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The 2016 SEC men's basketball schedules were released Wednesday night in conjunction with an SEC Network special, and so now we know the entirety of Florida's regular-season schedule for 2015-16.
Florida will play home-and-home games with Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, and Vanderbilt. Over their remaining eight SEC games, Florida will host Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, and Mississippi State, and travel to Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas A&M.
Four of those five home-and-home series will come against programs with at least one NCAA Tournament appearance in the last two years. (Vanderbilt, the only team of the quintet without one, last made the NCAA Tournament in 2012.)
And the Gators will conclude their home schedule with Kentucky, getting a Senior Day game against the Wildcats despite the program's reduced national profile in the wake of Billy Donovan's departure for the NBA.
Florida previously revealed its non-conference schedule, highlighted by a trip to East Lansing to take on 2015 Final Four participant Michigan State, in early July.
Florida Gators 2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2015 | Navy | Annapolis, MD | Veterans Classic |
| November 15, 2015 | North Carolina A&T | Gainesville, FL | Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament |
| November 21, 2015 | Saint Joseph's | Uncasville, CT | Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament |
| November 22, 2015 | Purdue OR Old Dominion | Uncasville, CT | Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament |
| November 25, 2015 | Vermont | Gainesville, FL | Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament |
| November 27, 2015 | Florida Gulf Coast | Gainesville, FL | First meeting since 2013 Sweet Sixteen |
| December 1 , 2015 | Richmond | Gainesville, FL | Last meeting: UF won 67-58 in 2014 |
| December 8 , 2015 | Miami | Coral Gables, FL | Miami snapped O'Dome streak last fall |
| December 12, 2015 | Michigan State | East Lansing, MI | First trip to East Lansing since 2000 |
| December 19, 2015 | Oklahoma State | Sunrise, FL | Orange Bowl Classic |
| December 22, 2015 | Jacksonville | Gainesville, FL | Florida is 30-5 all time vs. Dolphins |
| December 29, 2015 | Florida State | Gainesville, FL | Gators won last three vs. FSU in O'Dome |
| January 2, 2016 | Georgia | Gainesville, FL | Gators opened SEC play vs. UGA in 2012-13 |
| January 6, 2016 | Tennessee | Knoxville, TN | White turned down UT job in 2014 |
| January 9, 2016 | LSU | Gainesville, FL | Hill (UF), Simmons (LSU) from Montverde (FL) |
| January 12, 2016 | Texas A&M | College Station, TX | Aggies were White's last victim at La. Tech |
| January 16, 2016 | Mississippi | Oxford, MS | White's first game vs. alma mater |
| January 19, 2016 | Mississippi State | Gainesville, FL | Gators' last home loss in series: 2008 |
| January 23, 2016 | Auburn | Gainesville, FL | Florida's 2015 win moved Gators to 3-0 in SEC |
| January 26, 2016 | Vanderbilt | Nashville, TN | Memorial Gym is stupid |
| January 30, 2016 | West Virginia | Gainesville, FL | SEC/Big 12 Challenge |
| February 3, 2016 | Arkansas | Gainesville, FL | Gators won 2015 meeting on Frazier FTs |
| February 6, 2016 | Kentucky | Lexington, KY | UF is 1-5 vs. Calipari-led UK at Rupp |
| February 9, 2016 | Mississippi | Gainesville, FL | White was Kennedy assistant from 2009-11 |
| February 13, 2016 | Alabama | Gainesville, FL | First meeting vs. Avery Johnson |
| February 16, 2016 | Georgia | Athens, GA | Dawgs handed Gators' first SEC loss in '15 |
| February 20, 2016 | South Carolina | Columbia, SC | Gators have won last four in Columbia |
| February 23, 2016 | Vanderbilt | Gainesville, FL | Gators took ugly 50-47 home win in '15 |
| February 27, 2016 | LSU | Baton Rouge, LA | Florida's fastest '14-'15 game: L at LSU |
| March 2, 2016 | Kentucky | Gainesville, FL | UF won last Senior Day meeting vs. UK, 84-65 |
| March 5, 2016 | Missouri | Columbia, MO | Gators' first non-UK season finale since 2011 |