ESPN Gameday To Return To Gainesville in February
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 | Men's Basketball
For the first time since 2008, and third time overall, ESPN GameDay will travel to Gainesville on Feb. 5 leading in to the University of Florida basketball team's match-up with Kentucky.
ESPN's College GameDay will air from the Stephen C. O'Connell Center from 10 a.m.-noon with the first hour appearing on ESPNU and the second hour on ESPN. An additional hour of coverage will originate from inside the O'Connell Center at 8 p.m., culminating with Florida and Kentucky at 9 p.m.
ESPN College GameDay is returning for its seventh season of college basketball coverage. Florida has been a part of the event on four occasions previously, twice in Gainesville and twice on the road. The Gators are 3-1 all-time with GameDay on hand, having defeated Kentucky twice in Gainesville (Feb. 4, 2006 and Jan. 19, 2008), as well as once at Rupp Arena (Feb. 10, 2007). Florida's lone loss was at Tennessee on Jan. 31, 2009.
College GameDay will feature host Rece Davis with returning analysts Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps, Hubert Davis and Bob Knight.
