CHARITY EXHIBITION GAME The proceeds from Thursday’s exhibition game go to the United Way’s First Coast Irma Relief Fund. COACHES Mike White 48-24/3rd season at UF 149-64/7th season overall Tony Jasick 43-54/4th season at JU 95-101/7th season overall #8/7 FLORIDA GATORS MATCHUP BASICS 0-0, 0-0 SEC All-Time Series: 32-5 vs. vs. Away: 8-1 JACKSONVILLE DOLPHINS Under Mike White: 1-0 Away/White: 0-0 0-0, 0-0 A-SUN Last 10: 9-1 THE SETUP Last Meeting: W, 89-65, 12/22/15 (Home) NOVEMBER 2, 2017 | 7 P.M. › Florida looks to build upon its 2017 Elite Eight appearance and must do so BROADCAST INFO without fi ve of its top seven scorers from last season. EXHIBITION GAME SWISHER GYM (1,500) TV: None | Streaming: None › The Gators once again boast one of the nation’s top non-conference JACKSONVILLE, FLA. schedules, playing up to seven major conference opponents, including Radio: Streaming on FloridaGators.com participation in the prestigious Phil Knight Invitational. Play-by-Play: Tom Collett Analyst: Bill Koss › Chris Chiozza returns as UF’s only four-year senior and fi gures to start and FLORIDA’S PROBABLE STARTERS carry the bulk of the point guard minutes after three years of platooning NOVEMBER with Kasey Hill. # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. R/A 2 Jacksonville (Exhibition) - 7 p.m. 25 Keith Stone F 6-8 245 So. 12.1 3.6 2.2r › Leading scorer and fi rst-team All-SEC guard KeVaughn Allen returns after 5 Tampa (Exhibition) SEC + 2 p.m. 13 Kevarrius Hayes C 6-9 225 Jr. 18.3 6.2 4.4r posting 14.0 points per game and 78 made 3-pointers last season. 13 Gardner-Webb ESPNU 7 p.m. 4 Egor Koulechov G 6-5 205 Gr. 34.3 18.2 8.9r › John Egbunu showed improvement on the defensive end last season 16 North Florida SECN 7 p.m. 5 KeVaughn Allen G 6-2 193 Jr. 28.6 14.0 2.4r while averaging 7.8 points and 6.6 rebounds through 24 games before 19 New Hampshire SECN 6 p.m. 11 Chris Chiozza G 6-0 175 Sr. 22.2 7.2 3.8a suff ering a season-ending torn ACL. Egbunu projects to return to action 23 vs. Stanford ESPN2 10 p.m. for the Gators in January. 24 vs. Gonzaga/Ohio St. ESPN2 9 or 11 p.m. › Kevarrius Hayes started 16 games at center last season, helping the OPPONENT’S PROBABLE STARTERS 26 vs. Butler/Duke/Portland St./Texas Gators make their postseason run in Egbunu’s absence. He became the fourth Gator in team history to block 60 shots in a season. # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. R/A DECEMBER 25 Antwon Clayton F 6-6 200 Sr. 18.6 3.4 3.9r 4 Florida State ESPN2 9 p.m. › Keith Stone showed fl ashes of his potential last season and stands to see 33 Cody Helgeland F 6-8 185 RSr. 24.5 8.0 3.1r greatly increased minutes with the departure of both of last season’s 6 Loyola Chicago SECN 8 p.m. 22 Radwan Bakkali C 6-10 250 Jr. - - - starting forwards (Robinson, Leon). Stone fi gures to fi t into a stretch-4 9 vs. Cincinnati ESPN2 6 p.m. 0 Tanner Rubio G 6-0 170 So. 18.0 8.9 2.1a role with a good shot and the ability to face up, but has the size and 16 vs. Clemson FS2/FL 4:30 p.m. 1 JD Notate G 6-2 180 Fr. - - - strength to compete in the post. 20 James Madison SECN 7 p.m. › Gorjok Gak saw limited action as a freshman, but showed positive signs 22 Incarnate Word SECN 7 p.m. FLORIDA’S LAST of the problems his size, wingspan and ability to run the fl oor can cause NUMBERS TO KNOW 30 Vanderbilt ESPN2 for opponents. EXHIBITION GAME JANUARY › Jalen Hudson gives Florida added scoring depth on the perimeter, › Florida opened the 2016-17 season whether as a reserve or as part of a three-guard lineup. Hudson sat last with a 91-63 exhibition win vs. Eckerd 2 at Texas A&M ESPN 9 p.m. season as a transfer (Va. Tech) and has two years of eligibility remaining. 48 College in Jacksonville. 6 at Missouri CBS 1 p.m. › Mike White’s 48 wins through his 10 Mississippi State SECN 7 p.m. › Dontay Bassett, who projects as a power forward, looks for his fi rst action fi rst two seasons mark the fourth- › John Egbunu’s double-double (18 13 at Ole Miss CBS 1 p.m. at UF after missing last season with a stress fracture in his foot. most all-time by an SEC coach in points, 13 rebounds) led the way for his fi rst two seasons. UF as six players tallied double-fi gure 17 Arkansas ESPN2 7 p.m. › Graduate transfer Egor Koulechov comes to UF from Rice, where he scoring. 