“Reduce the noise.”
That’s the mantra flying around the Gators basketball team as the 2020-21 season approaches. Florida is marching to a very different tune compared to the hum of amplified expectations last season. The Gators were ranked No. 6 in the 2019 Associated Press preseason poll at this time a year ago.
Sophomore center Jason Jitoboh spoke to the media on Wednesday and highlighted the importance of just picking up the echo of the locker room.
“Last year, we were ranked sixth, preseason,” he said. “And there was a whole bunch of noise.”
Jitoboh said the team is distancing itself from the outside chatter this year.