by Neil Shulman | Jan 3, 2016 | Basketball Game Recaps, Gator Basketball
Perhaps knowing that his team finally played the way he expected them to, Mike White allowed himself a little smile as Florida dribbled out the final seconds of a convincing 77-63 win over Georgia. It’s a sight that’s become quite frequent in this rivalry,...
by Neil Shulman | Dec 30, 2015 | Basketball Game Recaps, Gator Basketball
Despite a career high 32 points from freshman KeVaughn Allen, Florida was defeated by FSU in the O’Dome last night, 73-71. FSU ended the first half on a 10-0 run to emphatically break a 31-31 deadlock, and widened their lead as the second half progressed. It...
by Neil Shulman | Dec 22, 2015 | Basketball Game Recaps, Gator Basketball, Uncategorized
The fact that the Gators hammered Jacksonville 89-65 to start Mike White’s first season 8-3 is a nice sentence to read given the team’s unfathomable struggles a year ago. But it’s the second most important stat on this night. The first? One-armed...
by Neil Shulman | Dec 21, 2015 | Basketball Game Recaps, Gator Basketball
Amid the long list of heartbreaking close losses and so-close moments for the Gators’ basketball team over the last five years (the Final Four year excluded), we finally have a win in one of these nail-biters to talk about. And a big one at that. Florida’s...
by Neil Shulman | Dec 8, 2015 | Basketball Game Recaps, Gator Basketball, Uncategorized
Mike White’s first team has shown flashes of promise, but tonight served as a reminder of why I say “flashes of” and not consistent. It also served as the most frustrating moment of his young tenure. In the last scheduled game in this once fierce...