Todd Golden’s Florida basketball team has shown significant resolve during its Southeastern Conference Tournament run, overcoming an 18-point first-half deficit against the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday to seize the semifinal win, 95-90.
In Joe Lunardi’s latest bracketology update for ESPN released on Sunday, Golden’s gang is now a No. 5 seed in the East Region. There, the Orange and Blue are matched up with the No. 12 Virginia Commonwealth Rams to start things off, while the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils and No. 14 Vermont Catamounts also join them in Brooklyn, New York.
Looking at the rest of the SEC, the Tennessee Volunteers are the No. 2 seed in the Midwest, followed by the No. 3 Auburn Tigers (East), No. 4 Kentucky Wildcats (South), No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide (West), No. 5 South Carolina Gamecocks Midwest), No. 9 Mississippi State Bulldogs (East) and No. 9 Texas A&M (West) are among those projected to be in the tournament.
TAMU and Mississippi State are also among the last four byes.
Florida will take on the Auburn Tigers in the SEC Tournament Finals on Sunday, March 17, in Nashville with a tipoff time set for 1 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.
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