The Gators didn’t make the cut for the AP preseason top 25 poll. But that isn’t a reason for the team to not have hope for the season.
Inconsistency marred last season, but the squad returns every single member of the team save for flashy point guard Chris Chiozza, sharpshooter Egor Koulechov and the injured John Egbunu. The latter of the three sat out all of last season while rehabbing a knee injury.
The Gators replaced those three with three new recruits: five-star point guard Andrew Nembhard, four-star shooting guard Noah Locke and four-star forward Keyontae Johnson.