For every matchup in decade, it appeared in almost every article written about Florida and Alabama meeting in men's basketball: "Anthony Grant has never beaten Billy Donovan." That teacher-student relationship produced both coaches in the matchup from 2009 to 2015, and those games all went to the Gators.
Saturday evening, as the Gators host the Crimson Tide in the O'Connell Center (5:30 p.m., SEC Network or WatchESPN), both of those coaches still share a sideline — but they do so in Oklahoma City, where Grant serves as Donovan's assistant with the Thunder.
This is Mike White's first time seeing Alabama, and Avery Johnson's first time seeing Florida, and it feels like a chance for Alabama to swing momentum in the series.