Florida basketball finally got the win that [autotag]Todd Golden[/autotag] has been looking for all season.
[autotag]Colin Castleton[/autotag] took over the game late and Florida’s defense upstaged the nation’s No. 1 (according to the KenPom ratings) defense in winning, 67-54, at Exactech Arena in Gainesville.
Tennessee came into the game ranked second in the country in both major polls along with a couple of the analytical metrics, but Florida jumped to an early lead and survived a pair of Vols runs — one in the first half and one in the second — to get the Quadrant 1 win that will definitely hold up when tournament time arrives.
The Gators are now 13-9 overall and 6-3 in SEC play. Tennessee falls to 18-4 and 7-2 in the SEC.