Florida basketball coach Todd Golden isn't sweating how UF has started its defense of its national title.

The No. 18 Florida Gators (5-4) suffered another close loss to an elite opponent, falling 77-73 against No. 5 UConn at the Jimmy V Classic in New York City on Dec. 9.

Of UF's four losses, three have come against teams currently ranked in the top five of the USA Today men's college basketball poll (No. 3 Duke, No. 2 Arizona) by an average margin of 3.7 points.

"Collectively, we're all disappointed that our record’s not a little better right now," Golden said. "But I think you would have to be really soft-minded to not realize that we've competed against really good teams and been in a position to win or play down to the last second against the teams that, over the first two mont

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