SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Florida at Tennessee

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Florida visits Tennessee on Sunday in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, team ratings, injury reports, game TV information along with a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Florida	47.2	35.9	76.0	19	39.6	7.6	5.8	12.3	14.5
Florida OPP	41.8	30.6	69.8	221	38.3	7.4	3.4	12.3	15.1
	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Tennessee	44.4	34.6	74.9	23	39.0	7.1	4.7	15.0	12.2
Tennessee OPP	40.1	32.0	72.4	225	37.6	6.3	2.4	10.3	15.7

Key: ORB=Offensive rebounds; RBPR=Rebounds per game; SPG=Steals per game; BPG=Blocked shots per game; APG=Assists per game; TOPG=Turnovers per game.

Statistical Leaders

SCORING
F.Name	L.Name	Team	PPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%
Tre	Mann	FLA	14.1	40.3	38.9	81.5
Colin	Castleton	FLA	13.2	59.2	—	73.3
Jaden	Springer	TEN	12.4	51.4	53.6	77.6
Noah	Locke	FLA	11.1	40.9	40.9	75.0
Tyree	Appleby	FLA	10.6	43.8	33.3	81.4
Victor	Bailey	TEN	10.6	41.2	34.1	82.0
John	Fulkerson	TEN	10.2	52.8	0.0	76.8
Keon	Johnson	TEN	10.1	44.9	28.1	68.4
STEALS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	STLs	SPG
Tyree	Appleby	FLA	28	1.8
Scottie	Lewis	FLA	21	1.8
Tre	Mann	FLA	24	1.5
Josiah-Jordan	James	TEN	27	1.4
Santiago	Vescovi	TEN	23	1.2
Jaden	Springer	TEN	19	1.1
Keon	Johnson	TEN	19	1.0
BLOCKS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	BLKs	BPG
Colin	Castleton	FLA	39	2.6
Omar	Payne	FLA	26	1.6
Yves	Pons	TEN	30	1.6
Scottie	Lewis	FLA	15	1.3
Josiah-Jordan	James	TEN	20	1.1
John	Fulkerson	TEN	12	0.6
Anthony	Duruji	FLA	8	0.5
REBOUNDS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	DREBs	REBs	RPG
Josiah-Jordan	James	TEN	37	114	6.0
John	Fulkerson	TEN	35	116	5.8
Colin	Castleton	FLA	38	85	5.7
Tre	Mann	FLA	10	87	5.4
Yves	Pons	TEN	29	94	4.9
Santiago	Vescovi	TEN	7	77	3.9
Anthony	Duruji	FLA	23	60	3.8
Scottie	Lewis	FLA	10	46	3.8

Florida vs. Tennessee Basketball Series History

Tennessee leads 77-57.

College Basketball Ratings

Source	Florida	Tennessee
NCAA NET	27	23
Sagarin	24	22
ESPN BPI	29	14
Ken Pomeroy	24	27
Massey Composite	26	25

Florida Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Ques Glover	G	5′-11″	182	SO
1	Tre Mann	G	6′-5″	190	SO
2	Samson Ruzhentsev	F	6′-7″	192	FR
3	Alex Klatsky	G	6′-4″	185	FR
4	Anthony Duruji	F	6′-7″	220	JR
5	Omar Payne	F	6′-10″	230	SO
10	Noah Locke	G	6′-3″	203	JR
11	Keyontae Johnson	F	6′-5″	229	JR
12	Colin Castleton	F	6′-11″	231	JR
15	Osayi Osifo	F	6′-7″	225	JR
20	Jack May	G	6′-4″	175	FR
22	Tyree Appleby	G	6′-1″	170	JR
23	Scottie Lewis	G	6′-5″	189	SO
33	Jason Jitoboh	C	6′-11″	285	SO
44	Niels Lane	G	6′-5″	206	FR

