SEC Announces Florida Gators' Men's Basketball TV Times, Designations for 2024-2025 Season

Ahead of Todd Golden's third season, the SEC has released the Florida Gators' TV times and designations for the campaign.
Florida Gators head coach Todd Golden lead the Florida Gators men’s basketball team in a practice on John W. Frost II Practice Court in Gainesville, FL on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. [Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun]
Florida Gators head coach Todd Golden lead the Florida Gators men’s basketball team in a practice on John W. Frost II Practice Court in Gainesville, FL on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. [Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun] / Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- Ahead of year three of the Todd Golden Era of Florida Gators' Men's Basketball, the SEC on Thursday released the team's television schedule for the season.

In short, the Gators will be featured on national television a possible 26 times with four games being streaming-only on SEC Network+ and another being on ESPNU. Most of the Gators' matchups can be watched on SEC Network with 12 total games on the network, including the team's season-opener against USF in the Jacksonville Sports Foundation Invitational.

Florida will play on ESPN's main channel a possible eight times this season and on its secondary channel, ESPN2, a possible 10 times.

Additionally, eight of Florida's matchups have not have its TV designation finalized with ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU all being listed as options for multiple games. Four of its games do not have a finalized start time, as well.

Florida's full schedule can be found below. The Gators open the season on Nov. 4 in Jacksonville against USF with tipoff at 8:30 p.m. Florida begins SEC play on Jan. 4 at Kentucky, which starts at 11 a.m.

Date

Opponent

T.V.

Time

Monday, Nov. 4

USF (Jacksonville, Fla.)

SEC Network

8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 7

Jacksonville

SEC Network+

8 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 11

Grambling State

SEC Network+

7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 15

@ Florida State

ACC Network

6 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 19

Florida A&M

SEC Network+

7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 22

Southern Illinois

SEC Network

7 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 28

vs. Wake Forest (ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla.)

ESPN

2:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 29

vs. Minnesota OR Wichita State (ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla.)

ESPN OR ESPN2

1 p.m. OR 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 4

Virginia (SEC vs. ACC Challenge)

ESPN2

7:15 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 14

vs. Arizona State (Holiday Hoopsgiving in Atlanta, Ga.)

SEC Network

3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 17

vs. North Carolina (Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte, N.C.)

ESPN

7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 21

North Florida

SEC Network

Noon

Sunday, Dec. 29

Stetson

SEC Network

TBA

Saturday, Jan. 4

@ Kentucky

ESPN

11 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 7

Tennessee

ESPN2 OR ESPNU

7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 11

@ Arkansas

ESPN OR ESPN2

4 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 14

Missouri

ESPNU

9 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 18

Texas

ESPN OR ESPN2 OR ESPNU

TBA

Wednesday, Jan. 22

@ South Carolina

SEC Network

7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 25

Georgia

SEC Network

3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 1

@ Tennessee

ESPN OR ESPN 2

2 p.m. OR 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 4

Vanderbilt

SEC Network

7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 8

@ Auburn

ESPN OR ESPN2

4 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 11

@ Mississippi State

ESPN2 OR ESPNU

7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 15

South Carolina

SEC Network

8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 18

Oklahoma

ESPN2

7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 22

@ LSU

SEC Network

6 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 25

@ Georgia

SEC Network

7 p.m.

Saturday, March 1

Texas A&M

SEC Network

8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 5

@ Alabama

ESPN2 OR ESPNU

7 p.m.

Saturday, March 8

Ole Miss

SEC Network

6 p.m.


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Cam Parker
CAM PARKER

Cam Parker is a contributing writer at AllGators.com of FanNation-Sports Illustrated and is a recent graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in journalism. He also covers and broadcasts Alachua County high school sports with The Prep Zone and Mainstreet Daily News. When he isn't writing, he enjoys listening to '70s music such as The Band or Lynyrd Skynyrd, binge-watching shows and playing with his cat, Chester.