By: Brandon
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With just 11 seconds on the clock, sophomore Nick Calathes put up a floater which fell in and gave Florida the win against North Carolina State on Saturday.
Florida started the second half down by 10 points. The defense was a key factor in tonight’s win. Some key traps forced turnovers and [...]

By: Brandon
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Gainesville- The Gator mens basketball has improved to an 11-2 record after topping off the Stetson Hatters 78-57. Florida has now won 15 straight games vs Stetson. Florida is now on a 5 game win streak and has won the last eight out of nine games.
Nick Calathes took control and led the [...]

By: Brandon
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The Gators found their 19 point lead slipping away in the second half against the Eagles on Monday but still managed to edge right by with an 88-81 victory in Gainesville. Sophomore guard Nick Calathes stepped up with several seconds left and capitalized with a 3 pointer to expand the Gator lead. [...]

By: Brandon
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In Jacksonville, the Gators took care of the Knights 89-61 at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. Sophomore Alex Tyus put up his first career double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds. Don’t that remind you of a Joakim Noah a little bit? Nick Calathes tacked on 16 points with a career [...]

Right after Florida’s 80-58 win over Toledo, Nick Calathes decided to play some online poker for money. Calathes said he did lose very little amount of money and told reporters that he did nothing wrong. Coach Billy Donovan backed his sophomore guard up and was shocked because of how people write these kind of stories [...]

No. 19 Florida took on the Toledo Rockets tonight and came out on top with the win. This was an excellent start of the regular season for the Gators and what a way to shift momentum towards their side. What really impressed several people tonight was the Gators defense. What a difference between this years [...]

Florida basketball opens Friday night in the O’Dome against Toledo. Toledo, last year, finished 11-19 in the MAC (Mid-American Conference). This is a big reason they have a new coach this year, former Notre Dame assistant Gene Cross. One Rockets player to watch for in particular is senior swing man Tyrone Kent. He ranked in [...]

The Gators first exhibition game yesterday against Warner University showed a good sign on this years squad. Florida mixed up the lineup with some young freshman players which shot excellent from all around the arc. At the end of the 2nd half, the Gators finished the Royals off on a 108 to 49 win to [...]

Former Gator basketball point guard Taurean Green was recently traded in a deal with the nuggets and knicks. The Nuggets on monday got former Gamecocks star Renaldo Balkman, and was traded for Green, Bobby Jones, and a upcoming second round draft pick for year 2010. Taurean Green averaged a point a game for the Nuggets [...]

The University Of Florida has just recently been ranked as the Nations number 1 party school. The Florida Gators are well known for there crazy celebrations from the National Championships in both sports football and basketball, and took away the title from West Virginia University who use to be rank number 1 for the top [...]