by Neil Shulman | Mar 14, 2019 | Basketball Game Recaps, Gator Basketball
Once they were considered a long shot for the NCAA Tournament. Then they were considered a safe bet. And then they were right smack on the bubble. This has swung the pendulum that is the 2018-19 Gator basketball season. It’s been a long season for Mike White’s Gators...
by Neil Shulman | Mar 12, 2019 | Gator Basketball, Uncategorized
About a week ago, I produced this thread on twitter, comparing Florida’s basketball team with its fellow so-called bubble teams. The idea was to illustrate that Mike White’s Gators, for all their shortcomings and weaknesses, were in a fairly safe position...
by Neil Shulman | Mar 4, 2019 | Gator Basketball, Uncategorized
Putting aside Saturday’s ugly loss to Georgia at home, there’s no debate that Mike White has helped his case to stay in Gainesville long term in the last few weeks. The Gators have begun to improve on the boards, go from good to great defensively, and...
by Neil Shulman | Feb 27, 2019 | Gator Basketball
(The following is a guest article by an anonymous Gator booster who goes by @whostheboff on twitter.) The curious case of the man I like to call #MidMajorMike: is he the next Billy D, is he basketball Muschamp, or does he fall somewhere in the large in between? Bring...
by Neil Shulman | Feb 25, 2019 | Gator Basketball, Uncategorized
There really weren’t many positives to take away from Florida’s 64-60 win over Missouri, one of the three worst teams in the SEC. The Gators looked sloppy, disinterested, possibly entitled and downright ugly for the majority of the contest. Yet, for the fourth...
by Neil Shulman | Feb 21, 2019 | Gator Basketball
Following LSU AD Joe Alleva’s refusal to play the 2016 football game against Florida in Gainesville as scheduled, the Gator athletic program has unequivocally dominated his school across the board. The Gators own two subsequent upsets over the Tigers on the gridiron,...
