‘We’re gonna beat ’em anyways’ becomes a main storyline for Alabama-Florida hoops matchup
January 31, 2026
Florida coach Todd Golden insists he wasn’t being disrespectful when he said “we’re gonna beat ’em anyways” while responding to Alabama center Charles Bediako’s return to college basketball. It remains his approach with Bediako and the 23rd-ranked Crimson Tide visiting Gainesville on Sunday. Golden calls it “good for media or for kind of a buildup to the game.” But he doesn’t believe it will be a factor in the outcome. Golden’s quip surely will be as much of a storyline as Bediako’s ongoing court case when No. 19 Florida hosts Alabama inside a sold-out O’Connell Center.