For the Florida Gators, Madison Square Garden is not quite a home away from home.
But its not far off.
And so the Gators — who now play their home games in an arena lit to look like the vaunted Garden — will be in a fairly familiar environment on Tuesday night, as they play West Virginia in the second game of the Jimmy V Classic (9 p.m., ESPN or WatchESPN).
Florida memorably won at MSG in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2017 NCAA Tournament, sandwiching that victory on either side with a loss to Duke during the regular season and a loss to South Carolina in the Elite Eight.