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Two-time national champion point guard Taurean Green has joined Todd Golden's staff as the director of player development.

Gators center Colin Castleton has announced that he will return to UF for his final season of college eligibility.

Todd Golden wasn't scared away from taking the Florida job because of the program's sky-high expectations. In fact, the Gators' championship aspirations are what drew him to the program.

The Gators have accepted a bid to play in the NIT. Third-seeded UF will host sixth-seeded Iona in the first round.

Mike White is leaving the school to become the new head coach at Georgia, the Bulldogs announced on Sunday evening. 

After battling back from 10 points down with three minutes to go in regulation, the Gators had their NCAA Tournament hopes squashed in the most heart-wrenching way possible. Hassan Diarra's last-second three dealt them an 83-80 loss to Texas A&M that will likely relegate them to the NIT.

The ninth-seeded Gators will battle eighth-seeded Texas A&M in the second round of the SEC Tournament in Tampa on Thursday, looking to keep their slim NCAA Tournament hopes alive.

Colin Castleton has been named to the coaches' Second Team All-SEC. He becomes the first Gator since Dorian Finney-Smith in 2015 and 2016 to be selected to the all-conference team in consecutive seasons.

In the first meeting between the Gators and Vanderbilt, Scotty Pippen Jr. scored just five points and was saddled with foul trouble, and UF won easily. Mike White doesn't think that they'll be as fortunate on Tuesday night. He's expecting to compete against the best version of Vanderbilt.

With his team's NCAA Tournament hopes hanging by a thread, Mike White wants his team to remain focused on the things that they can control, starting with playing well at Georgia on Saturday.