Todd Golden Has Guys Playing the Right Way, and Alex Condon Decision Shows That

The University of Florida continues to play extremely well on both sides of the basketball throughout the first couple of days of the college basketball season. 

It's been very impressive that Florida has come out and taken care of business at this level, especially with all the hype it's had throughout the offseason. Florida doesn't seem to be worried about that hype too much and is more so just focused on doing what's needed on both sides of the ball.

On Thursday night, Florida was able to come away with an impressive 88-57 win against a decent Jacksonville program. 

While Florida was always going to win this game barring something drastic happening, it's impressive that it was able to come away with a 31-point win. We also saw a couple of guys really impress in this one, including forward Alex Condon, who finished with 12 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists. 

He was on triple-double watch late in this game, but instead of being selfish and wanting to continue to play, it sounds like that's not anything head coach Todd Golden and his guys are worried about.

Instead, Golden wants his players to understand coming into these games that while they might have big stats and have a chance to put up some big nights, the bigger focus is on the team.

“He had some really, really fantastic assists, looking for 3-point shooters and the cutters. Was finishing, making his free throws. He's just playing really well. There's not much more to say other than that. I think he's playing very confidently and playing the right way. Good things are going to happen for him when he does that…

“Yeah, I mean, there was a thought, but at the end of the day, a big thing that we talked about going into this game was that was this is all about us and playing towards a standard and not worrying about individual success. So, it'd be a little counter intuitive in that moment to kind of leave him in there and get an individual statistic when we were playing for the team and for the standard,” Golden said of Condon’s chance at a triple-double, per USA Today.

A guy like Condon is never going to have a problem with situations like this, at least from what it looks like. 

The 22-year-old has been at the University of Florida for a couple of years now and has really impressed on both sides of the basketball. 

He also understands that as a senior, playing in his fourth season at Florida, there are far more important things to worry about than having a triple-double in the first week of the season. The Gators are legitimate national championship threats, and that's the focus right now.