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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Category: Winter Sports
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For the first time in the history of NCAA gymnastics, the sport now has a star ranking system for gymnastics recruits, much like the revenue sports have done for many years, courtesy of College Gym News. To kick off the first year of having starred recruits, Florida has signed a whopping three five-star and one…
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Chomp chomp, baby Gators – it’s National Signing Day 2020! Early signing period officially begins today for most NCAA sports, and gymnastics is no exception. Today, Gator Gymnastics announced the successful signing of verbal commit Sloane Blakely, a former US national team member. Blakely competed at Gymnix International in 2019, taking silver on beam and…
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The Florida Gators now have a complete schedule. The Southeastern Conference announced its 2020-21 league schedule on Friday. Florida opens conference play in Nashville against Vanderbilt on December 30. The conference slate leaves an open week at the end of the season prior to the start of the SEC Tournament in Nashville on March 10.…
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On Wednesday, the Florida Gators learned they had drawn the West Virginia Mountaineers for the annual SEC / Big 12 Challenge. The game is scheduled for January 30, 2021 as part of the ten game cross-confernce challenge. In 2019, the SEC and Big 12 managed five wins to tie for the Challenge title. Over the…
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The Southeastern Conference announced the start to the league basketball schedule in response to the NCAA Division I council approved a November 25 start date on Friday. The men’s slate will open on December 29th and 30th. The women’s schedule will still open on December 31. On the men’s side, the schedule will see 18…
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For the second-straight week, the Milwaukee Bucks, the NBA’s best team in terms of record, fell victim to a Florida Gator in the NBA Bubble. After Chris Chiozza (guard, Brooklyn Nets) registered his first-career double-double in a win over Milwaukee on Aug. 4, Dorian Finney-Smith (forward, Dallas Mavericks) dropped a career-high 27 points against the…
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Expanded rosters and missing starters have brought lots of opportunity to former Gators in the NBA Orlando Bubble. Two UF legends from the back-to-back title teams of 2006 and 2007, forward Corey Brewer and center Joakim Noah, claimed roster spots on the Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Clippers, respectively, after spending the rest of the…
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Former Gators forward Zada Williams has signed a deal to play professionally for MBK Ruzomberok of the Slovakian Extraliga League. First pro contract ✅ Zada Williams will begin her career at the next level with MBK Ruzomberok of the Extraliga league in Slovakia. Congrats Z!! 👏🇸🇰🏀 📰 https://t.co/cG4NVx7Mut pic.twitter.com/JxpOoctBEW — Gators Women’s Basketball (@GatorsWBK) August…
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The National Basketball Association is set to resumes it’s season on Thursday. After a twenty week delay, twenty-two teams are set to compete for the NBA title. There are currently eight former Gators on restart rosters, including former head coach, Billy Donovan. The following list is Gators currently in the NBA bubble in Orlando with…
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Just days after Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin declared AJ Puk his fifth starter, the fireballing lefty is headed to the Injured List. Puk has a shoulder strain and is on DL., — Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) July 20, 2020 Puk, who starred at Florida, was placed on the Injured List on Monday, the Athletics announced.…
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