The Florida Gators are coming off a stunning 71-69 loss to South Carolina in the O’Connell Center last Saturday, one that doubled as a painful collapse and the first truly bad loss of their 2018-19 campaign.
Now would be a good time for the Gators to have a chance to play a less formidable opponent in the hopes of getting right before a brutal SEC schedule.
Except South Carolina was that less formidable opponent — and Wednesday night’s trip to Arkansas (8:30 p.m., SEC Network or WatchESPN) constitutes the beginning of one of the roughest stretches of SEC play the Gators will face this winter.