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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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Florida survived and advanced in the NCAA Tournament with a 75-70 win over Virginia Tech in the opening round. Meanwhile, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles pulled off the upset of the tournament knocking off No. 2 seed Ohio State. The following are our staff predictions for the Florida – Oral Roberts matchup. … Brian Fox:…
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It’s the Gators’ turn to take on the SEC as we roll into session two of the conference championship meet. If you missed session one, don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Click here to catch up on all the action from my session one liveblog – if you don’t have time, though, let me give…
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Good afternoon gymnastics fans! Despite the fact that the Gators are not in this session, I will still be liveblogging session one of SEC Championships today so that we can all have a baseline understanding for what to expect this evening, what marks the Gators have to beat, and anything newsworthy from this first session.…
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Final: Florida 66, Charlotte 65 Backed by a career night from Freshman forward Jordyn Merritt, the Florida Gators survived and advanced in the Women’s NIT with a 66-65 win over Charlotte on Friday. The freshman from Plano, Texas finished with 17 points and 18 rebounds while senior Kiki Smith added 21 points in the effort.…
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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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The Florida Gators will face the Virginia Tech Hokies to open the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. The NCAA selection committee surprised a lot of people when they awarded Florida with a seven seed on Sunday, but the Gators face a very good Hokies squad. The following are our staff predictions for…
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As the nation reflects on a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s hard to not compare 2020 to 2021, especially in sports. The 2020 season was tragically cut short, and in the case of the Gator gymnastics team, its quest for redemption ended unceremoniously and without resolution. 2019 was riddled with uncharacteristic mistakes for…
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The Florida Gators aren’t done, yet. Cameron Newbauer’s squad learned their postseason fate on Monday, accepting an berth to the WNIT. The team will play a minimum of two games in Charlotte. Florida will make its first appearance in the postseason since 2015-16 and their first WNIT bid since 2013, when the Gators advanced to…
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