The 2019–20 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gators were led by fifth-year head coach Mike White and played their home games in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 19–12, 11–7 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They were set to take on Georgia in the second round of the SEC tournament. However, the SEC Tournament and all other postseason tournaments were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season The Gators finished the 2018–19 season 20–16, 9–9 in SEC play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Arkansas in the second round, LSU in the quarterfinals before losing to Auburn in the semifinals of the SEC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Nevada in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to Michigan.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Mike Okauru 0 G 6'3" 184 Sophomore Raleigh, NC Transferred to UNC Wilmington Chase Johnson 1 F 6'9" 219 RS Freshman Ripley, WV Transferred to Dayton Jalen Hudson 3 G 6'6" 195 RS Senior Richmond, VA Graduated KeVaughn Allen 5 G 6'2" 193 Senior Little Rock, AR Graduated Kevarrius Hayes 13 C 6'9" 227 Senior Live Oak, FL Graduated Mak Krause 14 G 6'2" 172 Senior Atlanta, GA Walk-on; graduated Isaiah Stokes 15 F 6'8" 270 RS Freshman Aurora, ON Transferred to Memphis Andrew Fava 22 G 5'10" 171 Sophomore Baltimore, MD Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Deaundrae Ballard 24 G 6'5" 197 Sophomore Atlanta, GA Transferred to South Alabama Keith Stone 25 F 6'8" 253 RS Junior Deerfield Beach, FL Graduate Transferred to Miami (FL)

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Anthony Duruji 4 F 6'7" 215 Junior Germantown, MD Louisiana Tech Tyree Appleby 22 G 6'1" 165 Junior Jacksonville, AR Cleveland State Kerry Blackshear Jr. 24 F 6'10" 250 Senior Orlando, FL Virginia Tech

2019 recruiting class

Preseason

SEC media poll The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.

Media poll 1 Kentucky 2 Florida 3 LSU 4 Auburn 5 Tennessee 6 Alabama 7 Mississippi State 8 Ole Miss 9 Georgia 10 South Carolina 11 Arkansas 12 Texas A&M 13 Missouri 14 Vanderbilt

Preseason All-SEC teams The Gators had two players selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.

SEC Player of the Year

Kerry Blackshear

First Team

Kerry Blackshear

Second Team

Andrew Nembhard

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=| Regular season

!colspan=12 style=|SEC Tournament |- style="background:#bbbbbb" | style="text-align:center"|March 12, 20203:30 pm, SECN | style="text-align:center"| (5) | vs. (13) GeorgiaSecond round | colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | style="text-align:center"|Bridgestone ArenaNashville, TN

Source

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a poll this week.

References