Florida Gators Men's Basketball Tickets
All Games
University, MS
Overall Rating
4.5
By Forgators
Best game ever!
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville
Seats were great! Game was even better!! So glad we bought them.
By Red
Overall it was good
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville
I came from Kentucky on a vacation, ima huge Florida fan so I decided to go to the game, the stadium, the parking everything was good, until I went in someone was sitting in my seats I had got so I sat in the row behind the ones I had got other then that it was an amazing time .
By Dee
Gators rock!
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville
Back on campus and it was a great day. So fun….great game…..🐊🐊🐊’72 grad
By Lori
Good experience except for sound volume
Does no one in charge of basketball game day experience realize that we can not understand commentary by Sean and Lee when volume is so high? Reverb makes voices muddled. I understand desire to make environment loud and rowdy, but save that for the game.
By Rickthestick
Review from an old pro
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville
Parking as per usual was difficult .. too few spaces and not nearly enough for handicapped .. food acces was ok but prices are ridiculous and raising a hot dog mid season from 6 to 7 bucks was ridiculous .. nice gifts for supposedly only the kids but later arrival adults received them .. the tosses to kids a good idea but one negro gentleman basically handed them directly only to black kids .. I’m not sure you want a game review but Golden’s tactics with a big lead won’t fly long term .. I’m a fan but also happened to play professional in the pros for 11 .. go gators
By Cyn
An excellent experience
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville
Everything was well organized and in top notch condition. A wonderful experience.
By PattyB
Great theatre!
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville
The game was very exciting, even though it was a blow out by the Gators. The atmosphere was electric, pace was fast and entertainment was terrific!
By No name
Great
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville
It was a great all around experience. I hope to go to another game next year.
By Sam S
Nice seats...but had obstructed views
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville
Had a nice time with my son at the most recent UF basketball game. However, seats were obstructed by hand rails (was not noted on the tickets we purchased). If I had known the seats had this view - I would've tried to find another set of seats. The game was great from the atmosphere to the food items.
By G8tr
Great family fun!
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville
Great seats and family fun. The seats were amazingly comfortable and the court was easy to see.
Info
University of Florida Gators Men's Basketball at the O'Dome
The University of Florida Gators have a storied history of ups and downs, including 16 NCAA conference appearances in the last 20 years. Coached since 2015 by Mike White, the Gators have won 2 NCAA tournaments, 4 conference titles and 7 SEC regular-season championships. Florida plays in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center (nicknamed the "O'Dome" by students), which opened in 1980 and was most recently renovated in 2016. The arena currently seats 10,000 and hosts Florida's other sports, including women's basketball, gymnastics and volleyball, as well as being the largest concert venue in North Central Florida.
Florida Gators Men's Basketball History
The first tip-off for the Gators was in 1905, when C.J. McCoy was head coach for both men's basketball and football. Following some fallow years due to national disruptions like WWI and the Great Depression, the University of Florida was a founding member of the Southeastern Conference in 1932. It wasn't until Florida built their current indoor sports facility, the O'Connell Center, in 1980, that the Gators played their first NCAA tournament, in 1987.
Norm Sloan became the Gators' first full-time basketball coach in 1960 and made the team competitive for the first time since its founding, elevating the team to beyond the intramural level. After six years, Sloan took a turn at his alma mater, North Carolina State, and returned in 1980 when the O'Dome was completed, building Gators teams by convincing local talent to stay in-state. Current head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Billy Donovan, coached the Gators from 1996 to 2015, guiding them to four Final Four appearances and two NCAA championships, in 2006 and 2007. From 1999 to 2007, the Gators went on a nine-year streak under Donovan, making the NCAA tournament every year.
More than two dozen Florida Gators — seven currently in the NBA — have gone on to become professional basketball players, including several NBA champions. These include three-time champion Udonis Haslem, Matt Bonner, Corey Brewer, David Lee, Marreese Speights and five-time All-Star Al Horford. The Gators have a long-running in-state rivalry with the Florida State Seminoles, and their annual contest is the only out-of-conference game for both of the two oldest college teams in the state.