Florida–Kentucky rivalry

	Florida–Kentucky men's basketball rivalry
First Meeting	January 23, 1927
First Result	Kentucky 44, Florida 36
Latest Meeting	March 3, 2018
Latest Result	Florida 80, Kentucky 67
Next Meeting	February 2, 2019
Total Number of Meetings	140
Current Streak	Florida: 2
All-time Series	Kentucky leads 100–40
SEC Championship Game History
Last SEC Championship Game Meeting	2014
All-Time SEC Championship Game Series	Kentucky leads 3–2
Men's Basketball National Success
	NCAA Final Fours Florida – 5 (tied for 9th all-time); Kentucky – 16 (tied for 3rd all-time); NCAA Tournament Championships Florida – 2 (tied for 6th all-time); Kentucky – 8 (2nd all-time);

The Florida–Kentucky men's basketball rivalry is a semi-annual rivalry between the Florida Gators and the Kentucky Wildcats basketball teams. The two schools are permanent SEC rivals, meaning that they are scheduled to play twice a year in the SEC regular season while they rotate which four of the other 12 SEC teams they will play twice that season. Florida and Kentucky first met in 1927, with Kentucky winning 44–36. The two teams have played 140 times in total, with Kentucky holding a commanding 100–40 lead in the series. But despite Kentucky's lopsided series lead, this rivalry has produced many memorable games, including several match ups in the SEC Tournament Championship Game (the most recent of which Florida defeated Kentucky 61–60, in 2014). In addition, the Gators also hold the distinction of being the only team to ever defeat Kentucky seven straight times.

Game results

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Kentucky leads the overall series 100–40, and leads the SEC Championship Game series 3–2. However, the rivalry has become much more even lately, with Kentucky leading 17–16 since 2005, and Florida having a 2–1 advantage in the last three SEC Championship Game meetings. Kentucky victories are shaded blue, Florida victories are shaded orange. Games with * denote a meeting in the SEC Tournament, while games with ** denote a meeting in the SEC Tournament Championship Game.

Florida victories are shaded ██ orange. Kentucky victories are shaded ██ blue. Ties are white.

Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series
1927-01-23	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	44	Florida	36	UK 1–0
1931-02-29	Atlanta, GA	Kentucky	56	Florida	36	UK 2–0
1933-02-25	Atlanta, GA	Kentucky	48	Florida	24	UK 3–0
1934-02-24	Atlanta, GA	Florida	38	Kentucky	32	UK 3–1
1942-02-26	Louisville, KY	Kentucky	42	Florida	36	UK 4–1
1945-03-01	Louisville, KY	Kentucky	37	Florida	35	UK 5–1
1946-02-28	Louisville, KY	Kentucky	69	Florida	32	UK 6–1
1948-03-04	Louisville, KY	Kentucky	87	Florida	31	UK 7–1
1949-03-03	Louisville, KY	Kentucky	73	Florida	36	UK 8–1
1950-12-14	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	85	Florida	37	UK 9–1
1952-01-12	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	99	Florida	52	UK 10–1
1954-02-08	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	97	Florida	55	UK 11–1
1955-02-02	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	87	Florida	63	UK 12–1
1956-02-06	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	81	Florida	70	UK 13–1
1957-02-02	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	88	Florida	61	UK 14–1
1958-01-31	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	78	Florida	56	UK 15–1
1959-01-31	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	94	Florida	51	UK 16–1
1960-01-29	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	75	Florida	62	UK 17–1
1961-02-04	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	69	Florida	68	UK 18–1
1962-02-02	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	81	Florida	69	UK 19–1
1963-02-02	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	94	Florida	71	UK 20–1
1964-02-01	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	77	Florida	72	UK 21–1
1965-01-23	Gainesville, FL	Florida	84	Kentucky	68	UK 21–2
1965-01-30	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	78	Florida	61	UK 22–2
1966-01-08	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	78	Florida	64	UK 23–2
1966-02-07	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	85	Florida	75	UK 24–2
1966-12-17	Lexington, KY	Florida	78	Kentucky	75	UK 24–3
1967-01-14	Gainesville, FL	Florida	89	Kentucky	72	UK 24–4
1967-12-04	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	99	Florida	76	UK 25–4
1968-01-13	Gainesville, FL	Florida	96	Kentucky	78	UK 25–5
1969-01-11	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	88	Florida	67	UK 26–5
1968-01-13	Gainesville, FL	Florida	82	Kentucky	81	UK 26–6
1970-01-10	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	88	Florida	69	UK 27–6
1970-02-14	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	110	Florida	66	UK 28–6
1971-01-09	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	101	Florida	75	UK 29–6
1971-02-13	Gainesville, FL	Florida	74	Kentucky	65	UK 29–7
1972-01-15	Gainesville, FL	Florida	72	Kentucky	70	UK 29–8
1972-02-19	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	95	Florida	68	UK 30–8
1973-01-13	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	95	Florida	65	UK 31–8
1973-02-17	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	94	Florida	83	UK 32–8
1974-01-26	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	91	Florida	82	UK 33–8
1974-02-25	Lexington, KY	Florida	75	Kentucky	65	UK 33–9
1975-01-25	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	86	Florida	65	UK 34–9
1975-02-24	Gainesville, FL	Florida	66	Kentucky	58	UK 34–10
1976-01-24	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	89	Florida	82	UK 35–10
1976-02-21	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	96	Florida	89	UK 36–10
1977-01-07	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	73	Florida	71	UK 37–10
1977-02-14	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	104	Florida	78	UK 38–10
1978-01-07	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	86	Florida	67	UK 39–10
1978-02-04	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	88	Florida	61	UK 40–10
1979-01-03	Gainesville, FL	Florida	76	Kentucky	65	UK 40–11
1979-01-27	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	87	Florida	81	UK 41–11
1980-01-17	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	76	Florida	63	UK 42–11
1980-02-13	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	95	Florida	70	UK 43–11
1981-01-21	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	69	Florida	56	UK 44–11
1981-02-18	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	102	Florida	48	UK 45–11
1982-01-20	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	91	Florida	76	UK 46–11
1982-02-17	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	84	Florida	78	UK 47–11
1983-01-17	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	70	Florida	63	UK 48–11
1983-02-14	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	73	Florida	61	UK 49–11
1984-01-17	Gainesville, FL	Florida	69	Kentucky	57	UK 49–12
1984-02-13	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	67	Florida	65	UK 50–12
1985-01-19	Lexington, KY	Florida	67	Kentucky	55	UK 50–13
1985-02-20	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	76	Florida	68	UK 51–13
1985-03-07	Birmingham, AL	Florida	58	Kentucky	55	UK 51–14
1986-01-18	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	72	Florida	55	UK 52–14
1986-02-19	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	80	Florida	69	UK 53–14
1987-01-14	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	67	Florida	62	UK 54–14
1987-02-14	Gainesville, FL	Florida	74	Kentucky	56	UK 54–15
1988-01-20	Lexington, KY	Florida	58	Kentucky	56	UK 54–16
