Basketball

The Countdown: Florida basketball (42-12)

With just one day until the Florida Gators‘ 2013-14 basketball season gets underway, the first half of OGGOA‘s series – The Countdown – takes a look at those players on the roster...

New NCAA hand check rule could affect Florida

Updated on Nov. 11 at 5:00 p.m. In an effort to create more offense and reduce physicality, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel adopted a number of new rules in June. The...

SIX BITS: Reed, Crowder, Parsons, Taylor

1 » Washington Redskins tight end Jordan Reed revealed in a feature written by The Washington Post’s Kent Babb that he nearly quit football – and the Florida Gators – during spring...

Florida tops Florida Southern 110-88 in exhibition

Updated on Nov. 3 at 9:00 p.m. No. 8/10 Florida Gators basketball got a chance to work out some kinks Friday night, exactly one week ahead of their 2013-14 season opener, with...

Donovan suspends Florida’s Finney-Smith, Harris

Updated: Friday, Nov. 1 at 3:30 p.m. Senior point guard Scottie Wilbekin will not be the only Florida Gators basketball player suspended to start the 2013-14 season as head coach Billy Donovan...

Gators ranked No. 10 in preseason AP Top 25

The 2013-14 preseason Associated Press Top 25 Poll was released on Thursday with Kentucky opening the season as the No. 1 team in the nation, receiving 27-of-65 first-place votes. The Florida Gators,...

Florida snags five-star 2014 F Devin Robinson

Head coach Billy Donovan is slowly but surely piecing together an impressive 2014 recruiting class for the Florida Gators, boosting his haul Wednesday by receiving a verbal commitment from five-star forward Devin...

Florida G Michael Frazier II has mono, G/F DeVon Walker to skip redshirt, start on Friday

Twelve days after tests for mononucleosis came back negative, Florida Gators sophomore guard Michael Frazier II was diagnosed with the rather serious ailment and ruled out of action indefinitely. It is assured...

2013-14 NBA season begins with 12 Florida Gators spread across nine league rosters

The 2013-14 NBA season tips off on Tuesday night with 12 former Florida Gators on active rosters across the league. Those players are spread out over nine teams with the Chicago Bulls,...

FOUR BITS: Noah, basketball, Eckstein, Robinson

1 » Despite being sidelined for a large portion of the preseason with a groin injury, Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah told reporters Sunday that he is “100 percent” sure he will...