Florida vs. Tennessee: How to watch, injury report, betting lines, game notes
For the third time this season, the No. 4 Florida Gators (29-4) will face No. 8 Tennessee on Sunday with a championship on the line. UF is looking to win its first SEC Tournament title since 2014.
Florida split its regular season series against the Vols (25-6), beating them when they were ranked No. 1 by 30 points in Gainesville, 73-43, on Jan. 7 and suffering a 64-44 loss in Knoxville on Feb. 1.
How to watch Florida against Tennessee
When: March 16
Where: Bridgestone Arena (19,395) | Nashville, Tenn.
Time: 1 p.m. ET
TV | Stream: ESPN | ESPN app
Betting lines for Gators vs. Vols
Spread: Florida -4.5
Over/Under: 141.5 points
Moneyline: Florida -218, Tennessee +180
Florida-Tennessee injury report
Florida forward Sam Alexis is out for the game.
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Florida Gators projected starters
| No. | Player | Position | Height/Weight | Class | Min. | Pts. | Rebs. | Misc. |
| 1 | Walter Clayton Jr. | Guard | 6-2, 195 pounds | Sr. | 32.3 | 17.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 ast |
| 15 | Alijah Martin | Guard | 6-2, 210 pounds | Gr. | 30.0 | 14.6 | 4.6 | 2.4 ast |
| 5 | Will Richard | Guard | 6-4, 206 pounds | Sr. | 31.5 | 13.5 | 4.6 | 1.7 stl |
| 21 | Alex Condon | Forward | 6-11, 230 pounds | So. | 25.0 | 11.2 | 7.9 | 2.3 ast |
| 9 | Rueben Chinyelu | Center | 6-10, 260 pounds | So. | 19.4 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 1.0 blk |
Tennessee Volunteers projected starters
| No. | Player | Position | Height/Weight | Class | Min. | Pts. | Rebs. | Misc. |
| 5 | Zakai Zeigler | Guard | 5-9, 172 pounds | Sr. | 33.8 | 13.5 | 3.0 | 7.3 ast |
| 15 | Jahmai Mashak | Guard | 6-4, 202 pounds | Sr. | 28.3 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 1.6 stl |
| 2 | Chaz Lanier | Guard | 6-6, 192 pounds | 5th | 31.3 | 17.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 3fg |
| 7 | Igor Milicic Jr. | Forward | 6-10, 225 pounds | Sr. | 26.2 | 10.2 | 7.1 | 2.1 ast |
| 34 | Felix Okpara | Forward | 6-11, 235 pounds | Jr. | 25.3 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 1.7 blk |
Game notes
* Florida plays for the SEC Tournament championship for the 12th time in program history, returning to the title game for the second straight season. Florida’s most recent SEC Tournament championship came in 2014, and the Gators also claimed three straight from 2005-07.
* This marks the third time the Gators have put together consecutive championship game appearances, previously reaching four in a row from 2004-07 and two straight in 2013 and 2014.
* Sunday’s game will be Florida’s program-record seventh top-10 matchup this season (five in 2006-07). The Gators are 4-2 in top-10 showdowns this season, including both games in the regular season split with Tennessee. Prior to this season, Florida had gone 6-16 in top-10 matchups.
* Florida, Duke and Houston are the only three teams in the nation’s top 10 in both offensive and defensive efficiency. Following Saturday’s 22-point win vs. Alabama, the Gators rose to #2 in the KenPom ratings.
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* First-team All-American Walter Clayton Jr.’s 1,190 points over his two seasons at UF trail only the legendary Neal Walk’s scoring output over a two-season span (1,312; 1967-69). His 186 3-pointers are fourth-most by a Gator over two seasons. Clayton has made a 3-pointer in a Florida-record 55 consecutive appearances.
* Florida set an SEC Tournament record with 104 points in the semifinal win vs. No. 5 Alabama. Six Gators scored in double figures, led by Clayton’s 22 with six 3-pointers. In a quintessential college basketball moment, walk-on Bennett Andersen — a three-year manager, Tampa native, grad student and a 2025 SEC Community Service Team member — scored the record-breaking basket.
* Florida’s seven top-25 wins this season match UF’s 1999-2000 squad for the program’s second-most all-time, one shy of the 2006-07 record total of eight.
* On Saturday, Rueben Chinyelu became the first SEC player in more than 20 years to post a double-double vs. an SEC foe in just 16 minutes (Tennessee’s Andre Patterson, 2/5/05 vs. LSU). Micah Handlogten also added 10 boards in 14 minutes.
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