Five takeaways from UF’s NIT Tip-Off win over Pitt

Florida starting center Micah Handlogten went down after just one minute in this one, and he was ruled out for the rest of the game by halftime. The Marshall transfer has been a strong presence for the Gators through four games, but Todd Golden showed that his team has enough depth to get through a tough game without him.

Alex Condon and Thomas Haugh benefitted the most from Handlogten’s absence. Both played more than 20 minutes, and Tyrese Samuel finished the night with a 20-point double-double. Condon sometimes looks a bit clunky, but there’s a good presence down low and on defense. Hauge drained a buzzer-beater three to end the first half and laid down a nice dunk in the game’s final minutes, but he found himself in foul trouble with four.

Handlogten has averaged 10 points and 8.5 rebounds so far, though, so they need to get him back.