New blood was already a central theme for Florida’s basketball program next season. The Gators’ loss of three of their top four scorers from a team that reached the NCAA tournament’s second round as a No. 10 seed was set to be countered by the arrival of a top-10 recruiting class headlined by five-star 6'5" wing Scottie Lewis, earning the team early offseason buzz. That dynamic figured to be exciting, as such injections of young talent are, though it carried with it the typical caveats of the unknown.
u200bNow Florida has landed the biggest known quantity on the market.