Despite a neutral-court victory over the George Washington Revolutionaries, Florida basketball falls again in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

Florida basketball will face George Washington at the Orange Bowl Classic in Sunrise. Follow along for live updates.

In April, Golden made his own history by leading Florida to its third national championship. Considering Donovan is one of just three coaches in the modern era to win consecutive championships, along with Mike Krzyzewski and Dan Hurley, Golden phoned Billy D to pick his brain ahead of Florida’s quest to repeat.

Florida got back to the business of winning after back-to-back losses against ranked teams, using a big run to start the 2nd half.

These are traditionally the type of games you see as blowouts, and that’s what Florida will be looking for on Wednesday when they take on the Saint Francis Red Flash on Wednesday. Saint Francis was a great story in the 2024-25 season when they unexpectedly went on a surge in the NEC Tournament,

Florida will continue its challenging non-conference slate when it faces George Washington (8-3) at the Orange Bowl Classic in Sunrise on Dec. 13 (2:30 p.m., ESPN2). The Colonials are coming off a 70-58 loss to Delaware on Dec. 10 but have posted wins over USF (99-95) and Old Dominion (96-73) earlier this season.

The Gainesville Sun was given a behind-the-scenes look at how Florida basketball prepped for its game vs UConn at Madison Square Garden. From shootaround to film study, here’s an inside look.

Even though Florida basketball stands at 5-4 through nine games, ESPN has the Gators inside its top 25 power rankings.