Haugh opens SEC Preseason Player of the Year run vs. Baylor in Sunday exhibition
Florida plays its first exhibition Sunday at 2 p.m. ET against Baylor in Jacksonville.
Florida men's basketball gets its first look at game action Sunday, when the Gators play Baylor in an exhibition in Jacksonville. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. ET.
It's the first time on the floor for Thomas Haugh since he was named the SEC's Preseason Player of the Year on Oct. 12. The media panel also picked Florida to win the SEC for the second straight season.
Three preseason All-SEC Gators
Haugh and center Rueben Chinyelu were voted first-team preseason All-SEC, and Alex Condon was a second-team pick. Florida is the only school with three players on the preseason teams.
All three earned the same AP All-SEC honors last season. Haugh was also a consensus All-American. Chinyelu was Florida's first Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, and he was SEC Defensive Player of the Year.
Last season Florida went 16-2 in the SEC and won the league by three games.
What's next
The Gators play one more exhibition, against Stetson on Oct. 27. The regular season starts Nov. 2 against Miami, followed by Jacksonville on Nov. 5 and a trip to Florida State on Nov. 10.
Sources: Florida men's basketball schedule, floridagators.com, floridagators.com.
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