Poll was released on Wednesday and the Florida Gators are expected to finish fifth in the conference. Alabama was named the favorite, receiving 11 of 13 first place votes. Second place Tennessee received the other two first place votes. Florida finished SEC play with a 12-12 record in 2019, but…
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Final: Florida 71, Ole Miss 55 Coming off their worst performance of the season, the Gators needed a bounce back effort against Mississippi on Tuesday. Florida received just that as they routed the Rebels 71-55 at Exactech Arena. The win improves the Gators’ record to 11-5 overall and 3-1 in SEC play. How it happened:…
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Final: Kentucky 65, Florida 45 Basketball is a pretty simple game. Usually, if you hold your opponent to 31% shooting, 25% from beyond the three-point line, and keep the opposition’s leading scorer in check for much of the game, you will come out on top. Florida did just that on Sunday, but came away with…
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Final: Missouri 91, Florida 75 The Gators traveled to a snowy Columbia, Missouri and faced a team that entered Saturday’s game winless in league play. Unfortunately, Florida left their defense in Gainesville and allowed the Tigers to set or tie season-highs in points, field goal percentage, and three-point percentage. Despite playing in a mostly empty…
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Final: Florida 83, Auburn 63 The Florida Gators are 2-1 in SEC play for the first time since the 2015-16 season thanks to a balanced effort from its top players on Thursday. The Gators were led by five players finishing with double figures as they walloped Auburn 83-63 on the road. Freshman Lavender Briggs led…
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Softball America has reported that Florida outfielder Danielle Romanello has entered the NCAA transfer portal. BREAKING: Florida’s Danielle Romanello has entered the portal. She’s been used primarily as a pinch hitter in her two seasons as a Gator. https://t.co/7srm23VOWv pic.twitter.com/WDJ0XURZ26 — Softball America (@SoftbalAmerica) January 8, 2020 Romanello, whose lifelong dream was to play at…
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Final: Florida 68, Vanderbilt 60 Photo by Kristen Oliff / ChompTalk.com For the first time since 2014, the Gators opened their home SEC schedule with a victory. On Sunday, Florida topped Vanderbilt 68-60 to improve to 10-5 overall and 1-1 in conference play. Led by four scorers reaching double figures, the Gators reached .500 in…
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Final: Florida 104, Alabama 98 Gainesville, FL – Florida trailed Alabama by as many as 21 points in the first half (46-25), before pulling off a double-overtime thriller on Saturday. After getting to within six multiple times in the second half, Alabama answered with a flurry virtually every time, until the end of regulation. Trailing…
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Wednesday marks the beginning of a new decade, which allows us the opportunity to look back at the best athletes to don the Orange and Blue. In this series, we will name the All-Decade team for each of the programs we cover. Today: The University of Florida Men’s Basketball All-Decade Team Florida entered the decade…
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Final: Florida 55, Davidson 50 Gainesville, FL – The Florida women’s basketball team has struggled all season at the free throw stripe. The Gators entered Sunday’s contest making just 55% of their attempts from the charity stripe. Much of Sunday was a struggle as well. Florida entered the final period having made just five of…
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