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Florida vs. Kentucky, Game Thread: Gators head to Rupp looking for massive win

As ever, Saturday’s men’s basketball matchup between the Florida Gators and Kentucky Wildcats (6 p.m., ESPN or WatchESPN) — the first of two meetings between the teams this season — carries with it plenty of substantial ramifications.

But this is a rare one in which one team — and that’s Florida this time — seems like it has nothing to lose.

For the Gators, this trip to Rupp Arena represents surely their hardest remaining game: Kentucky’s the top-ranked team in the SEC in KenPom and the SEC leader at present, and this game’s at the Wildcats’ formidable and cavernous arena.