Special report on the Florida Gators basketball team:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference announced television designations and start times for Florida men’s basketball’s 18-game conference slate on Monday.
UF is set to begin conference play on ESPN2 at 9:00 p.m. ET in its SEC opener at Vanderbilt on Dec. 30. CBS will televise Florida’s league home opener on Jan. 2 against the LSU Tigers at 2:00 p.m. at Exactech Arena inside the Stephen C. O’Connell Center and UF’s Feb. 27 road matchup against Kentucky at 4:00 p.m.
The start time for Florida’s contest at West Virginia as a part of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Jan. 30 is still to be determined. The Gators will head to Morgantown, W.V. for the first time since 1970 with an all-time mark of 6-3 vs. the Mountaineers, including 2-0 under head coach Mike White.
Overall, Florida will appear on the SEC Network six times throughout this year’s campaign, while several of the team’s games have options to be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.
UF returns to the court on Saturday, Dec. 12 in Tallahassee against in-state rival Florida State at 11:00 a.m. before heading home for three straight contests against North Florida (Dec. 16), FAU (Dec. 19) and James Madison (Dec. 22) to end their non-conference schedule.
2020-21 Television designations and start times:
Dec. 30
at Vanderbilt
ESPN2
9:00 p.m.
Jan. 2
LSU
CBS
2:00 pm.
Jan. 5
at Alabama
ESPN2/U
7:00 p.m.
Jan. 9
KENTUCKY
ESPN/2
5/8:00 p.m.
Jan. 12
OLE MISS
SEC Network
7:00 p.m.
Jan. 16
at Mississippi State
ESPN2
4:00 p.m.
Jan. 19
TENNESSEE
ESPN/2/U
7:00 p.m.
Jan. 23
at Georgia
ESPN/2
2:00 p.m.
Jan. 27
VANDERBILT
SEC Network
6:30 p.m.
Jan. 30
at West Virginia (SEC/B12)
ESPN/2/U
TBD
Feb. 3
SOUTH CAROLINA
SEC Network
6:30 p.m.
Feb. 6
at LSU
ESPN/2
2:00 p.m.
Feb. 10
at Tennessee
ESPN2
7:00 p.m.
Feb. 13
TEXAS A&M
SEC Network
8:30 p.m.
Feb. 16
at Arkansas
ESPN/2
7:00 p.m.
Feb. 20
GEORGIA
SEC Network
3:30 p.m.
Feb. 23
at Auburn
ESPN/2/U
9:00 p.m.
Feb. 27
at Kentucky
CBS
4:00 p.m.
March 3
MISSOURI
SEC Network
6:30 p.m.