Coming into the 2018-19 season, few would have thought the strength and identity of this Florida Gators basketball team would be its defense. Even fewer would have thought the Gators would be having this hard of a time getting the ball to go through the hoop.
But that’s where things stand.
Florida is coming off a strong defensive performance after only giving up 56 points to West Virginia in the Jimmy V Classic earlier in the week. The Mountaineers were a decent team, but not the typical West Virginia of years’ past.
Now, a real big boy is coming to town.