Florida Gators men's basketball
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Oct 30, 2026
Andy PattonHOST
If you can be the exhibition winner, then the Baylor Bears certainly were.
Andy PattonHOST
They got wins over both Florida and Illinois in the exhibition slate.
Andy PattonHOST
And so for me...
Andy PattonHOST
We talk about taking exhibition results with a great assault, but here I am making the bold prediction that Baylor's going to finish top four in the Big 12, and it's going to be on the back of all-American Caden Mingo.
Andy PattonHOST
I think this Baylor roster is kind of getting back to what Bill or what Scott Drew, excuse me, does really well.
Andy PattonHOST
with Baylor and like you know I don't know that I'm putting this team in the like 2020-21 national championship type of conversation but I think the roster is is equipped to do some real damage in the Big 12 and I think Caden Mingo playing with his brother Dylan who's looked good as well and is healthy coming into the season very crucially but I think Caden is I mean we talk about sophomore breakouts in this sport.
Andy PattonHOST
I mean, you know, Trey McKinney and Davis Fogle and Yvonne Karchenkov and all those guys are great, but like Caden Mingo might be the guy who has the biggest breakout as a sophomore this year at 31 points, uh, in their exhibition game against Florida at 24 against Illinois.
Andy PattonHOST
Uh, A good shooter, a good gifted scorer.
Greg PetersonHOST
They were trying to bring in Derek Simpson, who was over at St. Joe's last year.
Greg PetersonHOST
He was a solid player for them, and then you had one of the players that was playing for Brian Hodgson last year over at South Florida in...
Greg PetersonHOST
Joseph Pignone, a 14.5 point per game score.
Greg PetersonHOST
He was not given eligibility as well.
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Curtis RogersGUEST
But I look at Iowa, Greg, and Ben McCollum just wins.
Curtis RogersGUEST
He wins at a prodigious rate.
Curtis RogersGUEST
They were able to beat number one ranked Florida in the second round of the NCAA tournament last year.
Curtis RogersGUEST
Like there's something to be said for great coaching in college basketball.
Brad EvansGUEST
I think there were some teams that were overvalued, some teams that were undervalued.
Brad EvansGUEST
Florida is atop the poll, and understandably so, because they have the vast majority of the roster back.
Brad EvansGUEST
And the impact players, Thomas Hock is a preseason All-American.
Brad EvansGUEST
Ruben Chenilou, one of the best rim protectors and rebounders in all of college basketball.
Brad EvansGUEST
And on top of that...
Brad EvansGUEST
As well, Boogie Flynn, I think, is going to take a step in his maturation.
Brad EvansGUEST
He's going to be an absolute key cog of the Florida Gators.
Brad EvansGUEST
He's going to get back to the Final Four and maybe cut down the Nets on a national title.
Matthew WinickHOST
That might be a 70-point blowout.
Matthew WinickHOST
Everybody else, you know, Florida, Illinois, even UConn in stretches had their struggles.
Matthew WinickHOST
And I think that there is no clear, I mean, Duke and Florida are the clear top two teams, but there's no clear top 10 per se.
Matthew WinickHOST
I think a lot of different teams have the chance to make a mark.
Matthew WinickHOST
I mean, you go off of just exhibition results alone, and Baylor is a top 10 team.
Matthew WinickHOST
If I learned something from what I thought, it was that maybe there isn't such a clear-cut top five, top ten this year.
Brian RaufHOST
Yeah, it may truly be a top two.
Brian RaufHOST
And that's just basing it on what Florida did last regular season.
FoxHOST
Like, you know, like to make the Final Four, definitely.
FoxHOST
I mean, yeah, it's not – I don't know if it's championship or bust because – Florida could probably be the best team in the country, but Duke is definitely when you're listing, you know, teams to make the final four.
FoxHOST
If you don't have Duke on there, then I would say you probably aren't aware of too much of what's going on with college basketball because they're absolutely
Mike AukermanGUEST
loaded.
FoxHOST
But those are your four big boys.
FoxHOST
Then you group in Virginia Tech, Clemson, North Carolina, NC State, SMU.
FoxHOST
And then from there, Syracuse, Florida State, Stanford, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Cal, and Boston College.
FoxHOST
So, I mean...
