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The University of Florida also has the distinction of being the only school in NCAA history to have won both the basketball and football national championships in the same season (won the football championship in January 2007, which was the 2006 season) and the only school in NCAA history to win a combined four national championships in three ...
First NCAA national championship (2005/6) Second NCAA national championship (2006/7) Highest seed (#1) ever in NCAA tournament (2006/7) One of 3 teams (UF, Duke, Kansas) to be #6 seed or higher 9 years in a row; Champs of Coaches vs. Cancer Classic tournament in Madison Sq. Garden (2005/6) Coaches vs. Cancer Classic MVP – Green (2005/6)
At the outset of the 2006–07 season, the Gators were ranked No. 1 in both major polls for the first time. The Gators won their second consecutive NCAA national men's basketball championship on April 2, 2007, defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes 84–75. They became the first team since Duke in 1991–92 to win back-to-back tournaments and the ...
The 2005–06 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2005–06 college basketball season.The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
The initial game on March 13 officially named the opening round game, but popularly called the "play-in game", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the first round of the Tournament. Niagara ...
UCLA entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Oakland Regional. In the 1st round, UCLA routed Belmont with a 78–44 victory in the battle of the Bruins. [ 7 ] In the 2nd round, Jordan Farmar scored 18 points making five three-pointers which was supported by Arron Afflalo 's 13 points and Ryan Hollins 's 12 points to beat Alabama 62-59 ...
This game featured the same two teams that participated in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game marking the first time (and only current in Tournament history) that the same two schools were competing for the football and basketball national championships which saw Florida beat Ohio State 41–14 to be the national champions of college ...
Billy Donovan, the winningest head coach in Gators men's basketball history. The following is a list of Florida Gators men's basketball head coaches. There have been 20 head coaches of the Gators in their 104-season history. [1] Florida's current head coach is Todd Golden.