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University of Florida does enough to get invitation to NCAA Tournament
Miami Herald — The University of Florida men's basketball team didn't finish strong, but it did enough. The Gators are going back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since winning back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007.
55 mins agoNCAA Tournament: West Regional team capsules
Florida Times-Union — No. 1 Syracuse Orange (28-4)Conference: Big East.Good wins: Villanova, West Virginia, California.Bad losses: None.Players to watch: F Wes Johnson (16 ppg, 8 rpg), G Andy Rautins (12 ppg, 5 apg).Ticket punched: At-large berth.Tourney tidbit: The Orange are 4-4 in the NCAA Tournament since winning the 2003 national title.No. 2 Kansas State Wildcats (26-7)Conference: Big 12.read more
1 hour agoNo sweat: Gators make NCAA Tournament with room to spare
Orlando Sentinel — GAINESVILLE — Welcome back, Billy Donovan.
3 hours agoNCAA analysis: Florida gets a break, FSU needs a win
Florida Times-Union — A rundown on the NCAA men’s basketball tournament bracket, from regions and matchups that look most intriguing, to which teams should be overnighting flowers to the selection committee, and who ought to be staging a protest match.1. Gainesville gift-wrapRemember back in the mid-1980s, when the NCAA was public enemy No. 1 with Florida Gators fans after finding the football program guilty of major violations? Well, the Gators being given a No. 10 seed in the West region opposite BYU must some kind of make-up call.read more
4 hours agoFlorida Gators dancing!
Gator Clause | Miami Herald — GAINESVILLE — They didn’t finish strongly, but the Florida Gators did enough. UF is going back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since winning it all in 2006 and 2007. Florida (21-12) received the No.10 seed in the...
5 hours agoCollege baseball roundup: JU completes sweep of Belmont
Florida Times-Union — JU 15, BELMONT 11Freshman Dan Gulbransen went 3 for 5 with a double, a home run and four RBI to lead host JU to a sweep of Belmont on Sunday afternoon at John Sessions Stadium.JU (10-6, 3-0), with 35 total runs for the series, trailed 7-2 in the fifth but scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth, four runs in the sixth and two in the eighth to win its fourth consecutive game.read more
5 hours agoGators get No. 10 seed; to play BYU on Thursday
Palm Beach Post — Junior Chandler Parsons was a nervous wreck this weekend as he waited to find out if his Gators would make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in three seasons.
5 hours agoGetting to know Brigham Young, Florida’s opponent in NCAA Tournament
Swamp Things | Orlando Sentinel — And I present to you, the Brigham Young Cougars LOCATION: Provo, Utah. ENROLLMENT: 32,955. RECORD: 29-4 through Thursday. HOW THEY GOT HERE: Won Mountain West Conference tournament or At-large bid. KEY PLAYERS: G Jimmer Fredette (6-2 jr.), 20.6 ppg, 4.7 apg, 47.2% 3-point shooting; G Jackson Emery (6-3 jr.), 12.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg; G-F Jonathan Tavernari (6-6 jr.), 10.5 ppg, [...]
6 hours agoFind deals on trips to Oklahoma City to watch Florida Gators in NCAA Tournament
Swamp Things | Orlando Sentinel — With Florida making its first NCAA Tournament in three years, loyal Gators fans might be scrambling to find deals to Oklahoma City to watch the action. Look no further. Though round trips to OKC are hard to find and the NCAA hasn’t announced game times yet, why not book now. Travelocity offers nonstops from $353 Orbitz offers one-stop flights [...]
6 hours agoMeet your new Florida Gators football leaders
Orlando Sentinel — GAINESVILLE — Florida lacks leaders.
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- Sixth UGA coach reaches 500 career wins. Can you name the six? UGA Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thought you might like to know . . . Manuel Diaz, Georgia’s esteemed men’s tennis coach, got his 500th career coaching victory Sunday when the Bulldogs beat Vanderbilt 4-3 in Athens. “It means I’m getting old, that’s about it,” Diaz was quoted in a UGA release. UGA pointed out that Diaz became the sixth Georgia coach in any sport to reach 500 career victories. Can you name all six? Answer is a few paragraphs below. In his 22nd season as the Bulldogs’ head coach, Diaz has a career record of 500-102 with four NCAA team championships and 13 “Final ...
- NCAA snub sends MSU to the NIT Sun Herald Mississippi State traveled to Nashville for the SEC Tournament and opened tourney play with an impressive victory over the Florida Gators.
- Bulldogs come up short in Nashville Sun Herald NASHVILLE — A DeMarcus Cousins tip-in with a mere 10th of a second on the clock sent Kentucky to the SEC Tournament championship own Sunday at Bridgestone Arena.
- Recruiting: Longhorns have eye on Wade Hampton WR The State TEXAS IS EDGING toward 20 commitments for the 2011 class, and the Longhorns apparently would like to have Wade Hampton wide receiver Hakeem Flowers. "Coach (Mack) Brown verbally offered me but wanted a commitment on the spot, and I wasn't ready," said Flowers, who recently visited Austin. "He said when I'm ready to commit to call him and he'll send an offer." Flowers said he has 39 offers. Those include Miami, LSU, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Auburn, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Oregon, Oregon State, Oklahoma and Colorado. He recently visited Oklahoma and Texas and will go to Oregon for a junior da...
- Golf: Woodbury wins Seminole Intercollegiate The State At Tallahassee, Fla., junior Paul Woodbury earned South Carolina's second individual medal of the 2009-10 season while the Gamecocks came up one stroke short of host Florida State at the Seminole Intercollegiate on Sunday.Woodbury won a four-hole playoff to defeat FSU senior Seath Lauer after the pair tied at 212 (-1) through 54 holes. After playing the par-4, 427-yard 18th hole three times without a winner, Woodbury parred on his fourth try to outduel the Seminole captain.Woodbury began the day in a tie for seventh place at 1-over, but posted a 2 under 69.USC posted a 289 (+5) for the second ...
- LSU softball sweeps USC, 10-0 The State USC (9-14, 0-5 SEC) could not avoid the weekend sweep as LSU (21-4, 3-0) earned a 10-0 victory home.LSU freshman Rachele Fico (8-2) tossed a shutout, scattering five hits and a walk over six innings while striking out seven. Gamecock sophomore Kelsey Goodwin (0-7) allowed four earned runs on four hits and a walk in four innings.