The Stony Brook Seawolves are all that stand between the Florida Gators men’s basketball team and a brief holiday break, and their Tuesday afternoon matinee (2 p.m., ESPN+) could be a game wrapped up in short order — pun intended.
The Seawolves are among America’s shortest Division 1 teams, checking in at No. 331 in KenPom’s Average Height metric thanks to coach Geno Ford rolling out a four-guard lineup with a pair of undersized centers. And with the nominal backcourt of Jahlil Jenkins and Juan Felix Rodriguez standing at 6’0” each and “forwards” Tyler Stephenson-Moore and Tykei Greene measuring 6’3” and 6’4” respectively, it’s not hard to imagine Florida having a height advantage at every spot other than point guard, where Tyree Appleby might not quite be his listed height of 6’1”.