2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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22 Bennett Andersen

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Tampa, Fla.
  • High School Jesuit HS
  • Twitter BennettAnd11
  • Instagram bennett_andersen

Biography

Overview
  • Graduated in summer 2025 with master's degree in Management
  • Finished his career with six points in 13 appearances, including baskets in the SEC Tournament and NCAA Tournament.
  • Member of the 2025 national championship team.
  • Graduated in 2024 with a degree in in Industrial and Systems Engineering and worked toward his Master’s in management during his final season.
  • Earned the NCAA Elite 90 award for having the highest GPA at the championship site (3.98), Florida’s fourth all-time honoree and first in a male sport.
  • Also named to the 2025 SEC Men’s Basketball Community Service team for his work as a co-founder and executive committee member of the Gainesville chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
  • Joined the team as a walk-on in 2023 after three seasons as a team manager, appearing in four games during his senior year and scoring two points.
  • Three-time UF intramural champion prior to joining the roster.
 
2024-25, Grad Season
  • Named the Elite 90 winner, posting the highest GPA of any player at the NCAA Final Four championship site.
  • Grabbed an offensive rebound and scored the put-back basket in the Sweet 16 win vs. #11 Maryland.
  • Scored the record-setting basket in the SEC Tournament semifinal win vs. #5 Alabama that gave Florida 104 points and the SEC Tournament single-game scoring record.
  • Comes back for his final season after graduating in 2024.
  • Named to the 2025 SEC Community Service Team for his work with the local chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
  • Appeared in nine games.
 
2023-24, Senior Season
  • Appeared in four games, scoring on his lone field goal attempt.
  • Made his college debut vs. Grambling and scored on a layup assisted by Kajus Kublickas after making a backdoor cut.
  • Also appeared in the Senior Night win vs. 16th-ranked Alabama, holding the ball as the clock ran out.
  • Saw the court in the SEC Tournament quarterfinal win vs. Alabama and the championship game vs. Auburn.
 
Prep
  • Named to the Hillsborough County All-Star team.
  • Also competed in track and field.
 
Personal
  • Parents are Carter and Dana Andersen.
  • Has four siblings: Abby, Maddie, Carter and Wilson.
  • Younger brother Wilson played on USA Baseball’s 15U team.
  • Came to Florida because of the academics and his parents went here so he grew up a Florida fan.
 
Off the Court
  • Chose his uniform number because his dad’s favorite Florida athlete is Emmitt Smith, who wore #22.
  • Favorite food: Cheeseburger
  • If he could have any superpower: Super speed
  • Favorite quote: “If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker.” Mike McDermott from the movie Rounders
  • Hidden talent: Can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 30 seconds
  • If he could have dinner with any three people: Erik Spoelstra, Gregg Popovich, Steve Kerr
  • Favorite NBA player: Tyrese Haliburton
  • Favorite athlete outside the NBA: Justin Thomas
  • Favorite place he’s traveled: Mountains in North Carolina
  • Favorite holiday and why: Thanksgiving, because of the food
  • Favorite movie or TV show: Good Will Hunting

Statistics

Season:
2024-25

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2023-24Senior

    Guard
    6'2" 190 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2024-25Graduate Student

    Guard
    6'2" 190 lbs
    22

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