While the Florida Gators men’s basketball season might be on pause due to a second outbreak of the coronavirus on the team, life continues to go on with the rest of college basketball. However, not much has changed in the eyes of one major media outlet in its most recent assessment of the NCAA tournament landscape.
Sports Illustrated updated its NCAA tournament bracket on Tuesday, with UF standing pat at No. 7 in the “Ohio State” region, though the potential opponents have changed since our last update. In this iteration of Kevin Sweeney’s tournament projections, Florida would face the No. 10 seed North Carolina Tar Heels in the opening round, with the winner of Villanova versus Grand Canyon State awaiting them if they emerge victoriously.
Other SEC teams in the projected field are the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide, No. 4 Missouri Tigers and No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers — all holding their previous positions. The No. 10 Arkansas Razorbacks and No. 12 LSU Tigers, previously seeded at No. 11, are among the “Last Four Byes” and “Last Four In”, respectively.
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