by Neil Shulman | Mar 26, 2019 | Gator Basketball
In addition to its four graduating seniors, Mike White’s Gator basketball club now has two more roster slots to fill. Within a few hours of each other, forward Keith Stone (redshirt junior, grad transfer) and sophomore guard Michael Okuaru let it be known that...
by Neil Shulman | Mar 24, 2019 | Basketball Game Recaps, Gator Basketball
Once again, the Gators’ collective lack of size and cold shooting stretches cost them a basketball game. This time, it cost them their season, too. Michigan held Florida to 34.5% shooting, did just enough for itself offensively, dominated the boards by a 42-29 margin...
by Neil Shulman | Mar 22, 2019 | Gator Basketball
As Florida’s lead kept ballooning larger and larger, it felt too good to be true. It almost was. Jalen Hudson paced Florida with three early threes, Kevarrius Hayes turned in a workmanlike sixteen points, and the Gators survived their first round NCAA Tournament game...
by Neil Shulman | Mar 19, 2019 | Gator Basketball, Uncategorized
As was announced late yesterday afternoon, Florida’s up-and-down basketball team was deemed to have done enough to slip into the NCAA Tournament. Now that we’ve all caught our breaths from the suspiciously long wait (Florida was the third to last team of...
by Neil Shulman | Mar 17, 2019 | Gator Basketball
It’s been a long and oftentimes frustrating season in Gainesville, but the Gators are officially going dancing. As the third to last team announced in the Selection Show, Florida was awarded the #10 seed in the West Regional. Their opponent? The 7th seeded Nevada...
by Neil Shulman | Mar 16, 2019 | Basketball Game Recaps, Gator Basketball
The engines that conducted Florida’s wild SEC Tournament run finally ran out of steam- and into a zebra-patterned brick wall. Auburn defeated Florida, 65-62 in the SEC Tournament semifinals thanks to an inexplicable non-foul call in the final seconds. The Tigers’...
