College basketball isn’t exactly at the forefront of the national sports scene, but there’s always someone following the preseason progress of the top teams. CBS Sports writer Gary Parrish has been publishing his best ratings of 25 and 1 weekly and has included the Florida Gators in all of its updates thus far.
This time, however, the Gators have dropped a bit from their position in last week’s update, ranking 20th out of 26 ranked schools. The Orange and Blue is one of seven Southeastern Conference schools listed, including Alabama Crimson Tide (No. 8), Brown Tigers (No. 10), Texas A&M Aggies (No. 11), Tennessee Volunteers (No. 16), Texas Longhorns (No. 21) and Arkansas Razorbacks (No. 23).
“This ranking is based on Todd Golden’s Gators returning six of the nine leading scorers – all except Zyon Pullin, Tyrese Samuel It is Riley Kugel – from a team that secured 7th place in the 2024 NCAA Tournament”, its synopsis still says.
“The additions to the transfer portal Alias Martin (FAU) and Sam Alexis (Chattanooga) gave Florida a pair of productive midrange pieces, the first of which helped Florida Atlantic reach the 2023 Final Four.
Florida ranks No. 28 in 247Sports’ college basketball transfer rankings, having collected a trio of four-star recruits from the portal.
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