The start of the Southeastern Conference schedule has been a wild one for the Florida basketball program, dropping its first game in a shootout at the Kentucky Wildcats before blowing out the top-ranked Tennessee Volunteers at home.
The ‘Cats snapped the Gators’ 13-game winning streak to open the season in a game that saw both teams combine for 206 points. The win over the Vols was by a 30-point margin and saw Todd Golden’s gang go wire-to-wire with the lead, improving to 14-1 overall.
While that defeat still stings, things are looking good for the Orange and Blue moving forward. The major polls have not had a chance to respond to Florida’s first-ever home win against a No. 1 team, but many of the other rankings have…