After beginning SEC play 0-3, their worst start in 40 years, the Gators (9-6, 0-3) will get a slightly easier opponent in the South Carolina Gamecocks (10-5, 1-2). Not to make any excuses for Florida’s 0-3 start, three games where they didn’t put together 40 minutes of good basketball in any of them, but they were three games against teams projected to finish at the top of the SEC standings. South Carolina is definitely not in the same boat, a team that in recent years has regularly been picked to finish near the bottom of the league. Of course, head coach Frank Martin has usually been able to outperform expectations slightly, but it’s still a team that hasn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since their run to the Final Four in 2017 as a 7-seed.
Gators Search For First SEC Win At South Carolina
