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Back to back #1 seeds! Huge accomplishment for our generational players, @CoachToddGolden, and our program! Let’s work!! Go Gators! 🐊🏀

Handlogten playing superb hockey, volleyball and basketball today😆

@GatorsMBK MAMA @Handlog10 produced the modern GOAT on the NCAA Offensive Boards! x.com/GatorsMBK/stat…

Beast today! Love him

Florida Gators big man Micah Handlogten spending some time pregame in the exact spot he broke his leg at the 2024 SEC Tournament Final. 🙏

Him. @MHandlogten

It was almost two years ago today that #Gators big man Micah Handlogten suffered an injury that many thought would end his college career. Two years and a whole bunch of hardware later, Handlogten is ready for one last chance to dance. Story: inallkindsofweather.com/basketball/the…

News Update - The Remarkable Comeback of Florida Gators Center Micah Handlogten: College basketball produces incredible moments every season; that’s why we all love it. But once in a while, a story comes along that goes… dlvr.it/TRSCyN #gogators #ChompChomp #GatorNation

Undefeated. Also unbeaten when @BennettAnd11 takes a lottery pick to the rack

Honoring the greats Catch Micah go Stanchion to Stanchion with @statefarm to hear his pick for best big man in program history 🐊 #StateFarmPartner

Let’s talk about Micah Handlogten. We all saw the distressing sight of him as he suffered one of the nastiest injuries I’ve ever seen. 99.99% of us will never know that type of misery. All we could do was pray. By “pray”, I mean pray he’d *walk* again. I never thought he’d play basketball again. And I thought that if by some chance I was wrong and he did, it would be for another team, as Florida would make a logical business decision to not count on him. Fast forward through the next eleven months. Why fast forward through them and not shine a light on Micah’s grueling and exhausting recovery process? Because Micah put in the work at a level that most human beings cannot even begin to comprehend. He did what very few people on this earth are wired to do. And thus we cannot pretend to relate to the journey he went through to get back out there— never mind in the 2024-25 season, but just ever again, period. We can only respect it. 🫡 So with that block of time in the rear view mirror now and Micah able to at least adequately use that leg again, he faced a decision as Alex Condon suddenly went down against Mississippi State: give up the redshirt year and provide that extra big presence for a handful of games to replace Condon’s so Florida wouldn’t just lose that interior presence, or preserve the year of eligibility and give himself more time to fully heal. Micah, of course, made the decision that required the sacrifice. The selfless choice. The team-first choice. And now Micah isn’t just merely a national champion; he was one of those who played in that national championship game. Sure, everyone on that roster contributed to it because they push the starters in practice every day— that cannot be lost— but Micah saw live action in the most pivotal moments that helped decide that championship. He didn’t just have a hand in it; he was one of the eight players on the floor that night who carried Florida to it. I could thank Micah for his toughness. For his perseverance. For his selflessness. Or even for his natural height advantage 😂 I’m not going to do any of that though. Instead, I’m going to thank him for being a Gator hero. His contributions to the box scores may not match those of Thomas Haugh or Walter Clayton, but his legacy is one that’s just as unforgettable. Because these are the kinds of stories you tell your children about and reminisce about in rocking chairs on your porch with some beers and some buddies. And that legacy isn’t done being written yet. I personally don’t think it’s fair for one person to speak on behalf of an entire fanbase, but I’m going to make an exception here. @MHandlogten, you have the eternal respect, admiration, and appreciation from #GatorNation. Thank you for all the memories you’ve made here. Now go make a few more. 🐊👑

everything we could have ever imagined of a Florida Gator

Micah Handlogten Senior Night. Top 1 percent of the top 1 percent of humans to play at Florida. In any sport. Selfless. Champion.

Everything and then some!

Gator Nation is something special. So grateful to you @CarlinHartmanUF. Micah is the man we are so proud of in large part due to you!

The most terrifying detail about Noah's Ark isn't the size of the flood. It is the design of the boat. If you look closely at the blueprints God gave Noah in Genesis 6, He was extremely specific. He gave the exact length, width, and height. He specified the type of wood and the pitch to seal it. In my little years, I have never thought of this, but God intentionally left out one crucial component. There was no steering wheel, no sail, and worse still, there was no engine. Think about how scary that is. Noah was building a massive vessel to survive a global storm, but he had zero control over it, or over where it went. He couldn't steer it away from rocks. He couldn't turn it into the waves. He couldn't aim for dry land. He was completely at the mercy of the water. The Ark was not designed for navigation; just for floating. Noah’s job was to be the Passenger, not the Captain. God was the Captain. This is a picture of your life right now. You are trying to put a steering wheel in a boat that God can control, if you let Him…

More Will Richard praise, this time from Jimmy Butler: “He’s hella smart. But the thing I love most about Will is his ability to listen. You tell him what to do to the best of his ability, he’s going to do it.” Richard finished with 15 points and a +19 plus/minus.

Olivier Rioux on if he heard the Rowdy Reptiles chanting his name: “I did. I’m not deaf.” 😂

Prayers answered.

Let’s talk about Micah Handlogten. After a great freshman season at Marshall, he transferred to Florida. And things were going great. 6.9 RPG, 5.3 PPG, a clear and definitive big man presence in the paint. Then came the SEC Championship Game. The injury. The frustrating setback that cost him the rest of his 2023-24 season. And it seemed like it would cost him the 2024-25 season, too. Which from a personal standpoint sucked— everyone loves Micah and wanted him to play. But from a team standpoint, it seemed like no big deal because of all the frontcourt depth. But then: Mississippi State. Alex Condon gets injured, and now that deep frontcourt suddenly isn't so deep anymore. Handlogten, who in theory could have made a return late in the season, has no plans to do so since he could just take the whole year as a redshirt, preserving a season of eligibility for the future. Condon’s injury changes that. Knowing that jumping into action in February of 2025 will cost him a full year of eligibility, Handlogten sees the team chasing a championship— but in dire need of an extra big man. So he puts the team first, selflessly sacrifices that year of eligibility, and miraculously returns to the team just in time for the end of the regular season. We all know what happens next: Handlogten returns to Nashville to cut down the net on the same floor he was injured on one year earlier. Then he cuts down another net in California. And finally, the last and most prestigious net cutting of all in Texas. Would Florida have won it all without Handlogten’s presence down the stretch? We’ll never know. But Micah Handlogten made sure that we’d never have to find out. You’re already a Gator legend, @MHandlogten. That’s secured. Now let’s go out and have the senior season you deserve. #GoGators