This year’s iteration of the Gators sees a team loaded with talent that looks like it will be contending for a Final Four and even a National Championship. While Florida has fielded some solid teams recently, this is the first time since the 2014 group that the Gators have been talked about as Championship contenders entering the season and for Florida fans that means viewing the college basketball landscape through a different lens.
In a normal season you might be watching the non-conference schedule taking note of SEC teams that the Gators will obviously be playing in the league, figuring out whose good, whose not, and how Florida will match up.