Florida's 76-56 win over Richmond on Tuesday night, while in keeping with the Gators' strong recent history against non-conference teams at home in December — Florida hasn't lost a December home game since 2010, when Jacksonville upset the Gators in the O'Connell Center five days before Christmas — was still a bit of a surprise.
And for the Gators, it was a good one.
Florida began Tuesday at No. 29 in KenPom; now, for the first time since early January 2015, the Gators are back in the top 25, vaulting to No. 23 after squishing the Spiders.