Basketball

Three legendary Florida Gators – Rick Casares, Larry Travis, Hans Tanzler – have passed away

A trio of well-known and highly-successful former Florida Gators football players has passed away in the last two months with fullback Rick Casares, on Friday, becoming the latest to meet his maker....

FOUR BITS: Easley, Purifoy, Haslem, Young

1 » Florida Gators defensive lineman Dominique Easley has looked outstanding through his team’s first two games but is he actually the “most dominant defensive player in college football through the first...

15 Gator Bites for Wednesday, September 11

From time to time, OGGOA will come across a plethora of news and notes that we wish to share – too much to fit into one of our truncated BITS segments. When...

Florida PF Chris Walker talks December enrollment

The University of Florida’s drop/add process for the fall semester will conclude at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, and the status of five-star 2013 power forward Chris Walker (Bonifay, FL) remains unsurprisingly unchanged...

Florida Gators basketball’s 2013-14 schedule

Florida Gators basketball’s 2013-14 schedule was officially announced on Tuesday. The Gators are set to face seven opponents who took part in the 2013 NCAA Tournament while also participating in three events...

TWO BITS: 2013-14 SEC games, Youngblood

1 » ESPN on Monday released its Super Tuesday schedule, and Florida Gators basketball will be featured on three primetime games – vs. Missouri on Feb. 4 at 9 p.m., at Tennessee...

Florida’s Kenny Boynton to begin career in Israel

Former Florida Gators guard Kenny Boynton, the second-leading scorer in program history, has agreed to start his professional career playing for Barak Netanya of the Israeli Basketball Super League, the country’s highest...

Florida offers preferred walk-on spot to one-handed 2014 guard Zach Hodskins

Florida Gators head basketball coach Billy Donovan has made a career of recruiting the right players for his program, making the most out of underrated talent and turning top prospects into NBA...

Brewer: “One decision made everybody happy.”

The only player in Florida Gators basketball history to win an NCAA Championship and NBA title, forward Corey Brewer signed a three-year, $15 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves in the offseason...

FOUR BITS: bball, Cooper, Hernandez, Murphy

1 » Florida Gators rising senior center Patric Young has received plenty of attention over the last two offseasons by posting videos of strongman workouts with the team’s strength & conditioning staff....