{"id":291791,"date":"2026-06-01T14:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291791\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:38:09","slug":"mens-basketball-to-tip-2026-27-campaign-vs-miami-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291791\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Basketball to Tip 2026-27 Campaign vs. Miami in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida men&#8217;s basketball\u00a0will tip its 2026-27 campaign in Tampa against in-state rival Miami in the Orion180 Tip-Off Classic, it was announced on Monday. The game will take place Monday, Nov. 2, at Benchmark International Arena.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTickets will go on sale to the public on Monday, June 8, at 10 a.m. with presales for Gator Boosters and season ticket holders taking place June 3-7.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe game will air on the ESPN family networks with the game time to be announced at a later date. Florida and Miami will be the nightcap of a doubleheader that will open with Florida State vs. Florida A&amp;M.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Gators lead the Hurricanes in the all-time series, 48-24, including a 1-0 mark under Todd Golden behind last season&#8217;s 82-68 win in Jacksonville. UF and UM will meet in back-to-back seasons for the first time since playing three straight years during nonconference play 2014-16.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFlorida returns 81.8% of its scoring from last season&#8217;s SEC champion and NCAA 1-seed squad.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n2026-27 Season Ticket Deposits<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/am.ticketmaster.com\/gators\/en\/buy\/2026-27GatorsMensBasketballSeasonTicketDeposits?utm_source=WEB&amp;utm_medium=TIX&amp;utm_campaign=MBK-SEASON&amp;camefrom=CFC_GATORS_WEB_TIX_MBK-SEASON\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get in line for season tickets<\/a> by placing a $100 deposit per seat and you will be contacted to purchase as soon as tickets are on sale!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nReturning season ticket holders from the 2025-26 season need not place a deposit. Your seats are being held for you and renewal information will be sent to you.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida men&#8217;s basketball\u00a0will tip its 2026-27 campaign in Tampa against in-state rival Miami in the Orion180 Tip-Off Classic,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-291791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}