by Neil Shulman | Feb 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Well, now they’ve gone and done it. This, girls and boys, right here before your very eyes, is the worst team Billy Donovan has ever coached. That includes his two years at Marshall, and that includes several of his Gator teams that finished less than...
by Neil Shulman | Jan 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
This looked like the typical 2014-15 Gator basketball team. A sluggish, unappealing game to watch, the Gators gradually build a late lead only to blow it in the final seconds. Yet it was Florida- yes Florida- who came out with the win. Down 56-55 with seconds to go,...
by Neil Shulman | Jan 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
There’s something so satisfying about seeing Bruce Pearl’s team lose a basketball game. That joy is magnified exponentially when Pearl loses to the Florida Gators, and that’s what happened last night. (So Gator basketball does give you reasons to...
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 | Nov 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
On the eve before the big Florida-South Carolina football game, the Gator basketball team opened its regular season with a blowout win over the William and Mary Tribe, 68-45. And it wasn’t that close. As expected. It was hard to pick out any weaknesses out of...
