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The Florida Gators women’s basketball team is tournament bound for the first time since 2015-16. Florida was selected as the No. 10 seed on Sunday’s selection show on ESPN. The Gators will be face UCF in Stoors, CT on Saturday. The matchup is part of the Bridgeport Region. We’re in. The family is going dancing!#GoGators…
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The Mike White era in Gainesville is reportedly over. The Florida men’s basketball coach, who took over the Gators’ program in 2015, is reportedly leaving for the rival Georgia Bulldogs, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein shared Sunday. White, who helmed the orange and blue for the past seven seasons, went 142-88 overall and 72-52 in the…
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Florida senior forward Keyontae Johnson — who averaged a team-high 16 points per game last season before suffering a traumatic medical emergency that has kept him off the court since — earned a ceremonial start Saturday at the O’Connell Center as the Gators welcomed No. 7 Kentucky. The Wildcats hopped out to a 12-point lead…
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Tyree Appleby looked stuck near the top of the key with less than ten seconds remaining but managed to get the ball inside to Colin Castleton, who found a wide open Phlandrous Fleming. Fleming, who had come up with a monster block of Scottie Pippen, Jr. just a few possessions earlier, released quickly and watched…
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Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin finally made the announcement that Gators fans have been clamoring for. After a successful regular season as the interim head coach, Kelly Rae Finley had been tabbed as the program’s eleventh head coach. IT’S OFFICIAL!! @kraefin is the Head. Coach. #GoGators pic.twitter.com/Qjep0XPIQl — Gators Women’s Basketball (@GatorsWBK) February 28, 2022…
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Athens, Georgia native Phlandrous Fleming scored a season high 27 points while Tyree Appleby added 21 to lead the Gators to victory over rival Georgia on the road Saturday. Fleming, the grad-transfer who spent four years with Charleston Southern, made 11-18 attempts from the floor, including four three-pointers. Appleby added five made treys. Florida also…
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7.5 seconds on the game clock, Florida leads the nation’s No. 2 ranked team, Auburn, 63-62. Tigers have possession and inbound from the sideline three-quarters of the court away from the basket. Auburn’s Wendell Green receives the ball and scurries upcourt. He then runs right into his teammate and three Gators defenders near the top…
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The Florida Gators women’s basketball, for the first time since December 2016, cracked the Associated Press Top 25, debuting at No. 19. The Gators, under interim head coach Kelly Rae Finley, sit 17-6 for the year and 7-3 in the Southeastern Conference, good enough for third in the SEC and two games behind No. 1…
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The Florida Gators women’s basketball team is on a roll. Just three days after routing No. 7 Tennessee in Gainesville, the Gators took their show on the road and escaped Athens with another Top-25 victory. The Gators rallied for the win with an 8-0 run to finish and held UGA scoreless the final 4:30 of…
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In Colin Castleton’s return to the lineup, the Florida Gators survived overtime to defeat Mississippi by a 62-57 score on Saturday. Florida improved to 15-8 overall and returned to .500 at 5-5 in SEC play. The game started with both teams taking jabs at each other until the Rebels went on an 11-0 run behind…
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