The SEC released its full men’s basketball schedule this afternoon, meaning Florida’s 2009-10 slate is now set.
Florida will open SEC play on Jan. 9 at Vanderbilt and close SEC play March 7 at Kentucky. Kentucky also will serve as the SEC home opener on Jan. 12 with a 9 p.m. tip at the O’Connell Center.
The new television deal with ESPN/CBS will bring increased national visibility to the Gators and the rest of the league. Of Florida’s 16 league games, 10 will appear on either CBS, ESPN or ESPN2.
Here’s a look at the full schedule, including SEC games.
November
2 St. Leo University (Exh.) Gainesville
9 Webber International (Exh.) Gainesville
15 Stetson Gainesville
18 Georgia Southern# Gainesville
20 Troy# Gainesville
24 Florida State Gainesville
27 Michigan State/UMass or Rutgers Atlantic City, N.J.
28 Michigan State/UMass or Rutgers Atlantic City, N.J.
December
1 Florida A&M Gainesville
4 Jacksonville Jacksonville
10 Syracuse% Tampa, ESPN, 9 p.m.
19 Richmond@ Sunrise
22 South Alabama Gainesville
28 American Gainesville
30 Presbyterian Gainesville
January
3 North Carolina State Raleigh, N.C.
9 at Vanderbilt, noon, ESPN2
12 Kentucky Gainesville, 9 p.m., ESPN
16 LSU, 8 p.m., FSN
21 at Arkansas, 9 p.m., ESPN2
23 South Carolina, 6 p.m., ESPN
27 Georgia, 7 p.m., CSS
31 at Tennessee, 1 p.m., CBS
February
4 at Alabama, 7 p.m., ESPNU
6 Mississippi State, 1:30 p.m., SEC Network
10 at South Carolina, 8 p.m., SEC Network
13 Xavier Gainesville
18 Auburn, 7 p.m., ESPN2
20 at Ole Miss, noon, CBS
23 Tennessee Gainesville, 9 p.m., ESPN
27 at Georgia, 4 p.m., SEC Network
March
2 Vanderbilt Gainesville, 7 p.m., ESPN
7 at Kentucky, noon, CBS
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