Florida basketball hits the road to take on the LSU Tigers on Tuesday night in a battle of two teams that have gotten off to slow starts in Southeastern Conference play. Both squads enter the game with 1-2 records, with the Tigers earning a victory over a top-10 Arkansas Razorbacks team to open the SEC schedule while the Gators beat the Georgia Bulldogs their last time out.
The Orange and Blue currently hold an 8-7 record, sitting at No. 69 in the NET rankings and No. 42 in the Basketball Power Index. Meanwhile, despite a tidy 12-3 mark thanks to a soft pre-conference slate, LSU is ranked No. 89 and No. 72, respectively.
The two programs have met on the parquet over a hundred times and LSU holds the upper hand with a 66-49 record overall dating back to 1947, when the Tigers came away victoriously from a neutral ground matchup. The bayou boys hold a series-high 12-game winning streak from 1979 to 1983 while the rowdy reptiles maxed out at six from 2010 to 2014.
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If this were a home game, I would probably give the Gators the edge, but playing in a hostile environment while still struggling to establish an identity as a team — plus the inability to close out games that have been seen several times — I think the ball rolls in LSU’s favor.
LSU 65, Florida 61
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Here’s what our colleague and former Gators Wire staff member Tyler Nettuno over at LSU Tigers Wire has to offer on Tuesday night’s affair between the Gators and Tigers.
What are our overall thoughts on the Gators through 15 games? Which players will LSU need to keep in check? All of those questions, and more, are answered in this edition of Behind Enemy Lines.
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