by Joe Vizzi | Dec 15, 2014 | Basketball Game Recaps, First Impressions, Gator Basketball, The Day After
After disappointing losses, the Gators have now won three straight. Granted, the competition isn’t quite as strong (Yale, Texas Southern and now Jacksonville), but hey, wins are wins. Dorian Finney-Smith set career marks with 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting,...
by Neil Shulman | Feb 1, 2014 | Basketball Game Recaps, First Impressions, Gator Basketball
It was Florida, a team playing on its home court, where they hadn’t lost their last 26 games, against Texas A&M, a team that was 1-3 in true road games this season and statistically ranks outside the nation’s top 200 in both rebounds and scoring...
by Neil Shulman | Jan 11, 2014 | Basketball Game Recaps, First Impressions, Gator Basketball
Finally, a crunch time win on a true road game. And not just any road game, either. The last time Arkansas lost a game in Bud Walton Arena was on November 30, 2012. That was to a sixth ranked Syracuse team that made it all the way to the Final Four before losing a...
by Neil Shulman | Jan 4, 2014 | Basketball Game Recaps, First Impressions, Gator Basketball
The last time the Richmond Spiders came to Florida, they took it to the Gators for 40 minutes and came away with a stunning 56-53 upset. This time, they took it to the Gators for only 35 minutes. The difference was glaringly apparent. Patric Young scored 15 points,...
by Neil Shulman | Dec 10, 2013 | Basketball Game Recaps, First Impressions, Gator Basketball, Uncategorized
By no means was this a pretty win for 19th ranked Florida over 13th ranked Kansas, evident by some of the more gruesome stats in recent memory. Florida will take it anyway. Spurred by a 21-0 run after an initial slow start, the Gators never looked back, pushing the...
