by NW Blackmon | Jan 9, 2016 | Basketball Game Recaps, Game Reviews, Gator Basketball
The Florida Gators (10-5, 2-1 SEC) bounced back from Wednesday night’s embarrassing defeat in Knoxville, defeating a hot LSU team 68-62 at a raucous O’Connell Center Saturday afternoon. The Tigers, led by the likely #1 pick in the 2016 NBA draft, Montverde Academy...
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 | Nov 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
There may still be a lot about Mike White’s first Gator basketball team that we don’t know. But one thing we do know is that he has begun his tenure at Florida 2-0. Late Friday night near the nation’s capital, White and his young Gator team...
