With Thursday’s announcement that Scottie Lewis would head to the professional ranks instead of continuing his career at Florida, the size of the rebuild facing Gators coach Mike White became entirely clear.
By noon on Friday, White had also secured one of the biggest pieces possible for that project, as Missouri-Kansas City guard Brandon McKissic announced his commitment to transfer to Florida via tweet.
McKissic and Florida had been linked for several days, with McKissic citing White’s personal pursuit of the talented scorer in comments to Eric Bossi of 247Sports. He chose the Gators over a field of five other finalists that included Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oregon State, and Saint Louis.