For Florida, the non-conference portion of its 2015-16 schedule has been both relatively unchallenging and rather successful so far. The Gators rolled up a 6-1 record in November under Mike White, losing only to nationally ranked Purdue in Connecticut, and have generally looked like a slightly better version of the 2014-15 Florida team sustained by strong defense but beset by bad luck and poor shooting.
Things get a whole lot harder from here, starting with Tuesday night's meeting with Richmond (7 p.m., SEC Network or WatchESPN) in the O'Connell Center.
Richmond's unranked and just 4-2 on the year, but Chris Mooney's Spiders have been impressive despite that, taking down a very talented California team in Las Vegas in their last game and beating Wake Forest in Winston-Salem.