Dec. 20, 2025, 3:37 p.m. ET
The Florida Gators will host the Colgate Raiders on Sunday afternoon for a college basketball matchup inside the O’Connell Center, and if you want to catch the action on TV or live stream, you have come to the right place.
The Orange and Blue are 7-4 so far this season, with three of those four losses coming against top-five-ranked teams. Golden’s gang currently holds the No. 21 spot in the Coaches Poll and No. 23 in the AP Top 25, while ranking 25th in the NET and sitting at a No. 5 seed in ESPN’s latest bracketology.
The Raiders bring a 6-5 tally into Gainesville ahead of the start of Patriot League play, with a respectable position in the NET rankings at No. 139. Colgate has won four in a row and five of the last six, so there will be a modicum of momentum coming into play.
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Florida vs. Colgate will broadcast nationally on the SEC Network+ on Sunday, Dec. 21. Ryan Urquhart and Patric Young will call the game from the sidelines inside the O’Connell Center. Streaming options for the game include ESPN+.
Florida vs. Colgate time todayDate:Â Sunday, Dec. 21Start time:Â Noon ET
The Florida vs. Colgate game starts at noon ET from inside the O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida.
Stream Florida vs. ColgateFlorida vs Colgate pregame notesFlorida meets Colgate for the first time in program history to send the Gators into their holiday break;UF has won 11 straight at home and 33 of its last 35 in the O’Dome. The Gators’ 17 consecutive nonconference home wins are their longest such streak since winning 25 straight from Dec. 22, 2010, to Nov. 14, 2014;Florida’s +14.5 rebounding margin leads the nation, while the Gators rank second in rebounds per game (46.2) and offensive rebounds per game (16.4);Xaivian Lee has led the Gators in scoring in four of the last five games, averaging 17.0 points per game and shooting .364 from 3-point range over that stretch;The Gators are coming off a rout of St. Francis that saw six Gators score in double figures for the first time this season and eight different players hit a 3-pointer for the first time in seven years (nine vs. North Florida, 11/27/2018);At 10.7 rebounds per game, Rueben Chinyelu is making an early bid to be the first Gator in 50 years to average in double figures. He has seven games with 10+ boards, 21 vs. Merrimack, which marked the most rebounds by a Gator in 43 years and tied the O’Dome record (Eugene McDowell, 21 vs. Georgia, 1/6/1982).
Pregame notes courtesy of Florida basketball’s game notes.
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