{"id":381093,"date":"2026-08-25T22:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381093\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T22:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:48:13","slug":"mens-basketball-to-face-baylor-in-jacksonville-exhibition-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381093\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Basketball to Face Baylor in Jacksonville Exhibition Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida men&#8217;s basketball will face off against Baylor on Sunday, Oct. 18, in an exhibition game at Jacksonville&#8217;s VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Intersport announced on Tuesday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTip time and television information will be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets will go on sale on Sept. 16, with a 24-hour presale one day prior.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The game will be Florida&#8217;s first exhibition game since 2021 and the first against a Division I opponent since a 2017 win at Jacksonville University.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJacksonville Hoops Showdown<br \/>\nThe Gators will also play in the Jacksonville Hoops Showdown series during the regular season on Friday, Dec. 18, vs. Grand Canyon. <a href=\"https:\/\/arena.jaxevents.com\/event\/florida-v-grand-canyon-mens-basketball\/tm_1aefz_8gklf6kqj\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Event information and presale access<\/a> is available for UF&#8217;s December appearance in the Jacksonville Hoops Showdown, with a one-day presale set for Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. and public on-sale to begin Oct. 21 at 11 a.m.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n2026-27 SEASON TICKET RENEWALS <br \/>\nSeason ticket holders are eligible to renew their seats for the 2026-27 season through Friday, August 28th. Four-month interest-free payment plans and seat relocation opportunities are available for fans who renew by the August 28th deadline. All returning ticket holders can <a href=\"https:\/\/am.ticketmaster.com\/gators\/invoice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">renew online<\/a>, contact Gator Ticket Services \u00a0at (352) 375-4683 or fill out a ticket information request <a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/2017\/8\/15\/ticket-information-request.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">form<\/a> to be contacted.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nGet Swamp Certified<br \/>\nGator fans can verify their identity to become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofevo.com\/event\/Mensbasketball371\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Swamp Certified<\/a> and unlock access to exclusive ticket opportunities, including select presales before tickets go on sale to the general public. Fans are also encouraged to complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/2017\/8\/15\/ticket-information-request.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gators Ticket Interest Form<\/a> to receive information on future ticket opportunities, including mini plans, single-game tickets, premium seating and group options.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida men&#8217;s basketball will face off against Baylor on Sunday, Oct. 18, in an exhibition game at Jacksonville&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-381093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381093","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=381093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}