Florida Versus Merrimack Basketball Preview

Following a gritty win over rivals Florida State the Florida Gators (3-0) will have a strong opportunity to keep their spotless record Friday when they welcome the Merrimack Warriors (1-2) to Gainesville.

When Florida scheduled the Warriors they expected this game to be a higher quality buy game than some of the others on their schedule, with an outside shot of it even sneaking into quad-3 territory–and that’s for good reason. Let’s go into Merrimack’s history a bit.

The Warriors are coached by Joe Gallo, someone well known in the coaching industry for his savvy and ability to win in unconventional ways. Merrimack made the jump from division 2 to division 1 in 2020–where they immediately…