Florida basketball has been teetering on the edge of NCAA Tournament bracketologies all season in large part due to inconsistent play plus the inability to start the game strong as well as finish off comebacks.
This past week, the Gators showed their yin and yang by beating the then-second-ranked Tennessee Volunteers at home to vault them back onto the bubble before reverting back to their old ways on the road in a loss to the Kentucky Wildcats. The teeter-totter performances have been very pronounced in Southeastern Conference competition, in which the Orange and Blue now hold a 6-4 record as well as a 13-10 mark overall.
Todd Golden's team slipped off of Jerry Palm's latest bracket predictions for CBS Sports and they will predictably fall from a few more once those updates are published. The Athletic's Eammon Brennan followed up with his bubble watch article on Tuesday, in which he placed the Gators in the "work to do" category among fellow SEC schools. Here is what he had to offer.
Next up for Florida is the Alabama Crimson Tide, who host the Gators on Wednesday, Feb. 8, inside Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Nate Oats' team is currently a "lock" in The Athletic's update. Tipoff for the midweek affair is scheduled for 9 p.m. EST and the game can be followed by watching ESPN2 or listening to the Gator Sports Network.
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