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Former Florida G Denzel Aberdeen will transfer to Kentucky
Former Florida guard Denzel Aberdeen is staying in the Southeastern Conference and transferring to Kentucky, he announced Monday on social media.,The 6-foot-5, 190-pound rising senior entered the transfer portal on Friday after three seasons in Gainesville, including the Gators' run to the national ...
Panthers hoping for better health, while Red Wings desperate for wins
With the playoffs on the horizon later this month, the Florida Panthers appear to finally be back on track.,Florida (45-29-4, 94 points) will host the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night in Sunrise.,The Panthers, who won their first Stanley Cup title last year, already have clinched a playoff berth ...
Florida finishes No. 1 in poll after defeating Houston
Florida ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll released Tuesday, one day after the Gators rallied past Houston to win the NCAA Tournament.,The Gators (36-4) received all 61 votes following their 65-63 win Monday night in San Antonio to clinch the school's third national title and fir...
Panthers F Sam Bennett (upper body) out until playoffs
Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett will miss the final five games of the regular season with an upper-body injury but is expected to be ready for the start of the playoffs.,Panthers coach Paul Maurice updated the veteran's status prior to the club's Tuesday home game against the Toronto Maple Leaf...
Florida's Walter Clayton Jr. caps MOP effort with late surge
Even in his lowest-scoring game of the NCAA Tournament, Florida's Walter Clayton Jr. made his presence felt on both ends of the court late in the national final on Monday.,The All-America guard rallied the Gators to a 65-63 victory over Houston in San Antonio, a performance that led to his selection...
Late surge caps MOP effort by Florida's Walter Clayton Jr.
Even in his lowest-scoring game of the NCAA Tournament, Florida's Walter Clayton Jr. made his presence felt on both ends of the court late in the national final on Monday.,The All-America guard rallied the Gators to a 65-63 victory over Houston in San Antonio, a performance that led to his selection...
Florida storms back to grab title away from Houston
All-America guard Walter Clayton Jr. scored 11 points in the final 15 minutes and made the game's biggest defensive play with four seconds left as Florida rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit to edge Houston 65-63 in the NCAA championship game Monday night in San Antonio.,Will Richard put up ...
NCAA championship game: Houston leads Florida 31-28 at half
Houston and 69-year-old head coach Kelvin Sampson are 20 minutes from their first NCAA championship.,Despite white-hot shooting from Florida senior Will Richard, the Cougars built a 31-28 halftime lead over the Gators in the national title game Monday night in San Antonio behind seven points from ba...
With public backing Florida, sportsbooks pull for Houston
Duke's dramatic exit from the NCAA Tournament was a big win for most sportsbooks, and they can cap March Madness with another big win if Houston can upset Florida in Monday night's championship game.,Florida was a consensus 1.0-point favorite by mid-day Monday, but the Gators have been the top two m...
Houston eyes chance to make history against Florida in NCAA Championship
No school has made more Final Four appearances without winning a championship than Houston.,During their six previous Final Four forays, the Cougars have lost to legends like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Patrick Ewing and they've lost in legendary fashion -- specifically Lorenzo Charles' last-second dunk...
Gators hold off Tigers for 1st NCAA championship appearance since 2007
All-American guard Walter Clayton Jr. poured in a career-high 34 points to lead Florida to a 79-73 victory over SEC rival Auburn on Saturday night in San Antonio and guide the Gators to their first NCAA championship game since 2007.,The Gators led by just one with 2:30 to go, but Clayton scored seve...
Gators hold off Tigers for 1st NCAA championship appearance since 2007
XAll-American guard Walter Clayton Jr. poured in a career-high 34 points to lead Florida to a 79-73 victory over SEC rival Auburn on Saturday night in San Antonio and guide the Gators to their first NCAA championship game since 2007.,The Gators led by just one with 2:30 to go, but Clayton scored sev...
Nearly neighbors and teammates, Johni Broome, Walter Clayton Jr. share Final Four stage
Florida coach Todd Golden had just been hired and was armed with a vision to sell. Bruce Pearl had an established program at Auburn and could offer transfers a chance to play with future draft picks Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler. ,Advantage, Auburn, which landed Morehead State transfer Johni Broom...
Coaches put friendship aside as Auburn, Florida meet in Final Four
When Bruce Pearl was hired in 2014 to rebuild Auburn's program, he lured Todd Golden away from Columbia to serve as his director of basketball operations.,After Golden spent his first year focused on Auburn's advanced analytics and metrics and a lot of other duties, Pearl promoted him to assistant c...
SEC to rake in record $70M from NCAA Tournament
The Southeastern Conference will earn a whopping $70 million payout from the NCAA Tournament after sending a record 14 of its 16 schools to the Big Dance.,Two of those programs, No. 1 seeds Auburn and Florida, are still alive and will meet in the Final Four on Saturday in San Antonio.,The NCAA pays ...
Sportsbooks continue rooting against Duke in all-chalk Final Four
With all four No. 1 seeds reaching the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 17 years, Duke is the favorite to best the rest.,Early odds updates after the conclusion of the Elite Eight on Sunday pegged the Blue Devils as the clear favorites over Auburn, Houston and Florida in the r...
Florida strives to continue 'surreal' run in Elite Eight vs. Texas Tech
SAN FRANCISCO -- Grant McCasland was not even 30 minutes removed from receiving his first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight when the inevitable question came.,What's it going to take Saturday against Florida, the No. 1 seed in the West Regional?,"Man, can they score," the head coach of ...
Florida pulls away from Maryland to move into Elite Eight
SAN FRANCISCO -- The message was simple inside the Florida locker room midway through the Gators' NCAA Midwest Region Sweet 16 contest against Maryland on Friday.,The top-seeded Gators (33-4) were clinging to a two-point lead, had turned over the ball 13 times and were missing forward Alex Condon, w...
No. 1 Florida pulls away from No. 4 Maryland to move into Elite Eight
SAN FRANCISCO -- Will Richard scored 15 points to pace six players in double figures, and the top-seeded Florida Gators defeated No. 4-seed Maryland 87-71 in an NCAA Tournament West Regional Sweet 16 game at Chase Center on Thursday night.,Alijah Martin added 14 points, Walter Clayton Jr. and Thomas...
Derik Queen, No. 4 Maryland set sights on top-seeded Florida
SAN FRANCISCO -- Florida's Todd Golden hopes a visit to his old coaching grounds will be just a brief stopover on the Gators' way back to the center of the college basketball stage. Meanwhile, Maryland hero Derik Queen makes the trip to the West Coast with the opportunity to grow his profile on a na...