Basketball!! University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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* The University of Florida (UF) is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university. The state’s oldest and most comprehensive university, UF is among the nation’s most academically diverse public universities.oldest * » University of Florida’s BeginningsUniversity of Florida’s Beginnings * On January 6, 1853, Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs the bill that provided public support to higher education. East Florida Seminary in Ocala is one of the first schools to use this funding, but it soon closes due the Civil War. In 1866, EFS reopens in Gainesville, beginning a 150-year journey to become one of the largest, most prestigious schools in the world.

UF has more than $750 million in new research facilities recently completed or under construction, including the Nanoscale Research Facility, the Emerging Pathogens Institute, the Biomedical Sciences Building and the Clinical and Translational Research Building. UF received more than $619 million in research awards in UF is a national leader in alternative energy research, with strong programs in ethanol production, and nuclear and solar energy.

* Billy Donovan 23 wins 10 loses Head Coach * 70% 23/33 (Fraction)

* James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891 in Springfield, Mass. * In 1891, the first game of basketball was played at what is now Springfield College. * Basketball season begins in the late autumn, typically the early part of October.