Gators Hoops Releases 2023-24 SEC Schedule

Dates have been set for Florida's 18 conference matchups in the 2023-24 college basketball season.

The SEC unveiled the league schedule on Thursday to officially solidify the Gators' slate in the upcoming year. Times and television designations will be determined in the coming weeks.

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The Gators will open the campaign by playing host to John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats on January 6. It is the first time the two programs will face off in the first matchup of SEC play since the 1998-99 season and the first in Gainesville since 1978-79.

They'll then hit the road for their season's second true road game against a revamped Ole Miss squad now led by Chris Beard. Florida returns home on Jan. 13 to take on Arkansas.

From there, the middle portion of the Gators league schedule includes two games away before playing two games at home, following that pattern for 12 contests ranging from Jan. 16 on the road at Tennessee until it ends on Feb. 28 at home against Missouri.

Two matchups against last year's conference winner, Alabama, in 13 days highlight the Gators' late-season stretch, heading to Tuscaloosa (Ala.) on Feb. 21 with a rematch in Gainesville on March 5.

The new-look Florida squad will close out the 2023-24 campaign against the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday, March 9, inside Memorial Gymnasium (Nashville, Tenn.).

Todd Golden vastly reconstructed the Gators roster from a season ago during the offseason, bringing eight new faces to occupy spots in the rotation and as depth for his second year at the helm at UF.

Zyon Pullin, Walter Clayton Jr., Julian Rishwain and Kajus Kublickas — an international addition — make up the scholarship additions to Florida's backcourt via the transfer portal. They join Riley Kugel, Will Richard and Denzel Aberdeen.

In the frontcourt, the Gators brought Micah Handlogten and Tyrese Samuel from the portal, with recruits Alex Condon and Thomas Haugh to join the team's lone returning forward, Aleks Szymczyk.

The reconstruction efforts are expected to prove fruitful as Golden has flipped the roster to reflect his philosophy of multi-faceted guards, sharpshooting wings and towering stretch big men after one season of attempting to piece players recruited by Mike White into his system.

No White-recruited talent remains in Gainesville.

The full 2023-24 schedule is below, compiled of the out-of-conference and league contests.

Date	Opponent
Nov. 6	Loyola Maryland
Nov. 10	Virginia (Hall of Fame Series; Charlotte)
Nov. 14	Florida A&M
Nov. 17	Florida State
Nov. 22	Pittsburgh (NIT Season Tip-Off; Brooklyn)
Nov. 24	Baylor/Oregon State (NIT Season Tip-Off; Brooklyn)
Nov. 29	@ Wake Forest (ACC/SEC Challenge)
Dec. 5	Merrimack
Dec. 9	Richmond (Orange Bowl Classic; Sunrise, Fla.)
Dec. 14	East Carolina (Lakelnad, Fla.)
Dec. 19	Michigan (Jumpman Invitation; Charlotte)
Dec. 22	Grambling State
Dec. 30	Quinnipiac
Jan. 6	Kentucky
Jan. 10	@ Ole Miss
Jan. 13	Arkansas
Jan. 16	@ Tennessee
Jan. 20	@ Missouri
Jan. 24	Mississippi State
Jan. 27	Georgia
Jan. 31	@ Kentucky
Feb. 3	@ Texas A&M
Feb. 10	Auburn
Feb. 13	LSU
Feb. 17	@ Georgia
Feb. 21	@ Alabama
Feb. 24	Vanderbilt
Feb. 28	Missouri
March 2	@ South Carolina
March 5	Alabama
March 9	@ Vanderbilt

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