At the beginning of the season, it looked like Florida basketball may have been dealing with a bit of national championship hangover. The Gators took their lumps in non-conference play, but they are now playing their best basketball at the right time and have rolled through the SEC in the regular season.
Todd Golden and company finished off that slate on Saturday with a comfortable 84-77 win over Kentucky in a game that the Gators were never in much danger of giving away. With that win, Florida improved to 16-2 in the regular season in conference play, winning the conference title by three full games. The Gators are also in a pole position to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament after UConn’s loss to Marquette.
Kentucky is led by guard Denzel Aberdeen, who was a key bench piece for Florida during its title run last season. After Saturday’s game, Golden took a little dig at his former player after soundly beating Kentucky, via Tristan Pharis of KY Insider…