Florida vs. Alabama, Game Thread: Gators look to corral Collin Sexton

The Florida Gators have had an up-and-down season on the basketball court. And they have made a habit of playing up and down to their competition, at least to some degree.

Against future NBA player Collin Sexton and the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday (4 p.m., ESPN), the Gators might want to try up rather than down.

Sexton, projected as a possible top-10 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft by various observers, has carried the Crimson Tide through their own topsy-turvy 2017-18 campaign, regularly playing more than 30 minutes a night and putting up two 30-point outings on the year. (One was a 40-point outburst in Alabama’s infamous 3-on-5 finish against Minnesota, though — about as outlier as an…