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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Category: Winter Sports
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In the final meet of the regular season, the Gators visit an old friend in a quad meet they should win pretty handily. Tonight’s meet at North Carolina State will also feature No. 44 Rutgers and No. 52 Pennsylvania. Over the years, Florida and NC State have met 31 times, making them a pretty frequent…
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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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It’s a fight to the finish for these two orange and blue teams, as tonight, Florida heads to Auburn to try to hang onto the SEC regular season title outright! The Gators have just one meet left in SEC competition to count wins over the entire conference, and the Tigers are last on the list…
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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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It’s another top-ranked, sold-out meet for the Gators this week as they take on the Sooners for the final home meet of the season! Tonight is an enormous, important test for Florida, as it faces one of its likeliest post-season opponents in Oklahoma. The way these two teams stack up tonight will give the world…
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In a crucial week in college gymnastics, the Gators pulled out the W over the Kentucky Wildcats with a solid road score, a critical box to check to maintain their high national ranking. This week, across the nation, NCAA gymnastics rankings switched over to National Qualifying Score (NQS) format rather than simple average. NQS is…
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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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For the fourth consecutive season, the Gators will face LSU in what is the top-ranked meet in the nation in NCAA women’s gymnastics! Tonight, the Tigers come to Gainesville the challengers, having had a bit of a rocky start to their season as COVID protocols forced them to cancel two of their first four planned…
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