The 100th season of Florida Gators basketball officially begins Tuesday.
And it starts with a familiar opponent: The Florida State Seminoles. Tipoff is set for 9 p.m. from FSU’s Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Gators have lost their last four games against FSU.
Florida, heading into its fourth year under coach Mike White, returns all but two letter winners from last year’s team that finished 21-13 and reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament. However, those two starters — Chris Chiozza and Egor Koulechov — were instrumental to the team’s success. Chiozza set the school record for career assists (571) as a four-year point guard, while Koulechov finished second on the team averaging 13.