Virginia (5-2) is set to take on No. 13 Florida (8-0) in the second-annual ACC/SEC Challenge on Wednesday night at O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida. Follow along with score updates, play-by-play, and live analysis for the game in the thread below. Updates will be posted at each timeout in reverse chronological order with the most recent updates at the top of the article. Refresh the page for updates.
As we await our 7:15pm tipoff between Virginia and Florida on ESPN2, read a full preview of the game here: Virginia Basketball vs. Florida Game Preview, Score Prediction
- Virginia and Florida are meeting for the second season in a row, but for the first time as part of the SEC/ACC Challenge.
- UVA is 2-2 all-time against Florida in a series that dates back to 1992.
- The Cavaliers defeated the Gators 73-70 in the Hall of Fame Series last season at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Florida defeated Virginia in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament and in the second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
- UVA defeated Florida in the semifinals of the 1992 NIT in the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
- This will be the first time these two teams are meeting on the campus of one of the two schools, as each of the previous four games were played at neutral sites.
- Virginia is 1-0 in the ACC/SEC Challenge, beating Texas A&M 59-47 in the inaugural edition of the Challenge last season in Charlottesville.
- UVA is 0-2 against ranked opponents this season, falling to Tennessee and St. John’s in The Bahamas.
- Virginia is 70-63 all-time against current members of the Southeastern Conference.
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