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Alex Condon and Rueben Chinyelu will make the Gators a national contender (Photo by Chris Spears) The anticipated return of Alex Condon and Rueben Chinyelu is the reason nearly every too early top 25 polls for next season place the Florida Gators in the top five. Should Tommy Haugh elect to return instead of going to the NBA where he’s projected in the last third of the lottery, the Gators will have the most experienced roster in the country and certainly a threat to win a se

If Condon (21), Chinyelu (9) and Haugh (10) return the Gators would likely project No. 1 (Photo by Chris Spears) Despite their earlier than anticipated exit from the NCAA Tournament, the Gators finished ninth in both the Associated Press and Coaches final top 25 polls. Florida’s 27-8 record also concluded the third best 3-year run of any team in school history – 87-24. The 2005-2007 teams, which included back-to-back national champions, hold the record at 92-19 followed by th

(Photo by Chris Spears) Micah Handlogten, whose decision to burn his redshirt was essential in Florida’s national championship run in 2025, is entering the NCAA transfer portal. While the move probably caught Gator fans by surprise, it doesn’t shut the door on a return to UF.   A 7-1, 260-pound senior, Handlogten averaged 4.1 points and 5.9 rebounds this past season while playing in 34 games with two starts. A starter as a sophomore when he transferred to UF from Marshall, Ha

Keagan Rothrock pitched an outstanding game of her own and was able to work around a lead-off single in the 7th to shut the door on the Bulldogs and get the win.

(Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Monday morning: Spring football enters its final phase this week leading to the Orange and Blue Game on Saturday. This will be the first opportunity the public will have a chance to see how the Gators are adapting to Jon Sumrall and his coaching staff. Based on solid reporting from several sources including Zach Goodall of the Swamp247 site, here is a look at the offense that took the field in a scrimmage Saturday.   S

Not much but that’s not necessarily bad news     News was a little skimpy coming out of the Gator football scrimmage Saturday,  which is not necessarily a bad thing just a week before the spring game. If there was anything disastrous we would have heard about it. Otherwise there were the usual dribs and drabs about the quarterback competition. Next up will be how the squad is split and which injured players are back on the field for the Orange and Blue game. We do know that d

It’s on to Fort Worth April, 16th in the evening session. With the top four scores of the day will advance to the Final Four on Saturday April, 18th. LSU and Oklahoma are the favorites but the Gators have something to say about who will hold the trophy.

Is it possible that Tommy Haugh could be back for one more year (Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Sunday morning: What Patric Young suggested last week on Jacksonville radio station 1010XL should not only send shivers up and down the spine of every coach in the Southeastern Conference but every coach whose team might have to face the Florida Gators on the basketball court next season.   Young, formerly the SEC’s Defensive Player of the Year and now a b

(Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Saturday morning: He hasn’t coached his first football game yet, but Jon Sumrall has already changed perceptions about Florida football. We have a four-year sample size of what Billy Napier was like as the Gators’ head coach. Perceptions are that Napier was a thoughtful, caring coach, outstanding from Sunday through Friday, but not so good on Saturday. Napier tried to go about his business quietly, attempting to build

#3 Florida joined #14 California, #20 Penn State and #32 Arizona State. With the top two team scores qualifying to meet #6 Georgia (197.125) and #11 Michigan State (197.350) that competed earlier in the day for a showdown on Saturday.

He’s a connector by nature, a relentless dot-linker, working the state — and beyond — like a bee in full bloom season, pollinating every corner of his football colony. High school coaches, boosters, parents, former players, seventh graders with a Hudl page — nobody’s too small, nobody’s off the grid. Because in his mind, every conversation is a seed, and every seed has a chance to grow into something Florida can use on Saturdays.

Have the Gators ever had a better late game closer than Walter Clayton Jr. (Photo by Chris Spears) Of the eight games the Gators lost last season, seven were by a combined 25 points: Arizona (6), TCU (4), Duke (1), UConn (4), Missouri (2), Auburn (7) and Iowa (1). The other loss was to Vanderbilt (17). Arizona and UConn are in the Final Four and it’s possible they could meet for the national championship on Monday. Duke and Iowa made the Elite Eight. TCU and Missouri made the