South Carolina comes to Gainesville to play Florida tonight as the No. 244 team in KenPom, and with a 1-5 mark in SEC competition.
But that 1 was won by pulling the rug out on Kentucky at Rupp Arena, and the Gamecocks’ No. 1 player is Gregory “G.G.” Jackson, who is fresh off a 30-point outing, and thus the Gators should be at least a little wary about what can happen on the best night for their visiting foes.
For Carolina, that best night has probably already happened. The 71-68 win over Kentucky featured sizzling shooting (11-for-20 from three), ferocious rebounding (15 offensive boards), a star turn from Meechie Johnson (26 points, six assists, six threes) to compliment a fine night from Jackson (16 points on 10 shots), and a Wildcats squad without Jacob Toppin and forced by injury to play Sahvir Wheeler for 40 minutes.