Nashville – The Matchup is defined.
After the strongest year in the history of SEC basketball, it will be 4-seeds Tennessee squaddle with 2-seed Florida In the SEC tournament championship 2025.
Tip-off is set at 1 a.m. on ESPN in the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
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The Vols hit their ticket by dropping 13 seeds down Texas On Friday and 1-seed Auburn on Saturday.
The victory over the Longhorns came with 83-72. Chaz Lanier Runed the way for Tennessee with 23 points after a glowing start started. Zakai Zeigler brought the Vols with 19 points in the second half to the finish line.
In the semifinals, Tennessee met the top seed tigers and managed to capture in the last moments. The Vols claimed the game 70-65.
Zeigler put together an impressive performance to lead the indictment with 20 points, four assists, four rebounds, a block and theft.
The 95-81 victory against 7-seed began for the Gators Missouri. Walter Clayton Jr. Most were 18 points for Florida, but a trio of other players fell 16 or more in the efforts.
This will set up a matchup with 3-seed Alabama In the semifinals opposite Tennessee. After a narrow first half, the Gators rose to a dominant 104-82. Clayton dropped 22 to keep the team in the rating.
This marks the third time that Tennessee and Florida meet after shared the first few games.
The Vols in Gainesville were laid at the first matchup. The end result was 73-43 when he received No. 1 Tennessee his first loss of season.
The Gator used 18 points from Alijah Martin Come over the hump. The Vols received 10 points from Zeigler and Lanier.
If the teams played the next time, both starter stages and Igor Milicic Jr. were forced to miss the game. Zeigler was traveling because of a knee injury while Milicic was sick.
In the end, however, this would not matter. Tennessee got his gap in a large way with a 64-44 victory behind 19 points from Lanier and 16 out of 16 Jordan Gainey Who entered the starting point guard.
Clayton was the way for Florida with 10 points.
Now is a second title in the line. This would be the first of the Vols since the 2022 season, which was presented Zakai Zeigler And Jahmai Mashack As a first semester. This team was also triggered Kennedy ChandlerPresent Santiago VescoviPresent Josiah-Jordan JamesPresent Jonas AidooPresent John FulkersonPresent Olivier NkamhouaPresent Uros PlavsicPresent Victor Bailey Jr.Present Justin Powell And Brandon Huntley-Hatfield.
That was the fifth title of the conference tournament in program history.
A fifth title is in the line for the Gators. It would be the first since winning in 2014.
