They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.

The Gators were the SEC regular season champions with a 13–3 conference record, but lost to Kentucky in the championship game of the 2011 SEC men's basketball tournament.

Small forward Chandler Parsons earned SEC Player of the Year honors, and head coach Billy Donovan won the SEC Coach of the Year award.

2 seed in southeast region where they advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Butler in overtime.

The Gators finished the season 21–13, 9–7 in SEC play and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to BYU.