When the Gators took the floor against Vanderbilt on Wednesday night in historic Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, everything was going right. The ball was popping side to side and when the ball was in the hands of playmakers like Tre Mann or Tyree Appleby they were collapsing the defense and generating open shots. Scottie Lewis and Anthony Duruji were easily the best athletes on the floor and they were playing like it, getting all types of deflections and sending the Gators the other way for fast break opportunities.
Possibly the biggest indication of Florida’s success was center Colin Castleton’s 23 points on ridiculously efficient 11-13 shooting from the floor.