Florida extends winning streak with SEC-opening victory
By GORDON STREISAND< | Jan. 3, 2014On Thursday night in the O’Connell Center, Florida cruised to victory in its first conference game of the season, beating Mississippi State 82-72.
On Thursday night in the O’Connell Center, Florida cruised to victory in its first conference game of the season, beating Mississippi State 82-72.
When Florida was down, senior Jaterra Bonds stepped up.
Florida announced Duke offensive coordinator Kurt Roper as its new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Thursday morning after firing Brent Pease on Dec. 1.
The Gators may have found their new offensive coordinator.
Florida powered its way to its fourth consecutive Gator Holiday Classic championship with a 90-74 win over Florida International on Saturday night.
SUNRISE – Four days after a big win against Memphis at Madison Square Garden, Florida made sure it wouldn’t follow up with a letdown against Fresno State.
SUNRISE – Any chance of Damontre Harris returning to the Gators is out of the question.
The wins are starting to pile up for the Gators.
After a flurry of transfers, two players joined the Florida football team.
The Murphy family tree will continue on at Florida.
More than two weeks ago against FSU, Dorian Finney-Smith stood at the line with 1.3 seconds remaining with a chance to win the game for the Gators. Patric Young leaned in to give his teammate words of encouragement, which were enough for Finney-Smith to sink his final free throw.
For the first time in three weeks, Florida returned to action at home in the O’Connell Center.
Redshirt junior Tyler Murphy will leave the Florida football program, the school announced Sunday. Murphy, who graduated Saturday but still has a year of eligibility, will seek to play at another program in 2014.
Six football players will leave the Gators to seek opportunities with other programs next season, Florida announced Thursday.
Thursday has been a big day for the Gators on the recruiting trail.
It’s not every day that a high-profile college athlete like Andrew Wiggins visits the O’Connell Center.
If it were up to Jayhawks coach Bill Self, the game would have ended when his team jumped out to a 10-3 lead. Instead, it ended with No. 19 Florida (7-2) defeating No. 13 Kansas (6-3) at home 67-61.
For the first time this season, both Kasey Hill (high ankle sprain) and Scottie Wilbekin (sprained ankle) will be available for No. 19 Florida (6-2) when it squares off against No. 13 Kansas (6-2) on Tuesday night at 7 in the O’Connell Center.
Contrary to previous thought, No. 15 Florida will have at least one point guard available when it squares off against No. 6 Kansas on Tuesday night in the O’Connell Center.
About three years ago, Florida held on for a five set win to knock off Florida State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. On Friday, it was Florida State’s turn to return the favor.