Updated March 21, 2026, 5:46 p.m. ET
TAMPA − Florida basketball junior ahead Alex Condon has loved a embellished profession that is already included a nationwide championship, an SEC Tournament championship and an SEC common season title.
The 6-foot-11 Condon additionally has an opportunity to change into an anomaly in faculty basketball − a four-year participant who stays with one crew.
For now, Condon mentioned his focus is to absorb each second of UF’s March Madness run, which is able to proceed when the No. 1 seed Florida Gators (27-7) face No. 9 seed Iowa (22-12) on Sunday, March 22, at Benchmark International Arena (7:10 p.m., TBS).
Condon (15.1 ppg, 6.8 rpg) is within the midst of his finest stretch of the 2025-26 season, with 5 20-point scoring performances in his final 9 video games. He completed with 13 factors, 5 assists, 3 rebounds and three blocks in UF’s 114-55 rout of Prairie View A&M to open the NCAA Tournament on March 20.
“I’m just in a really good space mentally right now,” Condon instructed The Sun. “I’m enjoying these guys off the court. It could be my last year here so, I’ve just got to take every day in my stride and just enjoy spending time with the fellas.”
Asked whether or not he intends to return to UF for his senior season or declare for the NBA Draft, Condon instructed The Sun: “It’s obviously a thought for next year. It’s probably around 50-50 right now. I don’t really know what I’m going to do.”
Condon mentioned the present suggestions he is getting from scouts and NBA personnel govt is that he might find yourself being picked within the 20-30 vary of the primary spherical if he selected to come back out on the finish of this season.
“I have the self-belief to feel like I’m a lottery-type of player,” Condon mentioned. “If I can get a really good March Madness run, which I feel like I’m going to do, individually, then I think the sky is the limit for me, like, keep breaking down a few spots after each game. Keep making highlight plays, keep making the right plays for my teammates as well, I think everything is going to work out.”
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Condon struggled with expecations that got here as a preseason All-American by way of the primary three months of the season. A low level got here on Jan. 24, when Condon held to only one level and had six turnovers in UF’s 76-67 upset loss to Auburn.
“It was a good wakeup call,” Condon mentioned. “I didn’t play the way I wanted to, obviously. I think I just let the overall pressure the outside noise get to me a little bit.”
In UF’s halfcourt units, Condon takes on some point-forward tasks, a job he embraces. It’s resulted in some high-turnover video games and high-assist video games as properly. Condon has a constructive assist-to-turnover ratio (116-81) on the season.
“I just enjoy that side of basketball, the mental side of things,” Condon mentioned. “I feel like I can read defenses pretty well as well so that just helps.”
There are elements that might persuade Condon to remain as a senior, together with Name, Image and Likeness compensation that wasn’t out there to school athletes six years in the past. Condon’s compensation package deal, in keeping with sources near this system, is within the $2-2.5 million vary this season.
Last season, Condon’s March Madness run was hampered by a sprained ankle he suffered within the Sweet 16 in opposition to Maryland. He performed by way of it the remainder of the way in which and Florida has sufficient firepower with guards Walter Clayton Jr., Will Richard and Alijah Martin to make run to a nationwide title.
“Touch wood — no injuries in the tournament,” Condon mentioned. “I’ve been pretty lucky this year with injuries, so yeah, I just have to keep doing my prehab, keep warming up the right way, and when I’m heathy, I feel like I’m a very dominant player, play the right way and yeah, I just really enjoy playing with this team.”
Kevin Brockway is The Gainesville Sun’s Florida beat author. Contact him at kbrockway@gannett.com. Follow him on X @KevinBrockwayG1. Read his protection of the Gators’ nationwide championship basketball season in “CHOMP-IONS!” — a hardcover coffee-table collector’s ebook from The Sun. Details at Florida.ChampsBook.com
