It was not the ending that the Gator Nation had hoped for, but Florida basketball’s run through the Southeastern Conference Tournament was something to behold. Unfortunately, all good things come to an end — as they did for Todd Golden’s team against the Auburn Tigers on Sunday, who beat them for the title, 86-67.
Following the SEC finals loss, the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings dropped the Orange and Blue from its No. 24 overall ranking on Sunday to No. 29, putting it between the No. 28 Nebraska Cornhuskers and the No. 30 Mississippi State Bulldogs.
The Pomeroy rankings use adjusted efficiency margin — the difference between adjusted offensive efficiency and adjusted defensive efficiency — to rank all teams.
Golden’s gang finished with a margin of plus-18.19 (down 0.44 points) which means the team is expected to score 18.19 more points than the average opponent. They rank 14th in adjusted offensive efficiency (119.3) while coming in at 83rd (101.1) in defensive efficiency.
KenPom also has Florida’s overall strength of schedule rated at plus-10.72, which is 29th in the nation; its non-conference schedule rating received a score of plus-2.05 which has the Gators at No. 132.
Florida is the No. 7 seed in the South Region this year according to the official NCAA Tournament bracket and will face the winner of the Boise State Broncos-Colorado Buffaloes play-in game.
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