Here’s where ESPN’s Joe Lunardi thinks the Gators stand among SEC teams

Florida basketball is a little bit of an enigma at the second. This staff shed 7 players in the course of the offseason, and it replaced them with a haul of four expert players in the transfer portal. Most of this staff hasn’t performed with each other ahead of, and the Gators will have to navigate what must be a person of the very best seasons for SEC basketball in a extensive time.

ESPN’s Joe Lunardi does feel that Florida is likely to be a tournament staff this season, but he isn’t marketed on it to contend for an SEC title. In his breakdown of each individual conference, he predicts the Gators to complete correct in the center of the SEC pack at No. 7.

He has Florida as the No. 39 over-all staff, and tasks it to be on the NCAA Event bubble along with Mississippi Condition. In Lunardi’s preseason bracketology, he has the Gators as a No. ten seed, meaning they’re very shut to the bottom of the at-large group.

UF completed fifth in the SEC past 12 months in spite of its nine-7 conference record, and while the competitors may perhaps be a little bit tougher this time all-around, the Gators must be equipped to at least boost on that record with an expert and talented roster.

Here’s Lunardi’s full breakdown of the SEC, which includes the place each individual staff stands relative to the NCAA Event.

SEC

1. Kentucky (11)

2. Alabama (fourteen)

3. Arkansas (sixteen)

4. Tennessee (seventeen)

5. Auburn (23)

6. LSU (33)

7. Florida (39)

8. Mississippi Condition (49)

9. Ole Miss (69)

10. Vanderbilt (86)

11. Missouri (87)

12. Texas A&M (89)

13. South Carolina (ninety seven)

14. Georgia (148)

Event contenders

• Last 4: Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas

• Sweet sixteen: Tennessee, Auburn, LSU

• NCAA Bubble: Florida, Mississippi St.

• NCAA Spherical of 64: Ole Miss

• NIT: Vanderbilt, Missouri, Texas A&M, South Carolina

• Sleeper: Mississippi St.

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