Smith, Ado hold trenches down in win vs. Florida (2:00)
2021 Schedule
2021 Schedule
6-4, 6th in SEC
- 12/2W 76-69
- 12/3W 90-70
- 12/6W 86-40
- 12/1220L 83-71
- 12/16PPD
- 12/19PPD
- PPD
- 12/30W 91-72
- 1/2W 83-79
- 1/5L 86-71
- 1/9L 76-58
- 1/12W 72-63
- 1/16L 72-69
- 1/1910
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- 13TBD
- 2/3
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- 2/1010h:mm a z, US/Eastern
- 2/13
h:mm a z, US/Eastern - 2/16
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- 2/23
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- 3/317
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Smith scores career-high 27 to lead Mississippi State 72-69
— Tolu Smith scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Mississippi State to a 72-69 victory over Florida on Saturday.
Castleton shares his motivation after win vs. Ole Miss (3:29)
Florida uses 14-0 run at the end to down Ole Miss 72-63
— Colin Castleton scored 21 points, grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds with a career-high seven blocked shots and Florida ended its two-game skid by beating Mississippi 72-63 on Tuesday night.
College Basketball Power Rankings: Unbeaten Michigan continues moving up, Pac-12 gets closer
Juwan Howard and the Wolverines are carrying the banner for the rugged Big Ten, while USC and UCLA had big weeks out west.
Kentucky moves to 3-0 in SEC with 76-58 win at Florida (1:37)
Brooks' return ignites Kentucky in 76-58 win over Florida
— In his first game of the season, Keion Brooks Jr. scored 12 points on 6-for-8 shooting and Kentucky more closely resembled its No. 10 pre-season ranking by throttling Florida 76-58 on Saturday.
Florida game stops after net comes undone (0:38)
Alabama takes early SEC lead with 86-71 win over Florida
— Keon Ellis scored 16 points and James Rojas scored 15 — each off the bench — to help carry Alabama past Florida 86-71 on Tuesday night to sit atop the Southeastern Conference.
Biggest surprises and disappointments of the 2020-21 college basketball season
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Castleton leads Florida to 83-79 win over LSU
— Colin Castleton scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half and Florida held off LSU 83-79 on Saturday.
Florida wins 1st game since Keyontae Johnson’s collapse
— Colin Castleton scored a career-high 23 points and Florida opened the SEC season on Wednesday night with a 91-72 win over Vanderbilt in the Gators’ first game since Keyontae Johnson’s collapse.
SEC basketball: The nation's most mysterious Power 5 conference
As SEC play opens this week, the conference has four undefeated records, two ranked teams and plenty of question marks.
Florida's Johnson working as coach amid recovery
Florida forward Keyontae Johnson is back with the team and working as a coach in practice, coach Mike White said Monday.
Florida's Johnson being released from hospital
Florida's Keyontae Johnson is being released from the hospital, his family says, less than two weeks after he collapsed on the court during a game against Florida State.
Ingram scores 26 to carry FAU over Florida College 107-72
— Jailyn Ingram had 26 points as Florida Atlantic romped past Florida College 107-72 on Monday.
Florida's Keyontae Johnson thanks fans for support after his on-court collapse (0:25)
Gators' Johnson thankful in video for support
Florida forward Keyontae Johnson thanked everyone for their support in a video message Friday, his first public appearance since collapsing on the court at Florida State nearly a week ago.
Keyontae Johnson receives letters of well wishes from second-graders
Students in a second-grade class at Meadowbrook Elementary in Gainesville, Florida, wanted to reach out to Keyontae Johnson, who is recovering after collapsing on the court during a game this past Saturday.
As Johnson recovers, Gators postpone 3 games
Florida has postponed its next three men's basketball games, while athletic director Scott Stricklin said that Keyontae Johnson "continues to show truly encouraging signs of progress" after collapsing during a game Saturday.
Courtside: Keyontae Johnson, Coach K's comments, all in on Rutgers
Seth Greenberg and Dan Dakich tip off the podcast discussing Florida’s Keyontae Johnson collapsing during a game and Mike Krzyzewski questioning whether college basketball should be played at all. Then the guys get into if they’re buying or selling Rutgers, Missouri, Michigan, Syracuse, Marquette, Clemson and San Diego State. Later, Florida State is looking like the best team in the ACC, should conferences should create bubbles for league play and socks are thrown.
Florida's Johnson talking, even FaceTimed team
Florida's Keyontae Johnson was talking to family and doctors and even FaceTimed his teammates as he recovers from collapsing on the basketball court.
The Right Time: 'Cramps', Josh Allen, Keyontae Johnson, the Cleveland 'whatevers', finale of 'Baseline'
Bomani discusses the heroics of Lamar Jackson under pressure (of a different kind), and relates it to the incorrect assumption that he “has it out” for Josh Allen (1:05). Plus, Keyontae Johnson’s scary situation at Florida and why it is the “most important” thing happening in sports right now (26:06), Cleveland’s baseball team (not really) changing its name (35:56) as well as the finale of our Baseline series on the preps-to-pros pipeline of basketball with ESPN’s Myron Medcalf (45:03). He gets the final word on whether or not players are getting “used” by the system and what the NCAA is doing to try and keep elite players from “skipping” them as a stop on the way to the NBA.
UF's Johnson critical but 'following commands'
Florida's Keyontae Johnson remains in critical but stable condition and is "following simple commands," according to the school. Meanwhile, the Gators' game against North Florida, scheduled for Wednesday, is off, a source confirmed to ESPN.
Gators star Johnson remains critical but stable
Florida basketball star Keyontae Johnson remained in critical but stable condition Sunday morning, one day after he collapsed during the Gators' game against Florida State.
2020-21 SEC Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 6-0 | - | 11-3 |
| LSU | 5-1 | 1 | 10-2 |
| Tennessee | 4-1 | 1.5 | 10-1 |
| Mississippi State | 4-2 | 2 | 9-5 |
| Kentucky | 3-2 | 2.5 | 4-8 |
| Florida | 3-3 | 3 | 6-4 |
| Missouri | 2-2 | 3 | 8-2 |
| South Carolina | 1-1 | 3 | 3-3 |
| Arkansas | 2-4 | 4 | 10-4 |
| Texas A&M | 2-4 | 4 | 7-5 |
| Auburn | 2-4 | 4 | 8-6 |
| Georgia | 1-4 | 4.5 | 8-4 |
| Ole Miss | 1-4 | 4.5 | 6-6 |
| Vanderbilt | 0-4 | 5 | 4-6 |
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Top Performers 2020-21
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Team Stats
Points Per Game76.799th
Rebounds Per Game35.2224th
Assists Per Game12.1284th
Points Allowed71.0
2021 Recruits
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kowacie Reeves | SF | Signed | 83 |
Tournament History
| Final Fours | 5 |
| Tournament Record | 47-20 |
| Championship Seasons | 2006, 2007 |
| Tournament Appearances | 22 |