Mike White and his coaching staff are ready to pick up the pieces of the Gators’ disappointing 2014-15 campaign and return the program to prominence. This year’s young and fairly new team has shown preseason potential, but will hit the ground running tonight on the road as the regular season begins.
Last Thursday, Mike White took the court of the O’Connell Center for the first time as Florida’s head coach. In an 89-42 exhibition game victory over Division II Palm Beach Atlantic, White observed his team’s strengths and weaknesses in a game situation just eight days before the regular season began.
The words began synchronously, as if each player had the same message delivered to them just moments before, and as if each player was still hesitant to heap praise on a win that didn’t feel much like a real victory.
With 10 minutes until tip-off, Mike White walked onto the O’Connell Center floor for the first time as the new head coach of Florida’s men’s basketball team.
With Florida’s 89-42 drubbing of Palm Beach Atlantic in its exhibition game on Thursday, here are a few takeaways from coach Mike White’s inaugural game at the helm of the Gators.
A new chapter of Florida basketball tipped off on Thursday night under head coach Mike White.
Last year, college basketball was too low scoring for the NCAA’s taste.
Devin Robinson knew that he had room to grow following his freshman season.
As last season dragged to a close, and as Florida lost eight of its last 12 games, one thing was abundantly clear.
About two weeks ago, after he was finished fielding questions from a throng of reporters at Florida’s Media Day, John Egbunu headed towards the exit with a layer of sweat coating his face.
The first full week of practice for the men’s basketball team under Mike White is in the books.
By the end of Florida’s Gators Madness event on Friday, there were only two champions left standing.
Florida fans may have seen him on the bench last season.
Considering he was the team’s starting point guard, Kasey Hill seemed to disappear on the court last season.
Within his first six weeks at Florida, Mike White finished putting the past behind him.
On a team full of new faces and young players, coach Mike White needs a leader, a veteran who can anchor the team and hold it together.
Billy Donovan, who coached the Gators men's basketball team for 19 years before departing in April for the NBA, watched his final season at Florida end in mediocrity.
Since the start of NBA free agency on July 9, several former UF players have been traded or finalized contracts with professional basketball organizations.
Scottie Wilbekin has seen his basketball road go through twists and turns since his UF career came to a bittersweet end.
Former Gator Corey Brewer has re-signed with the Houston Rockets, where he spent the majority of last season.
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