Key takeaways from Florida basketball’s road loss at Vanderbilt

Pat Dooley breaks down Vanderbilt’s convincing win over Florida on Saturday night.

Florida’s defense continued to be a major issue and added missed free throws to the equation as the Gators allowed 88 points to Vanderbilt for the second time this season and were swept out of Memorial Gym, 88-72.

The Gators dropped below .500, something that we all saw coming once UF lost its best player. Florida is now 14-15 and 7-9 in the SEC.

That win over Tennessee seems like two years ago. UF has now lost six of its last seven games and all three since [autotag]Colin Castleton[/autotag] was pronounced DFY (Done For the Year).

To be fair, the Gators have allowed at least 85 points to the three opponents it has faced since Castleton went down.

Vanderbilt is 16-13 and 9-7 in conference play.