1988-02-20	Gainesville, FL	Florida	83	Kentucky	76	UK 54–17
1989-01-10	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	69	Florida	56	UK 55–17
1989-02-12	Lexington, KY	Florida	59	Kentucky	53	UK 55–18
1990-01-10	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	89	Florida	81	UK 56–18
1990-02-12	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	78	Florida	74	UK 57–18
1991-01-23	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	81	Florida	65	UK 58–18
1991-02-23	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	90	Florida	74	UK 59–18
1992-01-12	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	81	Florida	60	UK 60–18
1992-03-04	Gainesville, FL	Florida	79	Kentucky	62	UK 60–19
1993-01-30	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	71	Florida	48	UK 61–19
1992-01-12	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	85	Florida	77	UK 62–19
1994-01-18	Gainesville, FL	Florida	59	Kentucky	57	UK 62–20
1994-03-02	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	80	Florida	77	UK 63–20
1994-03-13	Memphis, TN**	Kentucky	73	Florida	60	UK 64–20
1995-01-10	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	83	Florida	67	UK 65–20
1995-02-18	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	87	Florida	77	UK 66–20
1995-03-11	Atlanta, GA*	Kentucky	86	Florida	72	UK 67–20
1996-02-03	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	77	Florida	63	UK 68–20
1996-02-24	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	94	Florida	63	UK 69–20
1996-03-08	New Orleans, LA*	Kentucky	100	Florida	76	UK 70–20
1997-01-29	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	92	Florida	65	UK 71–20
1997-02-15	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	85	Florida	56	UK 72–20
1998-02-01	Lexington, KY	Florida	86	Kentucky	78	UK 72–21
1998-02-18	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	79	Florida	54	UK 73–21
1999-01-02	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	93	Florida	58	UK 74–21
1999-02-04	Gainesville, FL	Florida	75	Kentucky	68	UK 74–22
2000-02-08	Gainesville, FL	Florida	90	Kentucky	73	UK 74–23
2000-03-04	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	85	Florida	70	UK 75–23
2001-02-06	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	71	Florida	70	UK 76–23
2001-03-04	Gainesville, FL	Florida	94	Kentucky	86	UK 76–24
2002-02-29	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	70	Florida	68	UK 77–24
2002-03-02	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	70	Florida	67	UK 78–24
2003-02-04	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	70	Florida	55	UK 79–24
2003-03-08	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	69	Florida	67	UK 80–24
2004-02-03	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	68	Florida	65	UK 81–24
2004-03-07	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	82	Florida	62	UK 82–24
2004-03-14	Atlanta, GA**	Kentucky	89	Florida	73	UK 83–24
2005-02-08	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	69	Florida	66	UK 84–24
2005-03-06	Gainesville, FL	Florida	53	Kentucky	52	UK 84–25
2005-03-13	Atlanta, GA**	Florida	70	Kentucky	53	UK 84–26
2006-02-04	Gainesville, FL	Florida	95	Kentucky	80	UK 84–27
2006-03-05	Lexington, KY	Florida	79	Kentucky	64	UK 84–28
2007-02-10	Lexington, KY	Florida	64	Kentucky	61	UK 84–29
2007-03-04	Gainesville, FL	Florida	85	Kentucky	72	UK 84–30
2008-01-19	Gainesville, FL	Florida	81	Kentucky	70	UK 84–31
2008-03-09	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	75	Florida	70	UK 85–31
2009-02-10	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	68	Florida	65	UK 86–31
2009-03-07	Gainesville, FL	Florida	60	Kentucky	53	UK 86–32
2010-01-10	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	89	Florida	77	UK 87–32
2010-03-07	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	74	Florida	66	UK 88–32
2011-02-05	Gainesville, FL	Florida	70	Kentucky	68	UK 88–33
2011-02-26	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	76	Florida	68	UK 89–33
2011-03-13	Atlanta, GA**	Kentucky	70	Florida	54	UK 90–33
2012-02-07	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	78	Florida	68	UK 91–33
2012-03-04	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	74	Florida	59	UK 92–33
2012-03-10	New Orleans, LA*	Kentucky	74	Florida	71	UK 93–33
2013-02-12	Gainesville, FL	Florida	69	Kentucky	52	UK 93–34
2013-03-09	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	61	Florida	57	UK 94–34
2014-02-16	Lexington, KY	Florida	69	Kentucky	59	UK 94–35
2014-03-08	Gainesville, FL	Florida	84	Kentucky	65	UK 94–36
2014-03-16	Atlanta, GA**	Florida	61	Kentucky	60	UK 94–37
2015-02-07	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	68	Florida	61	UK 95–37
2015-03-07	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	67	Florida	50	UK 96–37
2015-03-13	Nashville, TN*	Kentucky	64	Florida	49	UK 97–37
2016-02-06	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	80	Florida	61	UK 98–37
2016-03-01	Gainesville, FL	Kentucky	88	Florida	79	UK 99–37
2017-02-04	Gainesville, FL	Florida	88	Kentucky	66	UK 99–38
2017-02-25	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	76	Florida	66	UK 100–38
2018-01-20	Lexington, KY	Florida	66	Kentucky	64	UK 100–39
2018-03-03	Gainesville, FL	Florida	80	Kentucky	67	UK 100–40

References

^ "Kentucky's Record versus Florida". Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[1] "Kentucky's Record versus Florida". Retrieved 16 March 2014.

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