Nearly midway through the second half and with Florida holding onto a thinning lead, the ball started with Canyon Barry in the left corner.
This will be an unpopular column.
No. 13 Florida doesn’t feel like a team that’s won eight games in a row.
I.J. Ready went straight for Florida’s weakness.
With the devastating news Gators basketball fans received Wednesday regarding starting center John Egbunu’s ACL tear, I want to talk about something positive for a change.
Mike White was disappointed after Florida’s route of Auburn on Tuesday night.
No. 15 Florida will finish the season without its starting center.
With about eight minutes left in the game, Canyon Barry drove hard to the basket.
Gators forward Justin Leon only shot two three-pointers in high school, both in his senior year.
Mike White was smiling.
With his team in the midst of a 20-10 run late in the second half, Justin Leon sprinted hard down the court.
Chris Chiozza stood with his shoulders square at the basket, toes at the free-throw line.
Texas A&M delivered the loss that killed Florida’s NCAA Tournament hopes last season.
No. 17 Florida is playing its best basketball of the year. With five straight SEC wins — three of them by more than 30 points — and a statement win over then-No. 8 Kentucky, the Gators have placed themselves in a tie atop the conference standings. But who deserves the most credit for Florida’s improvement? Assistant sports editor Matt Brannon and sports writers Ray Boone and Ian Cohen debate who’s been the Gators’ MVP — the most valuable person.
With just over a minute left in the game, Chris Chiozza stood behind the three-point line with the ball in his hands. He gently rocked the ball back and forth, lulling his defender to sleep.
If you were there, listening to John Calipari speak, if you heard the pure annoyance, the dulled frustration in his voice, you would have realized it.
It was the end of a long film session.
Before the sold-out crowd cried out, before the Kentucky defender regained his balance, before the ball went in the basket, UF point guard Kasey Hill was already drifting back on defense.
Kasey Hill lost his bragging rights on Saturday, but you likely won’t hear him complain.
Kasey Hill rocked the ball back and forth as he stared down Wenyen Gabriel. Hill crossed over and stepped back as he launched a high-arching jumper over the outstretched fingertips of Kentucky’s 6-foot-9 forward.
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