Overview
- Tipoff is Saturday, Jan. 17 at 1 p.m. CT at Memorial Gymnasium, with TV coverage on ESPN.
- Florida enters on a three-game win streak over Georgia, Tennessee and Oklahoma, leaning on a deep frontcourt featuring Alex Condon, Thomas Haugh, Rueben Chinyelu and 7-1 Micah Handlogten.
- Vanderbilt is coming off an 80-64 loss at Texas in which it was outrebounded 42-24 and hampered by frontcourt foul trouble.
- The matchup tilts guards vs. bigs: Vanderbilt’s Tyler Tanner and Duke Miles lead a strong backcourt, while Florida ranks near the top nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (about 43.7%).
- Florida has struggled from three (27.9%) as Vanderbilt shoots more efficiently from deep and the line; Frankie Collins remains out for the Commodores, and oddsmakers list UF as a 3.5-point favorite.