In the SEC, it just means more. On the opening night of the 2025-26 college basketball season, it meant more sweat for a pair of fanbases with National Championship aspirations.
The Defending National Champions are starting the season 0-1. The Gators’ defense couldn’t stop a nosebleed. Arizona shot 49.2% from the field in the 93-87 win. That adds up. The part that doesn’t is what happened behind the three-point line. The Desert Wildcats were 2-5 from three. Tommy Lloyd’s team scored 93 points on five three-point attempts. That’s not normal in modern college basketball.
It worked because Florida had no answer for Koa Peat.