Florida Gators basketball’s 2012-13 schedule

By Adam Silverstein
August 10, 2012

Florida Gators basketball announced the team’s 2012-13 schedule on Thursday. The Gators will face nine opponents who took part in the 2012 NCAA Tournament while also participating in three events within the state of Florida – Navy/Marine Corps Classic, SEC/BIG EAST Challenge and Orange Bowl Basketball Classic.

Florida will also take on their permanent rival of Kentucky twice as part of the Southeastern Conference‘s new 18-game schedule and will begin their annual rotation facing Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi State and Missouri twice each.

The Gators will begin their SEC slate with four of their first six games on the road but will then have four of their next five at home concluding with Kentucky on Feb. 12.

Florida will play one SEC game on CBS, 11 on ESPN networks, four on the SEC Network and one each on CSS and FSN. Most of the non-conference game times and network affiliations have not yet been released.

Below is the official 2012-13 schedule with SEC games added:

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Athlete	Country	Sport
Will Claye	USA	Track & Field Triple jump
Kerron Clement	USA	Track & Field 400m hurdles
Arman Hall	USA	Track & Field 4x400m relay
Tony McQuay	USA	Track & Field 4x400m relay
Christian Taylor	USA	Track & Field Triple jump
Andres Arroyo	Puerto Rico	Track & Field 800 meters
Gen. LaCaze	Australia	Track & Field 3000m s 5000m
Eddie Lovett	U.S. V.I.	Track & Field 110m hurdles
Kemal Mesic	Bosnia	Track & Field Shot put
Shara Proctor	Great Britain	Track & Field Long jump
L. Williams-Mills	Jamaica	Track & Field 4x400m relay
Stipe Zunic	Croatia	Track & Field Shot put
Elizabeth Beisel	USA	Swimming 400m IM
Caeleb Dressel	USA	Swimming 100m free 4x100m relay 4x100m medley
Conor Dwyer	USA	Swimming 400m free 200m free 4x200m relay
Ryan Lochte	USA	Swimming 200m IM 4x200m relay
M. Costa-Schmid	Spain	Swimming 200m free 400m free 4x100m relay 4x200m relay
Mitch D'Arrigo	Italy	Swimming 200m free 4x200m relay
H. Luthersdottir	Iceland	Swimming 100m breast 200m breast
Corey Main	New Zealand	Swimming 100m back 200m back
Omar Pinzon	Colombia	Swimming 200m back
S. Rousseau	South Africa	Swimming 400m IM 200m fly
Solaeche-Gomez	Spain	Swimming 200m IM
Jan Switkowski	Poland	Swimming 200m fly 200m free
Rex Tullius	U.S. V.I.	Swimming 200m back
Dan Wallace	Great Britain	Swimming 200m IM 4x200m relay
Pawel Werner	Poland	Swimming 4x200m relay
Kelly Murphy	USA	Volleyball
Aury Cruz	Puerto Rico	Volleyball
Sandra Gal	Germany	Golf

SCHEDULE NOTES

» The Gators will play four games in the state of Florida but outside of Gainesville for the second-straight year (Jacksonville, Tampa, Tallahassee, Sunrise).
» Twelve teams each from the SEC and Big East will each compete in the SEC/BIG EAST Challenge from Nov. 29-Dec. 1. Florida last faced and defeated Marquette 68-56 in the Sweet 16 round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
» Senior forward Erik Murphy will be able to play in front of friends and family during UF’s road game against Yale. He is from South Kingstown, RI.
» Florida will play three games on ESPNU for the first time ever after having one game scheduled on the network in each of the last two seasons.[/EXPAND]