Next meeting 2017 in Gainesville All-time series Florida leads, 43–24 | Meetings total 68 Longest win streak Florida, 7 | |
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First meeting December 29, 1951
Florida 61, Florida State 51 Latest meeting December 11, 2016
Florida State 83, Florida 78 | ||
The Florida–Florida State men's basketball rivalry (known as the Sunshine Showdown) is a college basketball rivalry between the two oldest public universities of the state of Florida: the University of Florida Gators and the Florida State University Seminoles. Although the in state rivalry between these two schools is most widely known in football, Florida and Florida State have had some memorable battles in basketball as well.
The two teams first met in 1951, a game in which the Gators won 61-51. The two teams met sporadically from then until 1978. Since then, the rivalry has been played at least once a year. For both teams, it is the only out of conference rival that they play every season.
Florida has dominated the rivalry overall, leading 43-24. However, FSU has had its fair share of glory in the series, especially recently. The most notable FSU win came in 2006 when they upset the 4th ranked (and eventual national champion) Gators in Tallahassee, which sparked a three-game winning streak for the Seminoles in the series. Since 2005, each team has won six times.
Game Results
Florida victories are colored ██ blue. Florida State victories are colored ██ garnet. Vacated games are colored ██ gray.
^ FSU vacated all 22 of their wins during the 2006-07 season due to the academic cheating scandal.