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Florida To Open Basketball Season Against Elon

Well folks, it’s finally here!

Florida basketball finally kicks off on Tuesday, November 9th against the Elon Phoenix (who were once upon a time called the Elon Fighting Christians, a fact too fun not to share).

The Gators had a “secret” scrimmage against North Carolina and an open exhibition against D2 Embry-Riddle to shake off the rust, and now things are serious. Florida can’t really afford to stumble much out of the gates as their second game is a rivalry matchup against mighty Florida State, so they’ll want to come out firing on all cylinders from night one against the Phoenix.