2021–22_Florida_Gators_men's_basketball_team

2021–22 Florida Gators men's basketball
2021–22 Florida Gators men's basketball
Fort Myers Tip-Off Beach Division champions
NIT, Second Round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	20–14 (9–9 SEC)
Head coach	Mike White (7th season); Al Pinkins (interim);
Associate head coach	Al Pinkins
Assistant coaches	Erik Pastrana; Akeem Miskdeen;
Home arena	O'Connell Center
	Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Florida Gators men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2021–22 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by seventh-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 20–14, 9–9 in SEC Play to finish a five-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 9 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost in the second round to Texas A&M. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Iona in the first round before losing to Xavier.

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On March 13, 2022, head coach Mike White left the school to take the head coaching position at Georgia.^[1] On March 18, the school named San Francisco head coach Todd Golden the team's new head coach.^[2]

Offseason

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2021* 7:00 p.m., SECN+		Embry–Riddle	W 80–57		20 – McKissic	9 – Castleton	7 – Appleby	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
Regular season
November 9, 2021* 8:00 p.m., SECN+		Elon	W 74–61	1–0	20 – Jones	7 – Duruji	4 – Castleton	O'Connell Center (9,275) Gainesville, FL
November 14, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 20 Florida State Rivalry	W 71–55	2–0	15 – Tied	16 – Castleton	5 – Appleby	O'Connell Center (10,011) Gainesville, FL
November 18, 2021* 6:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 24	Milwaukee Fort Myers Tip-Off campus site-game	W 81–45	3–0	19 – Castleton	10 – Castleton	5 – Tied	O'Connell Center (8,223) Gainesville, FL
November 22, 2021* 8:30 p.m., FS1	No. 23	vs. California Fort Myers Tip-Off Beach Division semifinals	W 80–60	4–0	16 – Castleton	8 – Castleton	3 – Tied	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (3,500) Fort Myers, FL
November 24, 2021* 8:30 p.m., FS1	No. 23	vs. Ohio State Fort Myers Tip-Off Beach Division championship game	W 71–68	5–0	19 – Fleming Jr.	13 – Castleton	3 – Castleton	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (3,500) Fort Myers, FL
November 28, 2021* 12:00 p.m., SECN	No. 23	Troy	W 84–45	6–0	12 – Tied	8 – Castleton	4 – Jones	O'Connell Center (8,875) Gainesville, FL
December 1, 2021* 8:00 p.m., BSSUN/BSFL	No. 14	at Oklahoma	L 67–74	6–1	17 – Fleming Jr.	11 – Castleton	2 – Tied	Lloyd Noble Center (9,539) Norman, OK
December 6, 2021* 6:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 20	Texas Southern	L 54–69	6–2	15 – McKissic	5 – Castleton	3 – Tied	O'Connell Center (7,623) Gainesville, FL
December 8, 2021* 7:00 p.m., SECN	No. 20	North Florida	W 85–55	7–2	26 – Castleton	8 – Castleton	3 – Tied	O'Connell Center (7,705) Gainesville, FL
December 12, 2021* 4:30 p.m., BTN	No. 20	vs. Maryland Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational	L 68–70	7–3	15 – Tied	11 – Fleming Jr.	4 – Tied	Barclays Center (7,124) Brooklyn, NY
December 18, 2021* 1:00 p.m., BSSUN		vs. South Florida Orange Bowl Classic	W 66–55	8–3	12 – Castleton	11 – Castleton	5 – McKissic	FLA Live Arena Sunrise, FL
December 22, 2021* 2:00 p.m., SECN+		Stony Brook	W 87–62	9–3	20 – Fleming Jr.	7 – Tied	7 – Appleby	O'Connell Center (8,063) Gainesville, FL
January 5, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		No. 15 Alabama	L 70–83	9–4 (0–1)	19 – Castleton	7 – Tied	5 – Appleby	O'Connell Center (10,210) Gainesville, FL
January 8, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPN2		at No. 9 Auburn	L 73–85	9–5 (0–2)	22 – Castleton	10 – Castleton	9 – Appleby	Auburn Arena (9,121) Auburn, AL
January 12, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		No. 12 LSU	L 58–64	9–6 (0–3)	19 – Castleton	9 – Castleton	3 – Jones	O'Connell Center (10,110) Gainesville, FL
January 15, 2022 1:00 p.m., SECN		at South Carolina	W 71–63	10–6 (1–3)	14 – Tied	7 – Castleton	6 – Appleby	Colonial Life Arena (10,813) Columbia, SC
January 19, 2022 6:30 p.m., SECN		Mississippi State	W 80–72	11–6 (2–3)	22 – Duruji	5 – McKissic	5 – Tied	O'Connell Center (10,008) Gainesville, FL
January 22, 2022 1:00 p.m., SECN		Vanderbilt	W 61–42	12–6 (3–3)	11 – Appleby	10 – Jitoboh	4 – McKissic	O'Connell Center (10,345) Gainesville, FL
January 24, 2022 7:00 p.m., SECN+		at Ole Miss	L 54–70	12–7 (3–4)	12 – Jitoboh	5 – Jitoboh	4 – Appleby	SJB Pavilion (6,273) Oxford, MS
January 26, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		at No. 18 Tennessee	L 71–78	12–8 (3–5)	16 – Tied	6 – Duruji	7 – Appleby	Thompson–Boling Arena (20,789) Knoxville, TN
January 29, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN2		Oklahoma State Big 12/SEC Challenge	W 81–72	13–8	21 – Appleby	6 – Fleming Jr.	4 – Appleby	O'Connell Center (10,056) Gainesville, FL
February 2, 2022 3:00 p.m., SECN		at Missouri	W 66–65	14–8 (4–5)	17 – Appleby	6 – Fleming Jr.	3 – Fleming Jr.	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
February 5, 2022 3:30 p.m., SECN		Ole Miss	W 62–57 ^OT	15–8 (5–5)	17 – Castleton	7 – Tied	10 – Appleby	O'Connell Center (10,007) Gainesville, FL
February 9, 2022 6:30 p.m., SECN		Georgia	W 72–63	16–8 (6–5)	23 – Jones	9 – Castleton	3 – Appleby	O'Connell Center (9,929) Gainesville, FL
February 12, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN		at No. 5 Kentucky Rivalry	L 57–78	16–9 (6–6)	18 – Castleton	7 – Castleton	4 – Castleton	Rupp Arena (20,383) Lexington, KY
February 15, 2022 7:00 p.m., SECN		at Texas A&M	L 55–56	16–10 (6–7)	15 – Castleton	15 – Castleton	3 – Lane	Reed Arena (6,349) College Station, TX
February 19, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 2 Auburn	W 63–62	17–10 (7–7)	26 – Appleby	8 – Castleton	5 – Fleming Jr.	O'Connell Center (11,255) Gainesville, FL
February 22, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		No. 18 Arkansas	L 74–82	17–11 (7–8)	29 – Castleton	8 – Fleming Jr.	5 – Jones	O'Connell Center (9,023) Gainesville, FL
February 26, 2022 12:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Georgia	W 84–72	18–11 (8–8)	27 – Fleming Jr.	12 – Castleton	7 – Appleby	Stegeman Coliseum (9,070) Athens, GA
March 1, 2022 8:30 p.m., SECN		at Vanderbilt	W 82–78	19–11 (9–8)	18 – Castleton	8 – Castleton	6 – Fleming Jr.	Memorial Gymnasium (6,568) Nashville, TN
March 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., CBS		No. 7 Kentucky Rivalry	L 63–71	19–12 (9–9)	23 – Castleton	11 – Castleton	8 – McKissic	O'Connell Center (9,788) Gainesville, FL
SEC tournament
March 10, 2022 12:00 p.m., SECN	(9)	vs. (8) Texas A&M Second Round	L 80–83 ^OT	19–13	21 – Reeves	9 – Lane	4 – Fleming Jr.	Amalie Arena (10,295) Tampa, FL
NIT tournament
March 16, 2022* 9:00 p.m., ESPN2	(3)	Iona First Round – Dayton Bracket	W 79–74	20–13	18 – Tied	13 – Castleton	5 – Appleby	O'Connell Center (3,023) Gainesville, FL
March 20, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN	(3)	at (2) Xavier Second Round – Dayton Bracket	L 56–72	20–14	14 – Reeves	8 – Fleming Jr.	3 – Tied	Cintas Center (3,437) Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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"2021–22 Men's Basketball Schedule". Florida Gators. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Ques Glover	0	G	5'11"	182	Sophomore	Knoxville, TN	Transferred to Samford
Tre Mann	1	G	6'5"	190	Sophomore	Gainesville, FL	Declare for 2021 NBA draft
Samson Ruzhentsev	2	F	6'7"	192	Freshman	Moscow, Russia	Signed to play professionally in Serbia with Mega Basket
Omar Payne	5	F	6'10"	230	Sophomore	Kissimmee, FL	Transferred to Illinois
Noah Locke	10	G	6'3"	203	Junior	Baltimore, MD	Transferred to Louisville
Osayi Osifo	15	F	6'7"	225	Junior	Bedworth Park, South Africa	Transferred to Jacksonville
Scottie Lewis	23	G	6'5"	189	Sophomore	Hazlet, NJ	Declare for 2021 NBA draft

