Florida Basketball: 2019-20 keys for home SEC matchup vs. Auburn

1) Offensive movement

Consistency in this area has been Florida’s biggest problem this season and it has played a major role in their struggles.

The Gators have a tendency to get extremely stagnant on the offensive end, some times not even running a set and just having someone dribble the ball for 25 seconds before trying to make a play at the end of the shot clock. And, even when they do run sets, they often only involve two players and are executed poorly, as I detailed earlier this season.

Those things don’t create open shots and, as a result, Florida hasn’t really shot the ball well all season. It’s not that they don’t have capable individual shooters, because they do. Rather, when you’re only shooting contested shots, your percentage will be much lower than it would be otherwise.

It’s maddening to watch, especially because when they do run sets with multiple motions and do so crisply and with some urgency, they’re much more efficient. It’s why they’ve turned things around a bit over the last five games, averaging 86.6 points per game compared to just 68 in the 11 previous games.

They reverted back to old habits against Missouri and were blown out by a team they have significantly more talent than. They also trailed Alabama by 21 before picking up their offensive execution.

I don’t know why this is such a problem for the Gators (though Mike White-coached teams tend to struggle offensively) but they have to execute at a high level if they’re going to beat a team as good as Auburn.