The No. 5 Florida Gators men’s basketball team’s opening in SEC play was daunting. They began on the road versus No. then-ranked No. 10 Kentucky, then welcomed then-ranked No. 1 Tennessee and followed it with another road trip to Arkansas.

Twenty-one teams currently ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 poll will be on the court Saturday for a loaded college basketball schedule as the calendar turns to February. The action begins when No.

Florida offered Boone (Orlando) offensive lineman Rhys Woodrow on Jan. 6 and wasted no time getting him on campus over the weekend for the Gators' second junior day. Recruiting has picked up in general for Woodrow over the last month.

Florida was one of the later programs to offer five-star class of 2026 receiver Tristen Keys, but the Gators made the cut for his top 12 on Friday.

No.10 Florida baseball has started preseason practice ahead of the 2025 season. The Gators open up against Air Force on Feb. 14-16. Gator Country predicts Florida’s weekend rotation.

Mikayla Blakes made 16 of 18 from the free-throw line and finished with an NCAA freshman record 53 points on 16-of-24 shooting to help No. 23 Vanderbilt beat Florida 99-86.

Florida’s final edition at the tight end position for the 2025 cycle is two-star tight end Cameron Kossmann out of Chesterfield, Missouri. The 6-6, 240-pound tight end committed to the Gators on December 23rd of last year after the early signing period.

Vanderbilt Commodores freshman Mikayla Blakes is rewriting the record books this season.

College basketball has an awesome slate of games scheduled this weekend. Here are the top five games to watch Saturday!

The day starts at noon on ESPN with perhaps the biggest game of the day, featuring No. 5 Florida visiting Rocky Top to take on a slumping Tennessee squad that desperately needs a win to stay in the top 10. Without any further ado, let’s dive into the rankings for this weekend’s 8 SEC men’s hoops games:

Which teams are truly proving themselves in the jumbled SEC league standings? Love for Ace Bailey. Who is your coach of the year?

John Calipari's anticipated return to Kentucky is just 1 of the 10 things Neil Blackmon is overreacting to this week in SEC basketball.