As Todd Golden and Florida basketball look to defend their national title, which nonconference matchups will be the biggest tests?

Ahead of his induction to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, former Florida Gators men's basketball coach Billy Donovan is set to be honored by the university during the football team's season opener against Long Island on Aug.

CBS Sports offered its top 5 Southeastern Conference basketball matchups in 2026, including Florida's face offs with Alabama and Kentucky.

Overall, Golden is 76-33 in three seasons with the Florida Gators, with two NCAA Tournament appearances. At 39 years old last April, Golden became the youngest coach since the late Jim Valvano in 1983 to win a national title when he guided UF to a dramatic 65-63 win over Houston in the 2025 national title game.

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ESPN picked out the best non-conference matchups from the top 25 men's basketball teams. For the Florida Gators, it is the Arizona Wildcats.

The Southeastern Conference schedule for the Florida Gators was released on Wednesday, showing the path they must take to defend their national title.

The Florida Gators basketball team released its conference schedule Wednesday afternoon, nearly finalizing its entire 2025-26 schedule. The Gators will visit the Missouri Tigers on Jan. 3 to tip off their conference schedule and wrap up the regular season on the road against the Kentucky Wildcats on March 7.

The UConn men's basketball team's 2025-26 nonconference schedule, officially announced on Tuesday, wjll be a true gauntlet.The Huskies are slated to face six Power 5 teams, all or most of whom should be ranked in the Associated Press's preseason Top 25 poll.

Florida basketball, led by Todd Golden, will face TCU on Thanksgiving in the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego. Game airs on FS1 at 3 p.m. ET.

When Coach Mark Pope built his 2025-26 Kentucky basketball roster, he made a 'team' and didn't just add as many star players as he could, like some programs do.