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Men's college basketball national championship odds for 2026-27: Duke, Florida are title favorites heading into season
The calendar just flipped to November, which means college basketball season has arrived. Last season ended with the Michigan Wolverines taking down UConn 69-63 in the national championship. The Wolverines were the No. 1 seed in the 2026 NCAA tournament and won five of their six tourney games by double digits.
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CFB 27 sim predicts winner, score of World's Largest Cocktail Party
The Georgia Bulldogs (6-1, 4-1 in SEC) enter another edition of the World's Largest Cocktail Party against the Florida Gators (5-2, 3-2 in SEC). It's an incredibly important game: only Kentucky has as many losses as Georgia in the SEC, and everything has shaped up for Georgia to get a second chance after their loss against Auburn . Still, Florida is eager to win against their third top-10-ranked team this season. Our sim of the game on CFB 27 predicts a close game. Game Recap The Gators had a balanced and steady approach in this game, and it showed in the first quarter. They were driving pretty far down field when Aaron Philo found Dallas Wilson for a five-yard touchdown to make it 7-0 with eight seconds left. In the second, Georgia came rolling back. Gunner Stockton finished off a drive with a touchdown at 6:12 in the quarter to tie it, then he fired a bullet to Sacovie White-Helton from 17 yards out to make it 14-7 with 58 seconds left in the half. The third quarter was once again all Florida. They would tie it with a dump-off from Philo to Clark that Clark took to the end
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College basketball should panic: Florida just fixed its biggest weakness
Everyone knew the preseason No. 1 Florida men’s basketball returned the best front court in the country with USA TODAY Sports' best player in the country Thomas Haugh part of a veteran led group that includes Alex Condon and Rueben Chinyelu. The trio helped the Gators to a national title two seasons ago. As for the perimeter, Florida lacked some bit and that led to an early NCAA Tournament exit last season. After one game, the country ought to start to panicking; Florida unlocked something that makes them more dangerous than ever before. Who ranks No. 1? Top 100 college basketball players for 2026-27 The Gators look to have some shooters which was on display in a quality 77-67 win against No. 17 Miami in Tampa, Florida. For as talented Florida was in its quest for a repeat title last season, it was was held back by a lack of production from the 3-point line. Only 23.9% of its made shots came from outside the arc. Despite shooting 48.4% overall from the field last season (34th in Division I), Florida was horrid from deep, with a 31.2% mark that ranked 317th in the country, second-worst among power conference schools behind