Florida’s game against Oklahoma this Tuesday night is its first in the Jumpman Invitational, which that could become one of the marquee events in college basketball, if Nike and ESPN treat it with the reverence that they could. It’s the Gators’ first game in Charlotte since the program’s first Final Four game, way back in 1994. And it’s their latest meeting against Oklahoma, a program — and school — that has crossed paths with Florida time and again in recent years, and that will be an SEC rival in coming ones.
But most importantly, this is one last chance for the Gators to get a really good win before conference play begins.