Basketball

FOUR BITS: ESPYS, Murphy, Williams-Mills

1 » The Florida Gators will have the opportunity to win an award at the ESPYS for the third-straight year as two former student-athletes have been nominated in separate categories. U.S. Women’s...

FOUR BITS: NBA free agents, USA, Tyus, Parsons

1 » Center Marreese Speights is not the only former Florida Gators player making news at the start of free agency for the 2013-14 NBA season. According to Yahoo! Sports‘ Adrian Wojnarowski,...

6 BITS: Speights, Hernandez, Calathes, Robinson

1 » Former Florida Gators center Marreese Speights declined his 2013-14 player option with the Cleveland Cavaliers and will test free agency, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Speights, who would...

Chicago Bulls select Gators PF Erik Murphy with No. 49 pick in second round of 2013 NBA Draft

Round 2 – No. 49 Erik Murphy, PF Chicago Bulls Height: 6’10” | Weight: 240 lbs. Age: 22 | Class: Senior Florida Gators senior forward Erik Murphy, the team’s leading three-point shooter...

Gators land four-star guard Brandone Francis

Just hours before a trio of former Florida Gators learn if they will have the opportunity to continue their playing careers in the NBA, head coach Billy Donovan added a key piece...

Erik Murphy – Path to 2013 NBA Draft: Draft Day

Through the 2013 NBA Draft on June 27, former Florida Gators forward Erik Murphy, the team’s leading three-point shooter last season (.453), will be keeping you up-to-date on his Path to the...

FOUR BITS: Beal, Lewis, Johnson, Sturgis

1 » In Washington, D.C. with USA Basketball preparing for the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship, Florida Gators head coach Billy Donovan wound up sitting down next to rookie Washington Wizards guard...

Gators getting started without Donovan; Hill enrolled, Walker “working towards” qualifying

For the second-straight offseason, Florida Gators head coach Billy Donovan will not be with his team when it begins summer training activities on campus in Gainesville, FL. Instead, Donovan will once again...

15 Gator Bites for Friday, June 21

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...

Gators in 2013 NBA Finals: Haslem, Miller win

For the third-straight season and fifth time since 2006, at least one former Florida Gators basketball player has won an NBA title as the Miami Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs in...