Texas time. No. 4 Florida basketball hosting Longhorns at O’Dome in SEC tilt

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Amidst another tumultuous week, No. 4 Florida basketball will try to turn its focus back to the court when it hosts Texas on Saturday before a sold-out crowd at the O’Connell Center (4 p.m., ESPN2)

The Florida Gators (15-2, 2-2 SEC) had their 16-game home win streak snapped with an 83-82 loss to Missouri on Tuesday night. Then, on Thursday, reports surfaced that Florida assistant/player development coach Taurean Green was accused of sexual assault in a Title IX complaint filed by a UF athletics staff member.

Florida coach Todd Golden, himself the subject of a Title IX investigation based on allegations of sexual harassment and stalking, came out in support of Green on Friday and said he will remain on staff coaching with the team.

“It is not ideal, but at the same time, I think we’ve done a pretty good job this year of staying the course and keeping winning the main thing with the way we’ve played and the way we’ve performed,” Golden said. “So, I believe we will continue to do that on a day-to-day basis.”

Here are three storylines to watch for UF’s matchup with the Longhorns:

Can Florida basketball avoid foul trouble and defend the 3-point line?

After forward Thomas Haugh, guard Alijah Martin center Rueben Chinyelu fouled out last Saturday against Arkansas, Chinyelu fouled out again against Missouri, while Haugh picked up four fouls, all in the first half.

“Tommy’s got to do a better job,” Golden said. “At the same time having a guy pick up four fouls in three and a half minutes, someone like him, has had foul trouble at some points but never that, is something that we just got to make sure we don’t allow to happen again.

“That game was called much tighter in the first half than some of these other games we played, and so we got to adjust and make sure that we don’t allow it to happen again.”

Missouri went to the free throw line 29 times against UF on Tuesday, after Arkansas made 35 trips to the foul line last Saturday. The Tigers also burned Florida from the 3-point line, going…

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Publish date : 2025-01-18 09:01:00

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