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Myreon Jones	0	G	6'3"	175	Senior	Birmingham, AL	Penn State
CJ Felder	1	F	6'7"	231	Junior	Sumter, SC	Boston College
Brandon McKissic	23	G	6'3"	185	Graduate Student	Ferguson, MO	Kansas City
Phlandrous Fleming Jr.	24	G	6'5"	205	Graduate Student	Athens, GA	Charleston Southern
Tuongthach Gathek	32	F	6'9"	172	Sophomore	Portland, ME	Trinity Valley CC

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kowacie Reeves #14 SF	Macon, GA	Westside High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Apr 30, 2020
Kowacie Reeves #14 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 84
Elijah Kennedy SF	Virginia Beach, VA	Green Run High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Aug 2, 2021
Elijah Kennedy SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 Florida Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

US college sports recruiting information for 2022 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Malik Reneau #6 C	Hialeah Gardens, FL	Montverde Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sep 1, 2021
Malik Reneau #6 C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 89
Denzel Aberdeen #41 SG	Orlando, FL	Dr. Phillips High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sep 19, 2021
Denzel Aberdeen #41 SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2022 Florida Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

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Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	24	23	14	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—			Not released
Coaches	—	—*	24	12	16	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

2021–22_Florida_Gators_men's_basketball_team

2021–22 Florida Gators men's basketball team

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2021 recruiting class

2022 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Auburn	15	–	3	.833	28	–	6	.824
No. 16 Kentucky	14	–	4	.778	26	–	8	.765
No. 15 Tennessee †	14	–	4	.778	27	–	8	.771
No. 8 Arkansas	13	–	5	.722	28	–	9	.757
LSU	9	–	9	.500	22	–	12	.647
Alabama	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
South Carolina	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Texas A&M	9	–	9	.500	27	–	13	.675
Florida	9	–	9	.500	20	–	14	.588
Mississippi State	8	–	10	.444	18	–	16	.529
Vanderbilt	7	–	11	.389	19	–	17	.528
Missouri	5	–	13	.278	12	–	21	.364
Ole Miss	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406
Georgia	1	–	17	.056	6	–	26	.188

† 2022 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll