The Official #6 Tennessee @ Florida Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

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#6 Tennessee Volunteers: 10-1 (4-1 SEC)

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Florida Gators: 6-4 (3-3 SEC)

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GAME 12 | TENNESSEE at FLORIDA - Jan. 19, 2021 | 7 p.m. ET | Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center

Line: UT -7
O/U: 136

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Florida Game Notes

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THE SERIES

• Tennessee leads the all-time series with Florida, 77-57, dating to 1927.
• The Gators hold a 35-26 edge when the series is contested in Gainesville.
• The Volunteers have won four straight over Florida. Over those four games, neither team has reached 80 points.
• Tennessee sophomore Drew Pember and Florida sophomore Ques Glover were teammates at Knoxville's Bearden High School and led the Bulldogs to the 2019 Class AAA state championship.
• Florida's Samson Ruzhentsev is a 2020 graduate of Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga.
 
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A WIN WOULD...

• Extend Tennessee's active win streak over the Gators to five games—its longest win streak in the series since 2010.
• Push Rick Barnes past Phog Allen and Don Haskins into 19th place on the all-time Division I wins list (720).
 
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LAYUP LINES

• John Fulkerson and Josiah-Jordan James starred for the Vols in last season's win over Florida. See "last meeting with Florida" note.
• Tennessee is No. 4 in the latest NCAA NET ratings, with wins over three teams in the top 35.
• Tennessee's wins this season have come by an average of 20.0 points, giving UT the nation's fifth-best scoring margin.
• The Vols are giving up league-best 62.6 points per game in SEC play.
• Tennessee has forced 10 of 11 opponents to turn the ball over on 20 percent or more of their possessions.
• In their two road games this season, the Vols are shooting .540 as a team with a +5.5 turnover margin.
• Santiago Vescovi is shooting .650 (13-20) from the field and .643 (9-14) from 3-point range in UT's two road wins while averaging a team-best 19.0 points.
• Vols senior John Fulkerson has been named to the Wooden Award's Midseason Top-25 List.
 
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DEFENSE WINS

• Tennessee ranks second in the NCAA in scoring defense, allowing just 57.2 points per game.
• According to KenPom, the Vols rank second in the NCAA in adjusted defensive efficiency, allowing only 87.2 points per 100 possessions. College teams typically average close to 70 possessions per game.
• The Vols are forcing 17.3 turnovers per game while converting those turnovers into 19.3 points per game. Tennessee's turnover margin stands at +7.4 (third nationally).
• Tennessee has blocked 17.6 percent of its opponents' two-point field goals this season—the nation's No. 1 block percentage.
• Tennessee has yet to allow an opposing player to score 20 points this season.
• Reigning SEC Defensive Player of the Year Yves Pons has 16 blocks through UT's first five SEC games.
• Pons has 96 blocks in his last 42 games.
 
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ABOUT FLORIDA

• After an up-and-down 2019-20 campaign that saw Florida in and out of the rankings, sixth-year head coach Mike White looks to return Florida to the top of the SEC and the NCAA Tournament.
• Following an extended pause of team activities after the incident with forward Keyontae Johnson, the Gators sit at 6-4 and 3-3 in the SEC to begin 2020-21. Their most recent result was a tough road loss at Mississippi State, 72-69, Saturday afternoon.
• Without Johnson, the Gators have needed to rely on the production of their other starters to make up for the absence of the SEC's Preseason Player of the Year. That production has come from sophomore guard Tre Mann and junior forward Colin Castleton.
• Mann has started every game and leads the Gators in scoring (14.0 ppg), assists (4.2 apg) and steals (1.7 spg). He also is second on the team with 5.4 rebounds per game. Among SEC players, he ranks 14th in points, fifth in assists and ninth in steals, while acting as Florida's most consistent and steady player in the backcourt.
• In the frontcourt, Castleton has been solid on the boards, leading the team with 5.7 rebounds per night and has been ferocious on the defensive end with a team-leading 2.3 blocks per game. His 2.3 blocks per game also rank second in the SEC. On the score sheet, Castleton has provided steady production, ranking second on the Gators with 12.6 points per game and pouring in a team-high 16.7 points during league play, which ranks eighth in the conference.
• The University of Florida is widely recognized for its creation of the popular sports drink, Gatorade, developed ahead of the 1965 football season by Florida professor Robert Cade.
 
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The only good gator is grilled gator; Tennessee going to fire up the barbecue tonight.
 
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Has the line changed with Lewis out or did Vegas already know? Must be a trap as it seems easy to take the Vols and lay the points?
 
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It seems like Tre Mann has finally turned the corner. Just read where he enrolled at UF at 6'3, he's close to 6'6 now. I wasn't high on him after last year, but i think he may end up being a real player at the next level.
 
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