The SEC Tournament is upon us and Florida Basketball enters this week as the #2 seed and will get a double bye in the tournament. The Gators won't have to take the court until Friday when they take on either LSU, Mississippi State, or Missouri.
The Gators last won the SEC Tournament in 2014. Here is a look back at how they have performed in the tournament over the past ten years since then.
2024 - Runner-ups
After a 11-7 SEC slate the Gators came into the tournament as the #6 seed. Florida had to grind past Georgia 85-80 in the opener before blasting Alabama 102-88.
Thanks to upsets, the Gators got to play #7 seed Texas A&M in the semifinals and won 95-90 before losing to #4 seed Auburn in the finals 86-67.
2023 - Second Round
Florida went 9-9 in SEC play and was the #8 seed. Any hope of going on a big run to somehow sneak into the NCAA Tournament was dashed as the Gators fell in their opening game to Mississippi State 69-68 in overtime.
2022 - Second Round
2023 mimicked 2022 in a lot of ways for Florida. The Gators were 9-9 in SEC play, were the #9 seed, and lost in their opening game to Texas A&M 83-80 in overtime.
2021 - Quarterfinals
Florida entered as the #5 seed after going 9-7 in SEC play. The Gators got past #12 seed Vanderbilt 69-63 in the opening game before losing to #4 seed Tennessee 78-66 in the quarterfinals.
2020 - Cancelled
The 2020 edition of the SEC Tournament had two games played on March 11 before the entire tournament was shut down for, well, you know, reasons.
Florida was the #5 seed in the tournament was going to play Georgia in the second round.
2019 - Semifinals
Florida made a bit of a run in the 2019 edition of the SEC Tournament after entering as the #8 seed after going 9-9 in conference play.
The Gators opened with a comfortable 65-50 win over Arkansas before pulling off a huge upset over #1 seed LSU 76-73. Florida took on #5 Auburn in the semifinals and lost a close one 65-62.
2018 - Quarterfinals
It was one and done for the Gators in the 2018 SEC Tournament. Florida entered as the #3 seed after going 11-7 in conference play.
Florida lost to #6 Arkansas 80-72 in the opening game for the Gators.
2017 - Quarterfinals
If you want proof the SEC Tournament doesn't always correlate to NCAA Tournament success, the 2017 season is one to circle back to. Florida was the #2 seed after going 14-4 in SEC play.
Florida lost to Vanderbilt 72-62 in overtime to be one and done in the tournament. The Gators will go on to make the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament.
2016 - Quarterfinals
Florida was 9-9 in SEC play and entered as the #8 seed. The Gators beat Arkansas 68-61 before losing to #1 seed Texas A&M 72-66.
2015 - Quarterfinals
The last time Florida had a losing record in SEC play was 2015 when the Gators went 8-10 and were the #8 seed.
Florida beat #9 Alabama 69-61 before #1 Kentucky pummeled Florida 64–49.