Florida’s rocky start to the 2019-20 basketball season could be chalked up to several factors but if you were to poll Gator fans and national media about what has plagued the team and led to a disappointing start there is going to be a consensus number one answer—the offense.
Criticism of Mike White’s ability to put his players in positions to score started two seasons ago when the Gators finished 41st in KenPom’s adjusted offensive efficiency metric and got much louder a year ago when Florida finished 61st. Currently the Gators sit at 56th, a number that is still getting propped up by some predictive preseason metrics baked into the algorithm that keep the Gators from what would likely be a lower ranking.