Florida will take the court as a nationally ranked team for the first time in two years when the No. 24 Gators visit North Florida on Thursday night at UNF Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.Florida (6-1) is off to a hot start in its second season under coach Mike White. The excitement is building as the Gators prepare to play No. 5 Duke at the Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.North Florida (3-5) is struggling a bit after posting back-to-back 20-win seasons under coach Matthew Driscoll. The Ospreys earned an NCAA Tournament bid in 2014-15 and reached the NIT last season.Florida broke into this weeks Top 25 following a strong showing at the AdvoCare Invitational. The Gators beat Seton Hall 81-76, suffered a narrow 77-72 loss to Gonzaga, which is now ranked No. 8, and beat Miami 65-56.This was a high-level tournament, White said. Were fortunate to come away with two wins. And we know a lot more about ourselves than we did last week.This is Floridas first appearance in the national rankings since early in the 2014-15 season, when the Gators dropped out after losing four key players from the 2014 Final Four team.In Floridas win over Miami, Keith Stone demonstrated that he could be a key player in the future. The redshirt freshman forward posted 15 points and a team-high eight rebounds against the Hurricanes after scoring a total of six points on 2-of-13 shooting from the field and 0-of-6 shooting from 3-point range over the first six games.We knew at some point he was going to kind of settle in and provide some production and earn more minutes, White said. We saw glimpses of what he can potentially be for this team -- a very good player.KeVaughn Allen leads the Gators in scoring at 13.4 points per game. Canyon Berry is averaging 12.1 points and 4.3 rebounds. Devin Robinson averages 12 points and 5.6 rebounds. John Egbunu is averaging 9.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.4 blocked shots.North Florida is coming off back-to-back losses at the Men Against Breast Cancer Classic in Dayton, Ohio. The Ospreys beat North Dakota 76-75 in the opening round and suffered a 77-54 loss to Cal State Bakersfield before falling 75-67 to host Wright State in the championship game.We showed a great deal of grit and character fighting back tonight, North Florida coach Matthew Driscoll said following the loss to Wright State. After our disappointing performance (against Cal State Bakersfield) last night, it was good to see the guys battle and compete after a quick turnaround and against the home team in a tournament championship game.Dallas Moore was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 22.3 points in three games. He had 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting against Wright State. Moore is averaging 19.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists.Dallas was phenomenal running the team and demonstrated great ability to score at a high level, Driscoll said. His selection to the all-tournament team just showed why he is one of the best players in the country. Adidas NMD Dames . Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Adidas NMD Kopen . The defence is doing its part, too. Drew Brees threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half and the guys on the other side made sure that was enough, sending the Saints to a 17-13 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night. http://www.nmdbelgie.com/kopen-yeezy-boost-700-v2-sale.html . 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Both have been in wins against the Carolina Hurricanes.Manning scored on a short-handed chance at the 8:00 mark of the third period, lifting the Flyers to a 4-3 victory over Carolina on Sunday, snapping a two-game losing streak.We hadnt really been getting our chances, Manning said. (Pierre-Edouard Bellemare) did a great job winning the puck battle and their forwards were kind of sagging below our guys. So I saw an opportunity and Belle made a great play getting me the puck.Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist, giving him points in a league-high nine straight games. Shayne Gostisbehere and Radko Gudas also scored for the Flyers. Wayne Simmonds had two assists, and Michal Neuvirth stopped 26 shots.We got good efforts in all areas of our game, Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said. You have to have that, especially when its a back-to-back night and a 5 oclock start. You have to have contributions from all parts of your lineup and all areas of your game, and thats what we got.Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist for Carolina, and Justin Faulk and Viktor Stalberg also scored. Victor Rask, who has points in all eight games this season, added an assist. Cam Ward finished with 24 saves.The Flyers beat Carolina for the second time this season. The Hurricanes fell to 6-1-1 in their last eight home games against Philadelphia.There were some positives, Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. We probably scored enough to win. Three goals should be the magic number in this league as you get going. We had enough there, but were giving up too much and thats not a recipe for success short-term or long-term.Carolina general manager Ron Francis holds the Hurricanes franchise record witth points in his first 11 games in 1984.ddddddddddddPhiladelphia was up 1-0 after outshooting the Hurricanes 13-9 in the first period. Gostisbehere scoring unassisted from the left point on the power play with 2:03 left for his fourth goal and seventh point in six career games against Carolina.Faulk tied it at 1:01 of the second, beating Neuvirth through plenty of traffic from the high slot.However, Gudas put the Flyers up 2-1 at 7:07, beating Ward through traffic from the right point with Giroux on the secondary assist.Weve played a lot of games, Giroux said. We dont have the record we want right now, but were playing better as a team. I take a look at (my statistics) once in a while, but Im more worried about the minuses there. If you want to be a good player youve got to be responsible offensively and defensively, and weve got some work to do in there.Skinner beat Neuvirth from the right doorstep at 10:13 to tie it again. Carolina got the lead with 8:02 to go in the period when Stalberg got the puck by Neuvirths five-hole on a rush.The Flyers tied it again with 2:46 remaining in the second when Giroux scored from the slot.Game notes C Andrej Nestrasil, RW Martin Frk and D Jakub Nakladal were healthy scratches for Carolina. ... C Boyd Gordon and D Nick Schultz were healthy scratches for the Flyers. ... Carolinas Klas Dahlbeck played in his 100th NHL game. ... The Flyers won the teams first meeting, 6-3 at home on Oct. 23. The teams face off three more times this season, here on Jan. 31, and at Philadelphia on March 19 and April 9.UP NEXTFlyers: Host Detroit on Wednesday night.Hurricanes: At Ottawa on Tuesday night to begin a two-game road swing. ' ' '