UF is 12-0 all-time against FAMU, including a 102-62 home win last Nov.

The Cavs almost always have an impact redshirt freshman and that guy could be guard/forward Leon Bond III. Thomas) and forward Jake Groves (Oklahoma), who the Gators faced each of the last two seasons in losses to the Sooners. Impact transfers include point guard Dante Harris (Georgetown), forward Jordan Minor (Merrimack), guard Andrew Rohde (St. UVA, one of three ACC opponents on the UF schedule, lost an outstanding rim protector to the portal in Kadin Shedrick (now at Texas), but returns all-league guard Reece Beekman on the perimeter and will look to a pair of sophomores, athletic wing Ryan Dunn and shooting guard Isaac McKneely, to step into bigger roles after doing cameo work as freshmen. Maybe it's good for the Gators to get the Cavs early maybe not. The Cavaliers lost some outstanding players from last season's Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season co-champion, but there's no doubt Coach Tony Bennett will have his pack line back in line. UF will go from an opening-night opponent that plays next to no defense to four days later facing a program – in a neutral-site affair at Spectrum Center, home to the NBA Charlotte Hornets – that has defined itself on that end of the floor for going on 15 seasons. Virginia's Tony Bennett is one of just seven active Division I coaches to win a NCAA championship. 10: Virginia (Hall of Fame Series) at Charlotte, N.C. Stetson) and over the last 40 years has gone 30-0 when tipping off a season at the O'Dome.

UF last lost an opening night home game in 1983 (vs. They were 328 th in defensive efficiency, so look for the Gators to score. A lot. The Greyhounds surrendered a sky-high 55.5 effective field percentage on defense, which ranked 355 th nationally, meaning only nine teams in the country were worse. Coach Tavaras Hardy is entering his sixth season and has yet to post a winning record (overall or in the league), but he'll have a trio of international 6-foot-10, 240-pound types, led by Spanish forward Alonso Faure (8.9 ppg, 6.1 rpg). They went 13-20 last season and finished in a four-way tie for sixth in conference play. The season opener will be the first meeting between the Gators and Greyhounds, out of Baltimore and a member of the Patriot League. Oh, and did we mention Florida opens against Kentucky? But while we're not (officially) in the preseason yet, it's not too soon for a game-by-game overview of the UF schedule and, with it, an early rundown of what to expect from the rest of the rugged SEC, with a slate that along with annual home-and-homes against Kentucky, Vanderbilt and Georgia will match the Gators against reigning league and tournament champion Alabama and Missouri twice, also. That's a question for the months to come. The program's second losing season over the last 25 years did not sit well with the staff – nor the UF fan base, obviously – and Golden tried to do something about it in acquiring six players from the transfer portal and a couple promising freshmen who instantly made the Gators bigger, longer and more athletic, alongside building block and 2023 SEC All-Freshman guard Riley Kugel. Florida went 16-17 overall, including 9-9 in conference play, in Year 1 under Golden. The SEC made official its league-wide 2023-24 men's basketball schedule Thursday, meaning all the offseason 'I's' and 'T's' (with the exception of game tip-off times) pretty much are dotted/crossed and it's just about time to enter preseason mode, what with the official start of fall practice less than three weeks away. 2, 1998) the Gators and league power Wildcats have done so. In other words, we'll know in fairly short order what to make of Coach Todd Golden's second UF team. It'll be the first time in a quarter-century (Jan. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Gators will open their Southeastern Conference schedule with a home game against Kentucky.

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