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What channel is Florida basketball vs. No. 6 Kentucky on today? Time, TV for UF’s game
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Florida basketball will take its longest winning streak in two years into its showdown with No. 6 Kentucky on Saturday at the O’Connell Center.
The Florida Gators (10-3) have won six straight since losing Nov. 29 at Wake Forest in the ACC/SEC Challenge.
Florida also has played its best basketball at home this season, going 6-0 in the O’Dome with an average margin of victory of 27.7 points.
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Kentucky (10-2) will play just its second true road game of the season. The first was a 95-76 win at Louisville.
“Kentucky is a top 10 team right now and they’ve played really well all year,” Florida basketball coach Todd Golden said. “They’re a really exciting team and if we can take care of our home floor, protect it and get a win I think it will continue to pour into what we’re trying to do this year.”
Junior guard Walter Clayton Jr. (15.2 ppg) leads the Gators in scoring as one of four starters averaging double figures on the season. Junior guard Will Richard has been on a hot streak of late for UF, averaging 17.4 points and shooting 45.9 percent from 3-point range (17-for-37) over his last five games.
Florida basketball vs. Kentucky start time
Florida basketball and Kentucky are slated to tip off at 12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday from the O’Connell Center in Gainesville
Florida basketball vs. Kentucky betting odds
Betting odds: Per Draft Kings, Florida is a 1-point favorite over Kentucky as of late Friday afternoon. The over-under is set at 169.5.
What channel is Florida basketball vs, Kentucky on today?
Florida and Kentucky will air on ESPN and will stream on WatchESPN.com. Dan Shulman will handle play-by-play duties, with Jay Bilas as the analyst.
How to listen to Florida-Kentucky on radio
The Florida-Michigan game will air on AM 850 and FM 98.1 in Gainesville and across the state on the Gator Radio Network. Sean Kelley will handle play-by-play duties, with former Gator great Lee Humphrey as the color analyst.
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Man convicted of 1991 fatal shooting of police officer is set to be executed in Florida
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop is set to be executed Tuesday evening in Florida.
Billy Leon Kearse, 53, is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke. Kearse was initially sentenced to death in 1991 after being convicted of first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm.
The Florida Supreme Court found that the trial court failed to give jurors certain information about aggravating circumstances and ordered a new sentencing. Kearse was resentenced to death in 1997.
This is Florida’s third execution scheduled for 2026, following a record 19 executions last year. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis oversaw more executions in a single year in 2025 than any other Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The highest number before then was eight executions in both 1984 and 2014, under former governors Bob Graham and Rick Scott, respectively.
According to court records, Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish pulled over Kearse for driving the wrong way on a one-way street in January 1991. When Kearse couldn’t produce a valid driver’s license, Parrish ordered Kearse out of his vehicle and attempted to handcuff him.
A struggle ensued, and Kearse grabbed Parrish’s firearm, prosecutors said. Kearse fired 14 times, striking the officer nine times in the body and four times in his body armor. A nearby taxi driver heard the shots and used Parrish’s radio to call for help.
Parrish was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died from the gunshot wounds, officials said. Meanwhile, police used license plate information that Parrish had called in before approaching Kearse to identify the attacker’s vehicle and home address, where Kearse was arrested.
Last week, the Florida Supreme Court denied appeals filed by Kearse. His attorneys had argued that he was unconstitutionally deprived of a fair penalty phase and that his intellectual disability makes his execution unconstitutional.
Final appeals were pending Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court.
A total of 47 people were executed in the U.S. in 2025. Florida led the way with a flurry of death warrants signed by DeSantis, far outpacing Alabama, South Carolina and Texas which each held five executions.
Besides the two Florida executions this year, Texas and Oklahoma have each executed one person so far.
Two more Florida executions have already been scheduled for this month. Michael Lee King, 54, is scheduled to die on March 17, and the execution of James Aren Duckett, 68, is set for March 31.
All Florida executions are carried out via lethal injection using a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.
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