Florida Gators Men’s Basketball are SEC Champions!

[Escambia94]

The 2024-25 Florida Gators dominated the strongest Southeastern Conference schedule in history. Regardless of what happens next, this year’s Gators will forever be known as the champions one of the greatest college basketball conferences NCAA has ever seen, and at the final buzzer of this campaign it was the Florida Gators that remained standing, beating the Tennessee Volunteers 86-77 for what will be a memorable win for the program.

 

[DRU2012]

This team just keeps upping its game, coming on stronger. After a strong season, they actually appear to be peaking at the right time.
We should have been the true #1 Seed in ternz of which regional we will start in--but the good news is that none of that seems to concern this squad. Thank the Coach for that. If a team's "emotional poise and balance" is as important a factor as some maintain, this could be one fun ride.

 

[DRU2012]

After all that, this talented team appears to be blowing it, letting it all get away from them in the 2nd game--albeit against UConn, who has won the last TWO of these Dances AND has a 5-and-1 record against us--but I still thought we'd go further than THIS: It seems to be slipping away with less than 10 minutes left...
If they don't pull off a serious rally soon, we WILL lose by a handful of points. Sad.

 

[DRU2012]

Should we indeed lose, the SEC Championship will be worth about as much to US as it apparently did to the committee that seeded us FOURTH IN THE TOURNAMENT!

 

[DRU2012]

BAT SHIT CRAZY!!!
GATORS come back in the last moments and WIN--BY ONE BASKET (77-75)!
Whew, that was as close as it GETS!
(Stating the OBVIOUS once again...)

 

[DRU2012]

Truth is, Clayton came thru bigtime once again, not only as the game's high scorer but with several key scoring plays in the last 2 minutes to grab and further open up a decent lead that even a frantic, wild last-minute effort by the Huskies was not able to overcome...That final score SOUNDS closer than it was: I was exhaling my first real sigh of relief almost a full minute BEFORE the final buzzer as UConn's last desperate shot went down--still leaving them short 2...so now it LOOKS closer than it really was.
But DAMN: It was STILL wicked close!!!

 

[DRU2012]

I have a feeling that after this latest struggle, this squad will more or less sail smoothly through to the Final Four, where they'll like find their next real test.
Oh, they may have some rough spots ahead--In losing interest at times they seem to cause their own difficulties...Ever hear the phrase, "own worst enemies"?--That's how you more often find trouble when you are the most talented team out there.
And this time that is who and what they are.