We are just hours away from tip off from Sunrise, Florida, where Florida basketball returns to the parquet to face the South Florida Bulls in the Orange Bowl Classic. The month of December has not treated the Gators well, who have gone 1-3 so far after a perfect 6-0 start to the 2021-22 campaign, sending them tumbling from both major polls.
Their in-state opponent on Saturday does not look to offer too much resistance, as USF enters the game as a Quadrant 4 team carrying a 4-4 record of its own, including a loss to a top-25 Auburn Tigers in November. Florida certainly holds an edge on paper, and the bookmakers agree, but we have already seen this team drop a Quad 4 game this season to the Texas Southern Tigers on its own court.
On Saturday morning, the Tipico Sportsbook favored the Gators by 16.5-points over the Bulls while the over/under is set at 123.5. The money lines for Florida and USF are minus-1800 and plus-850, respectively, as of 10 a.m. EST.
How to follow Florida basketball vs USF Bulls on Saturday
Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. EST on Saturday inside the FLA Live Arena, Sunrise, Florida, for the Orange Bowl Classic. The game will be broadcast by the Bally Sports Sun, livestreamed on the Fox Sports app and can be heard on the Gators IMG Sports Network.
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