Overview
- Tipoff is noon CT Sunday at a sold-out O’Connell Center on ABC, with Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes and Dick Vitale on the broadcast.
- Charles Bediako remains eligible under a temporary restraining order extended to cover the Florida and Texas A&M games after the initial judge later recused from the case.
- Since returning, Bediako has averaged 13.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in two games, including a 14-point, six-rebound start in the win over Missouri.
- Florida’s Todd Golden questioned Bediako’s reinstatement and said, “We’re going to beat ’em anyways,” while Alabama’s Nate Oats said Bediako strengthens the Tide against the Gators’ size.
- The matchup pits Alabama’s high-volume 3-point attack against Florida’s nation-leading rebounding, and ESPN’s BPI projects roughly a 73% chance the Gators win; Florida has won four straight in the series.