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Author: Ryan Haley
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Florida forward Colin Castleton joined Tre Mann and declared for the 2021 NBA Draft Sunday, he announced on Twitter The junior, who played at Florida for the first time in 2021 after he spent the previous two years at Michigan, scored 12.4 points per game, the second-most of any Gator, and paced the team with…
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Former head coach of the Florida Gators men’s basketball team Lon Kruger announced his retirement from college basketball Thursday. Kruger, who served as the head of the Oklahoma Sooners since 2011, met with his players to tell them he was stepping away from the sport, Jon Rothstein said on Twitter. Kruger first worked as a…
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Sophomore guard Tre Mann, the Gators leading scorer for the 2020-21 season, declared for the NBA Draft Wednesday. The announcement came three days after the season-ending loss to Oral Roberts in the NCAA Tournament, in a statement released on Twitter. Mann led the Gators with 16.0 points and 3.5 assists per game, as well as…
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Florida lost a heartbreaking upset to Oral Roberts on Sunday night, falling victim to the 15-seed Cinderella to bring its 2020-21 season to an anti-climatic end. While the Gators were left to ponder the end of their season and Tre Mann weighed his professional draft stock. As the scene in Indianapolis grew somber, Gators fans…
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Tre Mann forced up a deep three, an Oral Roberts jersey seemingly on top of him, a desperate plea for more Florida basketball in the 2020-21 season. His prayer found rim, then rim again and the Gators were forced to watch the 15-seed Cinderella story turn them into a pumpkin. Florida’s season came to an…
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With under a minute to play in overtime, Tre Mann slid around a screen at the top of the key. He feinted towards the basket before sliding back behind the three-point line and lofting up a shot, one fluid motion as Wilson found nylon. Virginia Tech led most of the game Friday, but Florida overcame…
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Dan Mullen solidified the trenches of the future Thursday with the commitment of a four-star offensive tackle from the class of 2022. Tony Livingston, the 19th-ranked OT in the upcoming class, dropped a video on Twitter late this week revealing his official commitment to the University of Florida. The Tampa native, who stands 6-foot-6 and…
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Tre Mann and the Gators have their work cut out for them to make it to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis. After a 14-9 season capped by a second-round loss to Tennessee in the SEC Tournament, Florida drew the seventh seed in the South bracket during Selection Sunday, set for an…
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Tre Mann caught fire. When his fourth three-pointer in a row found nylon with 2:40 to play on Friday, the whole arena knew, too. He had a career-high 30 points, 17 of which in the previous five and a half minutes, as he looked up at the scoreboard. Florida trailed by 12. The Gainesville native’s…
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With under a minute to play and a one-point lead, the eyes of Gator Nation rested anxiously on Tre Mann. Mann dribbled to his right, stepped back, and threw up a jumper from just under twenty feet. Swish. Mann took control late as the Gators staved off Vanderbilt, 69-63, to move ahead to the second…