20 at Kentucky ESPN 8:15 p.m. averaged 18.2 points and 8.9 rebounds while shooting .474 from 3-point 23 South Carolina SECN 7 p.m. range last season. › The Gators found themselves down 34-33 at halftime, but used a 17-3 run 27 Baylor ESPN 12 p.m. › The Gators brought in a four-man signing class that includes three ESPN 20 followed by another 17-0 run to put the 30 at Georgia SECN 7 p.m. 100 players and has the opportunity to make an immediate impact with › This year’s roster has a combined 20 games of NCAA Tournament game away. so many signifi cant departures. FEBRUARY experience, with fi ve diff erent › Despite an 0-for-3 day from 3-point › The freshman class consists of wing Deaundrae Ballard, forward Chase 3 Alabama ESPN/2 4 p.m. players who appeared in all four range, KeVaughn Allen got the rim Johnson, guard Mike Okauru and forward Isaiah Stokes. Stokes is coming of Florida’s tourney games last and the free throw line to contribute 13 7 LSU SECN 6:30 p.m. off a torn ACL suff ered during his senior season in high school. season. Entering last season, points. He also nabbed six steals. 10 at South Carolina CBS 12 p.m. › Florida’s coaching staff remains completely intact for the third straight Kasey Hill was UF’s only player 14 Georgia SECN 9 p.m. › After committing 10 fi rst-half turn- season as Mike White, Dusty May, Jordan Mincy and Darris Nichols all with tournament experience. 17 at Vanderbilt ESPN/2 4 p.m. overs, UF turned it over just four times return to the bench, along with support staff ers Kyle Church, Jonathan in the second half. The Gators forced 21 at Tennessee ESPN2 9 p.m. Blake, Duke Werner and Preston Greene. Eckerd into 24 turnovers, including 13 24 Auburn SECN 8:30 p.m. 7 in the second half. 27 at Alabama ESPN/2 7 p.m. › The Gators have seven players who have never before appeared › Florida shot 22-for-29 from the free MARCH throw line, including a perfect 6-for-6 in a game for UF, including four 3 Kentucky CBS 12 p.m. true freshmen, one redshirt fresh- from Justin Leon. 7-11 SEC Tournament man and two transfers. Contact: Denver Parler | [email protected]fl .edu | 352-692-6195 #0 Guard Combo guard rated a four-star prospect by ESPN with great size and playmaking ability...Member of Brewster Academy’s 33-0 national championship Freshman team in 2016-17. MIKE Raleigh, N.C. Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3A Pct FT FTA Pct OR DR Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg OKAURU 6-3 | 180 2017-18 #1 Forward Member of the ESPN 100 for 2017...Projects as a power forward, with the capability of being a stretch-4...Great athlete with a knack for fi nding the ball. Freshman CHASE Ripley, W.V. Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3A Pct FT FTA Pct OR DR Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 JOHNSON 6-9 | 205 Comes to the Gators after two years at Virginia Tech, sitting out the 2016-17 season as a transfer...A creative and talented scorer with fi ve 20-point games #3 Guard as a Hokie, including a 32-point outburst vs. Wake Forest in the 2015 ACC Tournament. Junior JALEN Richmond, Va. Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3A Pct FT FTA Pct OR DR Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 6-6 | 192 2017-18 HUDSON All* 67 27 1235 18.4 179 414 .432 43 134 .321 114 173 .659 43 99 143 2.1 125 4 58 100 15 38 515 7.7 Comes to UF as a grad transfer...2017 fi rst-team All-Conference USA Player and Second-Team NABC All-District 11 at Rice...Improved his scoring, 3-point #4 Guard shooting and rebounding outputs every season of his career...One of 16 players in Rice history with 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. Grad / Senior EGOR Volgograd, Russia Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3A Pct FT FTA Pct OR DR Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg KOULECHOV 6-5 | 205 2017-18 All* 94 74 2679 28.5 418 940 .445 172 438 .393 246 321 .822 136 476 612 6.5 174 2 135 137 23 67 1272 13.5 Preseason fi rst-team All-SEC and Jerry West Award Watch List...Scored 35 in the Sweet 16 vs.