Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2020–21 |
Prev Year: | 2019–20 |
Next Year: | 2021–22 |
Team: | Florida Gators |
Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
Short Conf: | SEC |
Record: | 15–10 |
Conf Record: | 9–7 |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Asst Coach1: | Al Pinkins |
Stadium: | O'Connell Center |
Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
Tourney Result: | second round |
The 2020–21 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Mike White, and played their home games at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 15-10, 9-7 in SEC Play to finish in 5th place. They defeated Vanderbilt in the second round of the SEC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Tennessee. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Virginia Tech in the first round before getting upset in the second round by Oral Roberts.
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The games against UMass Lowell and Virginia were canceled due to Florida pausing team activities for one week due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing protocols.[2] The Oklahoma game was canceled later in the week, moving the home-and-home series back one year.[3]
The games against North Florida, Florida Atlanta, Florida A&M, and James Madison were postponed following the hospitalization of Keyontae Johnson after collapsing mid-game during the first half of the Florida State game.[4] [5]
See also: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. ^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.