Tennessee Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Davonte Gaines	G	6′-7″	181	SO
3	Drew Pember	F	6′-10″	190	SO
5	Josiah-Jordan James	G	6′-6″	207	SO
10	John Fulkerson	F	6′-9″	215	SR
11	Jaden Springer	G	6′-4″	204	FR
12	Victor Bailey Jr.	G	6′-4″	179	JR
13	Olivier Nkamhoua	F	6′-8″	223	SO
21	Kent Gilbert	G	6′-1″	164	FR
24	Isaiah Sulack	G	6′-5″	170	SO
25	Santiago Vescovi	G	6′-3″	188	SO
30	Brock Jancek	F	6′-8″	222	JR
32	Cole Morris	F	6′-9″	192	FR
33	Uros Plavsic	F	7′-0″	262	SO
35	Yves Pons	G	6′-6″	215	SR
45	Keon Johnson	G	6′-5″	186	FR
55	E.J. Anosike	F	6′-7″	245	SR

Florida Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
12/2/2020	Army	69	Florida	76
12/3/2020	Florida	90	Boston College	70
12/6/2020	Stetson	40	Florida	86
12/12/2020	Florida	71	Florida State	83
12/16/2020	North Florida	PPD	Florida	PPD
12/19/2020	FAU	PPD	Florida	PPD
12/20/2020	Florida A&M	PPD	Florida	PPD
12/22/2020	James Madison	PPD	Florida	PPD
12/30/2020	Florida	91	Vanderbilt	72
1/2/2021	LSU	79	Florida	83
1/5/2021	Florida	71	Alabama	86
1/9/2021	Kentucky	76	Florida	58
1/12/2021	Ole Miss	63	Florida	72
1/16/2021	Florida	69	Mississippi St	72
1/19/2021	Tennessee	49	Florida	75
1/23/2021	Florida	92	Georgia	84
1/27/2021	Vanderbilt	71	Florida	78
1/30/2021	Florida	85	West Virginia	80
2/3/2021	South Carolina	72	Florida	66
2/6/2021	Florida	PPD	LSU	PPD
2/10/2021	Florida	PPD	Tennessee	PPD
2/13/2021	Texas A&M	PPD	Florida	PPD
2/16/2021	Florida	64	Arkansas	75
2/20/2021	Georgia	63	Florida	70
2/23/2021	Florida	74	Auburn	57
2/27/2021	Florida	71	Kentucky	67
3/3/2021	Missouri	72	Florida	70
3/7/2021	Florida		Tennessee

Tennessee Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
12/8/2020	Colorado	47	Tennessee	56
12/12/2020	Cincinnati	56	Tennessee	65
12/15/2020	Appalachian St	38	Tennessee	79
12/18/2020	Tennessee Tech	49	Tennessee	103
12/21/2020	Saint Joseph’s	66	Tennessee	102
12/22/2020	SC Upstate	PPD	Tennessee	PPD
12/30/2020	Tennessee	73	Missouri	53
1/2/2021	Alabama	71	Tennessee	63
1/6/2021	Arkansas	74	Tennessee	79
1/9/2021	Tennessee	68	Texas A&M	54
1/12/2021	Tennessee	PPD	South Carolina	PPD
1/12/2021	Tennessee	PPD	Vanderbilt	PPD
1/16/2021	Vanderbilt	61	Tennessee	81
1/19/2021	Tennessee	49	Florida	75
1/23/2021	Missouri	73	Tennessee	64
1/26/2021	Mississippi St	53	Tennessee	56
1/30/2021	Kansas	61	Tennessee	80
2/2/2021	Tennessee	50	Ole Miss	52
2/6/2021	Tennessee	82	Kentucky	71
2/10/2021	Georgia	81	Tennessee	89
2/10/2021	Florida	PPD	Tennessee	PPD
2/13/2021	Tennessee	65	LSU	78
2/17/2021	South Carolina	73	Tennessee	93
2/20/2021	Kentucky	70	Tennessee	55
2/24/2021	Tennessee	70	Vanderbilt	58
2/27/2021	Tennessee	72	Auburn	77
3/7/2021	Florida		Tennessee

Injuries and Suspensions

Florida

[G] 02/23/2021 – Alex Klatsky is out indefinitely (Quarantine)
(!)[F] 12/22/2020 – Keyontae Johnson is out for season (Heart)

Tennessee

[F] 02/27/2021 – Corey Walker Jr. is “?” (Undisclosed)

Source: statfox.com

Florida-Tennessee Prediction

Tennessee 74, Florida 71

Sunday‘s game tips off at 12:00 PM ET. TV: ESPNU.