College basketball rankings: Florida rises as Gators pick up key SEC victory over Vanderbilt

There have been a bunch of different conversations about college basketball's most disappointing team at various points in this season. Sometimes the label has been attached to St. John's or Kentucky. Right now, it's probably UCLA. In early December, it was maybe Florida. Yes, the reigning national champ started 5-4 (with a loss to TCU) after being ranked third in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll. Neither transfer portal addition in the backcourt was looking like money well spent. The Gators dropped to 33rd in the NET and to what amounts to 35th in the AP poll. But now look. Since dropping four of their first nine games, the Gators have won eight of their past nine with the latest...