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Devin Robinson tied his career-high with 24 points, Kasey Hill added 14 and No. 4 seed Florida used a second-half surge to beat 13th-seeded East Tennessee State 80-65 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. The speedy Hill reached double figures for the fourth consecutive game. Florida (25-8) needed all those contributions, especially since coach Mike White got so little from leading scorer KeVaughn Allen and Southeastern Conference Sixth Man of the Year Canyon Barry. Continue to Article

March 16, 2017 5:45:pm EST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- No. 4 seed Florida (24-8) vs. No. 13 seed East Tennessee State (27-7) Continue to Article

March 15, 2017 4:35:pm EST

East Tennessee State coach Steve Forbes' background makes him an ideal fit for a team that features plenty of junior-college transfers. Forbes identifies with those guys because he also has a junior-college background. ''I think I came out of it a better person and a coach,'' Forbes said. Continue to Article

March 15, 2017 3:30:am EST

Florida senior point guard Kasey Hill had to wait through an unexpected losing season, a coaching change and a trip to the NIT to make it back to the NCAA Tournament. As the only player on the Gators' roster still around from their Final Four appearance in 2014, Hill will play an especially important role for fourth-seeded Florida when it takes on No. 13 seed East Tennessee State in an East Region first-round game Thursday afternoon at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. "I'm just glad to be back in the tournament," Hill said. Continue to Article

March 13, 2017 7:27:pm EST

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- T.J. Cromer scored 23 points, and East Tennessee State beat top-seeded UNC Greensboro 79-74 to win the Southern Conference Tournament championship on Monday night. Continue to Article

March 06, 2017 9:39:pm EST