Make no mistake about it, the non-conference portion of the season hasn’t gone according to plan for the Gators and when it comes to their resume there isn’t a lot of meat on the bone. Florida State, UConn, Butler, and now Utah State were all big-time resume boosting opportunities that fell by the wayside and the Gators are left without many quality wins to wow the NCAA Tournament selection committee.
Because of that Florida’s season is going to be all about what they can do in the SEC slate. They’ll need to finish near the top to make it into the Big Dance with a respectable seed so when they tip off against Alabama in January a lot will be riding on their league performance.