TV schedule announced for Florida's SEC slate

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The game times and television designations for the 2022-23 Florida men’s basketball SEC schedule were announced Wednesday. The Gators will have nine games on SEC Network and nine more matchups across other ESPN channels.

UF opens conference play at Auburn on Dec. 28, tipping at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. The Gators host Texas A&M for their SEC home opener at 7 p.m. on Jan. 4, televised on either ESPN2 or ESPNU.

Florida’s mid-week SEC home games are all slotted for Wednesdays at 7 p.m. except the Ole Miss matchup on Feb. 15, which begins at 6:30 p.m. UF’s first three Saturday home dates will be afternoon tips, with the fourth game tipping at 6 p.m. against LSU in the regular season finale.

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2022-23 SEC Television Schedule

Dec. 28WednesdayAuburnAuburn, AL7 p.m.ESPN2
Jan. 4WednesdayTEXAS A&MGAINESVILLE, FL7 p.m.ESPN2 or ESPNU
Jan. 7SaturdayGEORGIAGAINESVILLE, FL1 p.m.SEC Network
Jan. 10TuesdayLSUBaton Rouge, LA7 p.m.SEC Network
Jan. 14SaturdayMISSOURIGAINESVILLE, FL3:30 p.m.SEC Network
Jan. 18WednesdayTexas A&MCollege Station, TX7 p.m.SEC Network
Jan. 21SaturdayMississippi StateStarkville, MS8:30 p.m.SEC Network
Jan. 25WednesdaySOUTH CAROLINAGAINESVILLE, FL7 p.m.ESPN2 or ESPNU
Feb. 1WednesdayTENNESSEEGAINESVILLE, FL7 p.m.ESPN2 or ESPNU
Feb. 4SaturdayKentuckyLexington, KY8:30 p.m.ESPN
Feb. 8WednesdayAlabamaTuscaloosa, AL9 p.m.ESPN2 or ESPNU
Feb. 11SaturdayVANDERBILTGAINESVILLE, FL3:30 p.m.SEC Network
Feb. 15WednesdayOLE MISSGAINESVILLE, FL6:30 p.m.SEC Network
Feb. 18SaturdayArkansasFayetteville, AR2 p.m.ESPN or ESPN2
Feb. 22WednesdayKENTUCKYGAINESVILLE, FL7 p.m.ESPN or ESPN2
Feb. 25SaturdayVanderbiltNashville, TN6 p.m.ESPN2 or ESPNU
Feb. 28TuesdayGeorgiaAthens, GA7 p.m.SEC Network
March 4SaturdayLSUGAINESVILLE, FL6 p.m.SEC Network

All Times Eastern

What to expect from Todd Golden’s Gators

During his introductory press conference, Golden discussed what fans should expect to see when his team takes the floor this season.

“You should expect to see a big, strong deep roster that has a lot of skilled and unselfish players that are willing to put the team in front of themselves,” he said. “Foundationally, we always strive to be elite in three years: Defensively, rebounding, and taking care of the basketball. If we’re able to do that, it will raise our floor and give us a great chance to be really successful and eliminate any unnecessary volatility we might have.

“Offensively we’re going to play fast, but not in a hurry. We’re going to try to push in transition, score early in the clock, hunt rim twos, catch and shoot threes. If we don’t score in transition, we’re going to slow it down and make you guard us in the half court and make you guard continuous player and ball movement, unique ball screen actions, and different things that I think are incredibly difficult to scout.

“Then when people ask, what are you going to see on the defensive side of the ball? Really, we’re going to try to keep teams from doing those things. We’re going to try to keep them out of transition, make them run offense in the half court, make them take tough twos overhand and have an incredibly gritty style to us defensively where teams won’t want to face us.”

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