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UF men's hoops unveils schedule


By Kevin Brockway
Sun sports writer

Published: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 12:28 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 12:28 p.m.

Florida released its 2008-09 men's basketball schedule Wedesday.

UF men's basketball schedule
Times and TV unavailable unless noted

Nov 3 — Warner Southern, exh
Nov 6 — Rollins College, exh
Nov. 14 — O'Reilly Auto Parts Classic, O'Connell Center, 6 p.m.
Nov. 16— O'Reilly Auto Parts Classic, O'Connell Center, 2:15 p.m.
Nov. 20 — Southern Utah
Nov. 24 — O'Reilly Auto Parts Classic, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.
Nov. 25— O'Reilly Auto Parts Classic, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.
Nov. 30 — Missouri-Kansas City, Amway Arena, Orlando
Dec. 2 — Florida A&M
Dec. 7 — at Florida State
Dec. 10 — Florida Gulf Coast
Dec. 20 — UCF, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Dec. 22 — Georgia Southern
Dec. 28 — Winthrop, BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise
Dec. 30 — Stetson
Jan 3 — North Carolina State, 4 p.m., CBS
Jan. 6 — Longwood
Jan. 10 — Ole Miss
Jan. 14 — at Auburn, 8 p.m.
Jan. 17 — Arkansas, 2 p.m.
Jan. 21 — at South Carolina, 7 p.m.
Jan. 25 — at Vanderbilt, 1:30 p.m., CBS
Jan. 28 — Georgia, 8 p.m.
Jan. 31 — at Tennessee, 9 p.m., ESPN
Feb. 3 — South Carolina, 9 p.m., ESPN
Feb. 10 — at Kentucky, 9 p.m. ESPN
Feb. 14 — at Georgia, 3:30 p.m. ABC
Feb. 18 — Alabama
Feb. 21 — Vanderbilt, 3 p.m.
Feb. 24 — at LSU, 9 p.m., ESPN
March 1 — Tennessee, 2 p.m., CBS
March 4 — at Mississippi State, 8 p.m.
March 7 — Kentucky, 2 p.m., CBS
March 12-15 — SEC Tournament, St Pete Times Forum, Tampa

The Gators will play 19 home games and will have neutral-court games in Orlando, Jacksonville and Sunrise this season.

The regular season opens Nov. 14 at the O'Connell Center, when Florida plays in the opening-round of the O'Reilly Auto Parts Classic. The opponents of the opening two rounds, to be played at the O'Connell Center, will be announced next month. After a home game against Southern Utah, the Gators will then travel to Kansas City, Mo., for the final two games on the classic, setting up potential matchups with Syracuse, Washington and defending national champion Kansas.

Other highlights of the non-conference schedule include a game at Florida State on Dec. 7 and a CBS nationally televised home game Jan. 3 against North Carolina State.

Florida opens Southeastern Conference play Jan. 10 at home against Ole Miss and closes SEC play with a March 7 home game against Kentucky. In all, the Gators have nine definite games on national television this season, with four games scheduled to appear on ESPN, four on CBS and one on ABC (a Feb. 14 game at Georgia).


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