Florida Gators Secure Top Seed in NCAA Tournament

0:00On March 15, Florida Gators basketball fans can breathe easy heading into Selection Sunday. As the Southeast Conference regular season champions, the Gators are locked in as one of the top seeds for the men's NCAA tournament even after. They're lost to Vanderbilt in the conference tournament on Saturday. They'll find out their exact seed and first round location during the big reveal at 6 p.m. Eastern on CBS. The team wrapped up the regular season on an 11-game winning streak, playing some of the best ball in the country. They ranked fourth in key metrics, like Ken Palm, NET, and Torvik, putting them ahead of teams like Yukon and Houston. Coach Todd Golden pointed out they had been lost in 54 days before that Vanderbilt game. Experts are backing Florida 2. ESPN, Brakatologists, Joe Lanardi, kept them as a number one seed projection right after the loss, praising the Selection Committee for not. Overreacting to one result, Yukon's upset loss to St. John's in the Big E's final, and Houston's blowout by Arizona in the Big 12 title game, helped Florida's cause.

1:07In the best case, the Gators grabbed the number one seed in the South Region, marking back-to-back top seeds for the program, a first. The worst case drops them to a number two seed in the same region, but that scene is unlikely given their dominance in a tough conference. Either way, these seeds keep Florida in strong position to chase another national title, with the full bracket set to shake up March Madness soon.