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’...
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...
