Florida tweaks schedule again, now opening with UMass Lowell

Updated Nov. 12, 2020 4:13 p.m. ET

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is shuffling its basketball schedule again.

Having already been forced to replace their home-opening opponent, the Gators will now face a different team to start the season.

Florida said Thursday it will open against UMass Lowell instead of Maine on Nov. 25 at a resort casino on tribal land in Connecticut. Event organizers swapped opening-round matchups between Florida and No. 4 Virginia.

Virginia will now face Maine on Nov. 25. The Cavaliers and Gators will meet two days later.

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Florida scrambled to fill the void with Stetson.

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