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Category: Basketball
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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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Redshirt junior center Gorjok Gak has decided to leave the Gators basketball team after a multi-year struggle with injuries. Gak played as a freshman before missing the entire second year of his career to a knee surgery just before the season started. Best of luck to our guy, @Gorjok12.https://t.co/eoSFhTeENr — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK)…
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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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Final: Florida 102, LBSU 63 The Florida Gators head into SEC play next weekend after a dominating effort over Long Beach State that resulted in a 102-63 victory. Florida is now 8-4 on the season. How it happened: Gators freshman Omar Payne made his first career start and Florida played with a more traditional two…
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Final: Utah State 65, Florida 62 Sunrise, FL – Florida faced Mountain West foe Utah State in the Orange Bowl Classic on Saturday. Unfortunately, the Gators struggled with their shot all game and dropped the contest, 65-62. Florida opened the game missing their first 14 shots and fell behind 7-2 early on. The Gators took…
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Final: Wake Forest 73, Florida 68 Despite a fast start on Saturday afternoon, the Gators fell to 8-4 on the season after dropping a 73-68 decision to Wake Forest. After shooting 53% in the opening half, th Florida offense struggled in the second half making only ten shots from the field. Florida exited the first…
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The Florida women’s basketball team has made significant strides in the third year of the Cameron Newbauer era. After defeating Xavier in the West Palm Beach Invitational on Friday, the Gators sit at 8-3 on the season, equaling their win total from a year ago. Despite a lead by as many as 11, it took…
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After a 120-116 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, the debate of whether the Dallas Mavericks were better with or without star point guard Luka Doncic came to relevance. Despite what you think, one thing is for sure, the stat line of a former Florida Gator is benefitting from his absence. Dorian Finney-Smith (forward, Dallas Mavericks)…
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Final: Florida 70, Mercer 51 The Florida women improved to 7-3 on the season with a 70-51 defeat of Mercer on Tuesday. Junior point guard Kiara Smith scored a career high 21 points and tied a season high by grabbing ten rebounds. Meanwhile, freshman Lavender Briggs recorded her fourth double-double with ten points and eleven…
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New York – In what was perhaps their best all-around effort of the season, Florida routed Providence 83-51 in the Air Force Reserves Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational on Tuesday. The Gators improved to 7-3 on the season while the Friars fell to 6-6. How it happened Just 79 seconds into the game, Providence’s Kalif…
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