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.
After last year’s uninspiring 13-17 record — the worst in Amanda Butler’s tenure as head coach — the UF women’s basketball program needed a change.
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.
In her first year with the Florida women’s basketball program, assistant coach Shimmy Gray-Miller is turning to an unlikely source to inspire her unit of forwards and centers.
Last year, college basketball was too low scoring for the NCAA’s taste.
For coaches, players and media members alike, this point in the Florida women’s basketball preseason can be summed up, however out of context, by one of the most famous rants in sports history.
With the start of practice now all but gone from the team’s rearview mirror and the start of the regular season still a ways off, the Florida women’s basketball team is doing everything possible to remain focused.
Haley Lorenzen is entering her second season with the Gators, having been named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team last year.
The saying goes that confidence is key, and for UF sophomore guard Dyandria Anderson, that saying holds true.
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.
Considering they only graduated one senior last year, it’s somewhat surprising that the Florida women’s basketball team is expected to rely heavily on young and inexperienced players this year.
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.
When most people hear the words "brick house," they are usually preceded by the words "she’s a" in reference to the 1977 Commodores classic "Brick House", but for the UF women’s basketball team, the words have taken on a whole new meaning.
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