The 18th-ranked Florida Gators take on the fifth-ranked Connecticut Huskies in a 2025 Jimmy V Classic matchup on Tuesday night. Florida is coming off a 67-66 loss at Duke on Dec. 2, while UConn cruised to an 83-59 win over East Texas A&M on Friday.

Florida basketball will face No. 5 UConn at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic. Here's what to know as the Gators prep for Dan Hurley and the Huskies.

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The Gators’ sluggish start to the season seems comparable to UConn’s own rough season following a championship.

UConn Huskies men's basketball coach Dan Hurley offered a bold claim about his team's NCAA title chances after defeating Florida.

First Alex Condon, then Xaivian Lee and then Rueben Chinyelu. The only one to break the trend is Urban Klavzar, whose face can’t stop smiling as he looks up at the countless banners hanging inside the stadium – behind each phone from the rest of the team is a similar facial expression.