Florida Gators basketball announced the team’s 2012-13 schedule on Thursday. The Gators will face nine opponents who took part in the 2012 NCAA Tournament while also participating in three events within the state of Florida – Navy/Marine Corps Classic, SEC/BIG EAST Challenge and Orange Bowl Basketball Classic.
Florida will also take on their permanent rival of Kentucky twice as part of the Southeastern Conference‘s new 18-game schedule and will begin their annual rotation facing Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi State and Missouri twice each.
The Gators will begin their SEC slate with four of their first six games on the road but will then have four of their next five at home concluding with Kentucky on Feb. 12.
Florida will play one SEC game on CBS, 11 on ESPN networks, four on the SEC Network and one each on CSS and FSN. Most of the non-conference game times and network affiliations have not yet been released.
Below is the official 2012-13 schedule with SEC games added:
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Athlete | Country | Sport |
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Will Claye | Triple jump |
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Kerron Clement | 400m hurdles |
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Arman Hall | 4x400m relay |
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Tony McQuay | 4x400m relay |
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Christian Taylor | Triple jump |
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Andres Arroyo | 800 meters |
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Gen. LaCaze | 3000m s 5000m |
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Eddie Lovett | 110m hurdles |
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Kemal Mesic | Shot put |
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Shara Proctor | Long jump |
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L. Williams-Mills | 4x400m relay |
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Stipe Zunic | Shot put |
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Elizabeth Beisel | 400m IM |
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Caeleb Dressel | 100m free 4x100m relay 4x100m medley |
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Conor Dwyer | 400m free 200m free 4x200m relay |
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Ryan Lochte | 200m IM 4x200m relay |
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M. Costa-Schmid | 200m free 400m free 4x100m relay 4x200m relay |
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Mitch D'Arrigo | 200m free 4x200m relay |
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H. Luthersdottir | 100m breast 200m breast |
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Corey Main | 100m back 200m back |
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Omar Pinzon | 200m back |
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S. Rousseau | 400m IM 200m fly |
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Solaeche-Gomez | 200m IM |
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Jan Switkowski | 200m fly 200m free |
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Rex Tullius | 200m back |
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Dan Wallace | 200m IM 4x200m relay |
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Pawel Werner | 4x200m relay |
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Kelly Murphy | ||
Aury Cruz | ||
Sandra Gal |
SCHEDULE NOTES
» The Gators will play four games in the state of Florida but outside of Gainesville for the second-straight year (Jacksonville, Tampa, Tallahassee, Sunrise).
» Twelve teams each from the SEC and Big East will each compete in the SEC/BIG EAST Challenge from Nov. 29-Dec. 1. Florida last faced and defeated Marquette 68-56 in the Sweet 16 round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
» Senior forward Erik Murphy will be able to play in front of friends and family during UF’s road game against Yale. He is from South Kingstown, RI.
» Florida will play three games on ESPNU for the first time ever after having one game scheduled on the network in each of the last two seasons.[/EXPAND]