The Florida Gators men’s basketball team played unquestionably its worst game of the season on Sunday night in Portland.
On Wednesday night in Gainesville, they played maybe their best, flattening Florida A&M in a 102-62 rout that surely restored some confidence.
It definitely helped that Kowacie Reeves, the Gators’ talented sophomore who sat for much of their 1-2 trip to the Phil Knight Legacy, showed his confidence did not flag almost from the opening tip. Reeves scored 11 of Florida’s first 25 points and matched his career high with 17 points, showing no signs of resentment after being essentially a healthy scratch for that tournament.