Greg WaddellHOST
You guys gave it nine points.
Greg WaddellHOST
They beat South Florida by eight, and that was a fail.
Carter ElliottHOST
pair next cam boozer has a 30 rebound game uh you guys gave that five points
Greg WaddellHOST
that one that one really really sent us into despair for like a month two by the way i want that lingered until conference play
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Greg WaddellHOST
He was second team All-American.
Greg WaddellHOST
So close there, but no cigar.
Greg WaddellHOST
And then lastly, you had Florida repeats as national champion, to which Ben McCollum sent you packing.
Carter ElliottHOST
Yeah, he did.
Brian ButchHOST
But don't be mad at me.
Brian ButchHOST
But anyways, one of the things that he said is, when we lost the championship game to Florida, I realized I needed four bigs.
Brian ButchHOST
And it was one of those things that hit.
Brian ButchHOST
And what does Wisconsin now have? Four bigs.
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Greg PetersonGUEST
So you remove those fifth year guys and then you sort of make your power rankings.
Greg PetersonGUEST
Like the top team in all of college basketball gets a rating of 100.
Greg PetersonGUEST
I gave that to Florida.
Greg PetersonGUEST
And Duke is right there.
Alec BusseHOST
I feel like everyone is doing this thing of let's just get really, really big because Michigan did it last year.
Alec BusseHOST
Florida obviously is perceived as the number one team in the country entering the season, and they're just massive.
Alec BusseHOST
But the thing about Michigan doing it last year and Florida doing it this year is is that their three is really like a four, whether it be Yaxel last year at Michigan or Tommy Houck this year at Florida.
Alec BusseHOST
That guy's technically a wing.
Alec BusseHOST
He can dribble past and shoot.
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Alec BusseHOST
People like what he's done.
Alec BusseHOST
They're dependent on some eligibility things.
Alec BusseHOST
And I think that Baylor had as impressive of a preseason as anyone beating Florida and beating Illinois in exhibitions, no matter how much you kind of respect exhibition results.
Blake BylerHOST
I think they can compete for an SEC title in the regular season and in the tournament.
Blake BylerHOST
I think Florida is going to be really tough to go against just with everything they bring back from, they've still got guys from that national championship team in 2025 that were core part of that team.
Blake BylerHOST
So I think they're probably the favorite among most people for the league in the SEC.
Blake BylerHOST
But I think Alabama can be a double-by team, win 13, 14 games somewhere in there.
Blake BylerHOST
And if things fall right, they could go even later if they get good matchups.
Clint LambHOST
That was going to be my next question and final question for you guys.
Clint LambHOST
And either one of you can hop in and answer, but you brought up Florida as, you know, who else in the league is expected to be one of these types of contenders? Is there anybody else that stands out to y'all? Is Kentucky supposed to be in that conversation?
Blake BylerHOST
I think Texas is up there as far as predictions go, just because they got a crazy good portal hall, and they have a really good front court.
Alan ThomasHOST
Um, throwing it down to Flory.
Alan ThomasHOST
Yes, it's Florida Padunga, you assume, but like, I think they're just like, it's kind of one of those like, what is it, the DeAndre Hopkins and Kyler Murray thing, where they're like, Kyler Murray's probably like, oh, fuck it, DeAndre down there somewhere.
Alan ThomasHOST
You know what I mean? It's kind of like, oh, fuck it, Flory's down there somewhere.
Alan ThomasHOST
And if you play a team that's probably scouted you and prepared for you in the offseason, and if that ball goes into Flory, you've got a double team coming.
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Alan ThomasHOST
I know it's Mercyhurst, but like, yeah, get some.
Alan ThomasHOST
And then you scroll down and you said, but, you know, Obena Akizi had four blocks.
Alan ThomasHOST
So, I mean, it's, you know, am I too old to use the term mogged? I think my kids would say yes, but I feel like if you're, if you're, if you're Florida Dunga, the big 12 defensive player of the year, and this is two straight exhibition games, different teams with different ceilings going to do different shit this year.
Alan ThomasHOST
And you're being block mogged by a incoming reclass freshman who, as the, you know, the big 12, the defending big 12, which he won't get to defend it this year, but the reigning big 12 defensive player of the year, like that would raise my eyebrows.
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