Gator Basketball News May 2026

 

Good news!  Gator basketball star Rueben Chinyelu has decided to forgo  the NBA draft this year and return play for Todd Goldman and the Florida Gators in  the 2026-2027 season. Also returning are the other two star players:  Alex  Condon and Thomas Haugh decided to return for another year! This team could go all the way!   Guards sophomore Boogie Fland, sophomore Isaiah Brown and redshirt junior AJ Brown all announced in late March that they were returning to the program, too.

Gators vs Razorbacks Highlights Feb 28 2026

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SEC Regular Season Champions, Florida Gators! 2026

 

Florida 76 South Carolina 62

 

Gators defeat SC Gamecocks   76-62 Tuesday night 

Senior Guard Xaivian Lee SEC player of the week honor

 Congrats to senior guard Xaivian Lee  who was chosen as the SEC player of the week 

Florida men's basketball senior guard Xaivian Lee has been named co-Southeastern Conference Player of the Week, the SEC announced on Monday. Lee shares the honor with Dailyn Swain of Texas.

https://floridagators.com/news/2026/2/16/mens-basketball-xaivian-lee-earns-sec-player-of-the-week-honors  click to read more...

Merry Christmas from the Gators

 

Florida Men's Basketball | Head Coach Todd Golden Postgame Press Conference

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Video - Crowd goes WILD after 7'9" Olivier Rioux scores his first college basket for the Gators

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One Shining Moment | 2025 March Madness

Good win for Florida Hoops over state rival FSU Friday 11.15.2024

 

Florida over Virginia Tech in OT - First Round NCAA tournament extended highlights

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Gator Basketball Walk on - To Dream the Possible Dream - Zach Hodskins

He is here!  Walk-on player for the Florida Gators basketball team has a unique physical handicap, but the internet has been buzzing about his journey of life...and being invited by Coach Billy Donovan to be a walk-on player this coming year for the Gators.   Zach Hodskins sums it all up at the end of this article posted on line at gatorzone.com:   
"Just the other night, Zach called home and told his parents he hadn’t stopped smiling since setting foot on the Florida campus. He loves the school, loves the coaches, loves his teammates and can’t wait to get to the gym every day.
“I’m a player first, so I can’t tell you how great it is to be here and be one of the guys,” Hodskins said. “It just goes to show you that there are no limits, that you can do anything you want, and, yeah, anything is possible"  READ MORE AT THIS LINK

Gators on top as SEC tourney begins

The Gators finished the SEC season undefeated in conference play, 18-0.
At the top of the AP and USA Today polls, the Gators enter the SEC tournament this week at no. 1 in the nation!  Go Gators! 

March Madness is here!

Scottie Wilbeken is pictured at left doing the Gator chomp after the last home game.

Click this Link to read  Foxnews.com  "Top ranked Gators..." 

Gators welcome Alex Murphy

Florida Gators welcome the younger brother of the  former Gator basketball player Erik Murphy as Alex Murphy transferred to Florida from Duke this week.   

ESPN writes that Alex was redshirted his freshman season at Duke after suffering a concussion, and played sparingly last season.  


Read more at these links to ESPN and ONLYGATORS 

Gators face LSU at home today

 It has been over a year since the Gators lost a home game, so we hope they can keep the win streak going today.  They face the LSU Tigers at 6 PM today! Click to read preview at Gatorsports

 

Today's game

Who: No. 17 Florida Gators (14-4, 2-1 SEC) vs LSU Tigers (12-6, 2-2 SEC)
When: 6 p.m.
Where: O'Connell Center, Gainesville