Florida basketball prevailed over the Georgia Bulldogs for the third time this season on Thursday night, knocking their rivals out of the Southeastern Conference Tournament with a closer-than-expected 85-80 victory in Nashville.
The Athletic’s Brian Bennett released his updated men’s basketball bracket watch on Friday, dropping the Gators from No. 6 in the East Region in the last update to No. 7 in the South Region. There, the Orange and Blue are lined up to face the No. 10 Drake Bulldogs in the opening round held in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the No. 2 Marquette Golden Eagles also take on the No. 15 Sam Houston State Bearkats.
Looking around the Southeastern Conference, Bennett’s bracket also includes the top-seeded Tennessee Volunteers, along with the Kentucky Wildcats (No. 3), Alabama Crimson Tide (No. 4), Auburn Tigers (No. 5), South Carolina Gamecocks (No. 5), Mississippi State Bulldogs (No. 11) and Texas A&M Aggies (No. 11)
Texas A&M is among the last four in while Mississippi State is one of the last four byes.
The Gators will face the Alabama Crimson Tide in the final game of Friday’s third-round SEC Tournament slate with a tipoff time estimated around 9:30 p.m. ET. The game will once again be broadcast on the SEC Network.
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