Florida Gators basketball SEC predictions

The Florida Gators basketball team has one more non-conference game remaining on their schedule before they open SEC play. Mike White and his team currently sit at 8-3 and most likely will enter conference play with a 9-3 mark.

We’re going to take a look at the upcoming schedule and see how the Gators will likely fair the rest of the way.

12/22 Stony Brook (Non-conference): Win 9-3

12/29 @ Ole Miss 8-3: Loss 9-4 (0-1)

1/5 #6 Alabama 9-2: loss 9-5 (0-2)

1/8 @ #13 Auburn: loss 9-6 (0-3)

1/12 #19 LSU: Win 10-6 (1-3)

1/15 @South Carolina: Win 11-6 (2-3)

1/19 Miss State: Win 12-6 (3-3)

1/22 Vanderbilt: Win 13-6 (4-3)

1/26 @ #18 Tennessee: Loss 13-7 (4-4)

1/29 Oklahoma State (Non-Conference): Win 14-7 (4-4)

2/2 @Mizzouri: Loss 14-8 (4-5)

2/5 Ole Miss: Win 15-8  (5-5)

2/9 Georgia: Win 16-8 (6-5)

2/12 @ #21 Kentucky: Loss 16-9 (6-6)

2/15 @ Texas A&M: Win 17-9 (7-6)

2/19 #13 Auburn: Win 18-9 (8-6)

2/22 #24 Arkansas: Loss 18-10 (8-7)

2/26 @Georgia: Win 19-10 (9-7)

3/1 @ Vanderbilt: Win 20-10 (10-7)

3/5 #21 Kentucky: Loss 20-11(10-8)

If it plays out like this, the Gators are going to be a bubble team. A lot may come down to their showing in the SEC conference tournament. If they can gut out two wins in the tournament, it should be enough to get them into the NCAA tournament. 22

-12 record with a 12-9 conference record in a league like the SEC is usually enough in this day.

There’s certainly a few key games that could change the outcome of that projection, losses to any of the weak teams like South Carolina, Georgia, or a Vanderbilt could be crippling. They still have distance themselves from a horrible loss to Texas Southern and an eh loss to Maryland.

Mike White has very little wiggle room leading into conference play. It’s a brutal schedule to open, let’s see if he can navigate the early games and hold onto his job.