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Florida Gators basketball on Friday, in conjunction with the Southeastern Conference, announced its complete schedule for the upcoming 2020-21 season. Though the season will start a bit later than usual due to ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida will attempt to play a significant slate of 27 games, including 18 in league play.
Among the nonconference games the Gators will play this season include a two-game stint at the Mohegan Sun Casino on Thanksgiving weekend, an opening road game at Oklahoma on Dec. 2, a trip to Florida State on Dec. 12 and the SEC/Big-12 Challenge against West Virginia on Jan. 30.
Florida will play three games before its home opener on Dec. 6 against Stetson, a game that replaces a scheduled huge matchup with UConn on the slate. The Gators will not play a Power Five opponent at home until its second game of the SEC schedule against LSU on Jan. 2.
In addition to its annual home-and-home series against Georgia, Kentucky and Vanderbilt, this year Florida will also see LSU and Tennessee twice each.
Let’s take a look at the entire 2020-21 schedule.
| Date | Gator Bait | Time/Score | TV/Rec. |
|---|---|---|---|
11/27 12/2 | Virginia at Oklahoma | PPD | |
| 12/2 12/3 | Army Boston Col. Mohegan Sun | W 76-69 W 90-70 | 1-0 2-0 |
| 12/6 | Stetson | W 86-40 | 3-0 |
| 12/12 | at Florida St. | L 71-83 | 3-1 |
12/19 12/20 12/22 | FAU Florida A&M J. Madison | PPD | |
| 12/30 | at Vanderbilt | 9 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| 1/2 | LSU | 2 p.m. | CBS |
| 1/5 | at Alabama | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| 1/9 | Kentucky | 5/8 p.m. | ESPN |
| 1/12 | Ole Miss | 7 p.m. | SECN |
| 1/16 | at Miss. State | 4 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| 1/19 | Tennessee | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| 1/23 | at Georgia | 2 p.m. | ESPN |
| 1/27 | Vanderbilt | 6:30 p.m. | SECN |
| 1/30 | at W. Virginia SEC/Big 12 | TBA | ESPN |
| 2/3 | South Carolina | 6:30 p.m. | SECN |
| 2/6 | at LSU | 2 p.m. | ESPN |
| 2/10 | at Tennessee | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| 2/13 | Texas A&M | 8:30 p.m. | SECN |
| 2/16 | at Arkansas | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| 2/20 | Georgia | 3:30 p.m. | SECN |
| 2/23 | at Auburn | 9 p.m. | ESPN |
| 2/27 | at Kentucky | 4 p.m. | CBS |
| 3/3 | Missouri | 6:30 p.m. | SECN |
| 3/6 | OPEN | TBA | TBA |
