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COLUMN: Why is the NCAA fighting these so-called five-for-five cases all over the country in ways that will absolutely create an uneven playing field this season? Arizona's Tommy Lloyd has an interesting theory. cbssports.com/college-basket…

RIP to the great Dale Brown. A tremendous coach. A kind man. And a relentless advocate for players and SEC basketball. You’ll be missed.

Gator 🐊 target Cayden Daughtry with a cool 46, 6, and 6 last night against other 5 ⭐️ prospects Beckham Black and CJ Rosser. Incredible.

The most important poll of the year is here. Vote for the 2026-2027 All-Name Team! Choose up to 10 names. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

We are headed towards a season beginning 11/2 where some 2022 players are eligible and others aren’t eligible. That is chaos. As Rick Barnes and Todd Golden and Tommy Lloyd have all said— the NCAA caused this chaos by mishandling the rollout of a five year rule and the NCAA could easily stop it. The reality is the NCAA knew it wanted to pass a five year rule in April. It could have awarded 2022 players a fifth year at that time without issue. It didn’t announce the proposed interpretation of the rule until late June, and didn’t adopt a bylaw until August. When it did adopt the new bylaw, the text of that bylaw didn’t include the carve out the June proposal included. The NCAA’s purported justifications for the carve out are all post hoc— and in court, the NCAA has yet to name a single displaced athlete or name a reason, outside their theoretical, unproven displacement argument, why allowing 2022 players a 5th year is uniquely bad, given they are giving 2023-25 players a fifth year. In pleadings this week, the NCAA has lamented all the lawsuits, all while paying BigLaw fees to fight them. Competitive equity, fairness, and common sense suggest what the NCAA should do. But they fight on.

The @SEC leads all conferences with 109 players on 2026-27 NBA opening day rosters who played their final college season in the conference: • SEC: 109 • ACC: 89 • Big Ten: 76 • Big 12: 69 • Big East: 39 Among all players on NBA opening day rosters who attended college, 24% played their final college season in the SEC. (Note: These figures include players on standard NBA contracts or two-way contracts.)

🚨AP Preseason All-American Team🚨 Jeremy Fears Jr., Michigan State Thomas Haugh, Florida Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt David Mirkovic, Illiois Motiejus Krivas, Arizona Others receiving votes (in order): Flory Bidunga, Louisville Braylon Mullins, UConn John Blackwell, Duke Robert Wright III, BYU JT Toppin, Texas Tech Silas Demary, UConn Tyran Stokes, Kansas Milan Momcilovic, Kentucky Thijs De Ridder, Virginia Rueben Chinyelu, Florida Juke Harris, Tennessee Jordan Smith, Arkansas Elliot Cadeau, Michigan Patrick Ngongba II, Duke Alex Condon, Florida Pryce Sandfort, Nebraska Ivan Kharchenkov, Arizona Malik Reneau, Miami Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje, Duke

Thomas Haugh is a first team preseason All-American. He was nearly a unanimous selection, receiving 56 of 58 first team votes.

Everyone in Europe is running variations of the same baseline out of bounds play, and despite the relative simplicity no one can stop it.

Preseason AP No. 1 teams to win the national title since 1984-85 NCAA Tournament expansion: UNLV (1989-90) Duke (1991-92) Kentucky (1995-96) UConn (2003-04) Florida (2006-07) North Carolina (2008-09)

This means that Florida's season opener will be a top-15 matchup. No. 1 Florida vs. No. 14 Miami in Tampa on Nov. 2.

Florida is the preseason # 1 in the AP Poll. Gators received 47 of 59 first place votes. Second preseason # 1 ranking in school history. The other came in 2006, as Florida started on top and finished on top as back to back national champions.

Some of yall need a reminder already. Enjoy the ride

2013-2014 Florida also lost a scrimmage. Donovan was furious. Florida’s legendary seniors learned a lot from it and made the Final Four.

Not a big shot quality guy — too many other good advanced stats out there— but on shot quality Florida had a 27 point edge. That’s a staggering advantage and well— you have to make a few buckets to win.

Florida’s biggest issue today other than shot making? 1. Gators spacing is very wonky right now or was thanks to Baylor scheme - which is designed to run you off the line and then jump passing lanes one man away 2. Wouldn’t ever get away from playing through Condon, even when you don’t hit the open looks he creates when he receives and distributes at the elbow.

Never good to lose. Gators also probably aren’t shooting that poorly again this year. Credit Baylor. Mingo brothers were awesome. They were physical and competed inside.

Plenty for the Gators to think about and work on before the season opener against a likely top 15 Miami team on November 2.

Crashing out over an exhibition game is a choice. 😂

Good drive by Fland who just couldn’t get the midrange jumper to go. Kayden Mingo dagger 3 after Haugh fails to collect an airballed 3. Baylor up 5. 37 seconds to play.