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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Author: Ryan Haley
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After dropping its first five conference games, the Florida Gators women’s basketball team tallied one for the win column Sunday after beating the Auburn Tigers 68-54. The game got off to a perfect start for head coach Cam Newbauer and his squad. After scoring the first 11 points of the game, the Gators ended the…
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Colin Castleton continued his role as a one-man S.W.A.T. team Saturday against Mississippi with six blocks and Tyree Appleby had his first 20-point performance in a Florida uniform, but it wasn’t enough for a second consecutive victory as the Gators fall to 6-4 on the season and 3-3 in SEC play following the 72-69 loss.…
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The Florida men’s basketball team played its fifth conference game Tuesday night, defeating the Ole Miss Rebels, 72-63, to improve to 3-2 in conference play in front of a relieved home crowd. Despite the absence of forward Scottie Lewis, who was unavailable for “healthy and safety protocols” according to the team, the Gators led 24-13…
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The Florida Gators men’s basketball team traveled to Alabama to take on the Crimson Tide in a battle of the final two teams undefeated in conference play. However, the Gators were rebounded and shot into submission before leaving with their first SEC loss, 86-71. The Gators struggled in the opening half, especially on the defensive…
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Dan Mullen reportedly is open to coaching at the professional level, Adam Schefter reported Sunday. Mullen, who has been Florida’s head coach the past three years, has a 29-9 record helming the Gators to go with a pair of New Year’s Six bowl wins (2018 Peach Bowl, 2019 Orange Bowl). He won the SEC East…
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Florida opened their home conference slate Saturday against LSU with a thrilling back-and-forth battle before eventually defeating the Tigers 83-79. The first half was very even as neither team lead by more than five points. The Tigers started fast, making their first three attempts from beyond the arc. The Gators, however, who came into this…
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Florida quarterback Kyle Trask declared for the NFL Draft Thursday afternoon, making the announcement through a video via Twitter. “It’s been everything to be a Gator,” Trask says to begin the announcement. The signal-caller goes on to reminisce on his unlikely journey to playing for the orange and blue quickly and thank the fans for…
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The Florida Gators played its first game without star Keyontae Johnson against Vanderbilt Wednesday. The team won its SEC opener handily by a score of 91-72. The teams got off to a fairly even start, deadlocked at 14 apiece through the opening seven minutes, but then Florida clamped down hard defensively. Vanderbilt went nearly six…
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Florida men’s basketball coach Mike White spoke with the media Monday for the first time since Keyontae Johnson’s health crisis on Dec. 12 and touched on the role the star looks to take moving forward with the program and how the team is adjusting. Johnson, who collapsed on the court against Tallahassee two weeks ago,…
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Keyontae Johnson, Florida’s star forward who collapsed on the court last week in Tallahassee, has been diagnosed with acute myocarditis, as first reported by the Gainesville Sun’s Zach Abolverdi Tuesday. The infection is described as an inflammation of muscle within the heart and said to typically be caused by viral infection, which raises the obvious…
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