Florida moved up one spot and Auburn fell one spot in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll leading into the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The Gators and Tigers switched spots in a top-five shakeup after the SEC Tournament this week,

It’s the No. 1-seeded Florida basketball vs. No. 16-seeded Norfolk State Spartans in March Madness to open its 2025 NCAA Tournament men’s bracket.

Ole Miss coach Chris Beard called it "the gauntlet," while Texas coach Rodney Terry referred to the SEC as "NCAA Tournament basketball every night." Arkansas coach John Calipari, who once inhabited the SEC during the league's dark ages,

The SEC’s NCAA tournament record is official. The conference had 14 of its 16 teams selected for the 68-team men’s NCAA tournament field in 2025. The SEC’s number of teams breaks the record the Big East set in 2011 when it got 11 of its 16 teams into the field.

Florida basketball has won 11 of last 12 but will get another test facing home state Tennessee in SEC Tournament finals in Nashville

Walter Clayton Jr. scored 22 points and fourth-ranked Florida won its fifth Southeastern Conference Tournament title and first since 2014 on Sunday, defeating the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers 86-77, a victory that gave coach Todd Golden's team its 30th win.

The SEC is historically good this season, yet no one could hang with the Gators in the conference tournament in Nashville.