Live bog: No. 4 Florida vs. No. 8 Tennessee in SEC Tourney finals

Who’s ready for Florida-Tennessee, Round 3?

Saturday at 1 p.m. ET in Nashville, Tn., the No. 4 Gators and No. 8 Vols meet in the SEC Tournament finals. They faced each other twice in the regular season and neither game was close. Florida won 73-43 on Jan. 7 in Gainesville. Four weeks later, Tennessee beat UF in Knoxville, 64-44.

The Gators enter Sunday’s game having already likely secured a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. They’re 29-4. Meanwhile, the Vols are 27-6. Both squads beat top-five teams Saturday to get here. Florida routed No. 5 Alabama 104-82 while Tennessee knocked off No. 3 Auburn, the regular-season conference champ, 70-65.

While the outcome Sunday might not impact NCAA Tournament seeding, it’s about bragging rights — and earning a ring. Florida is gunning for its fifth all-time SEC Tournament championship. The last came back in 2014.

Gators Online will provide live game updates below. Meanwhile, you can join the discussion on Swamp Talk, our message board community.

SCORE UPDATE: Florida 16, Tennessee 14 (11:51)

Neither team is shooting particularly well from the field but the Vols have made four 3-pointers and UF has connected on two of them. Guard Walter Clayton leads Florida with five points. The Gators have only four points in the paint thus far. Meanwhile, Tennessee is out rebounding UF 8-7. Jordan Gainey, a guard, is the Vols’ top scorer with five points.

SCORE UPDATE: Florida 10, Tennessee 6 (15:31)

The Gators fell behind 6-3 but have responded with a 7-0 run as the Vols have missed five straight shots. Florida guards Walter Clayton and Will Richard have each made 3-pointers. The Gators hold an early 5-4 edge on the glass.

Florida Gators projected starters

No.PlayerPositionHeight/WeightClassMin.Pts.Rebs.Misc.1Walter Clayton Jr.Guard6-2, 195 poundsSr.32.317.43.74.4 ast15Alijah MartinGuard6-2, 210 poundsGr.30.014.64.62.4 ast5Will RichardGuard6-4, 206 poundsSr.31.513.54.61.7 stl21Alex CondonForward6-11, 230 poundsSo.25.011.27.92.3 ast9Rueben ChinyeluCenter6-10, 260 poundsSo.19.46.06.41.0 blk

Tennessee Volunteers projected starters

No.PlayerPositionHeight/WeightClassMin.Pts.Rebs.Misc.5Zakai ZeiglerGuard5-9, 172 poundsSr.33.813.53.07.3 ast15Jahmai MashakGuard6-4, 202 poundsSr.28.36.24.21.6 stl2Chaz LanierGuard6-6, 192 pounds5th31.317.93.83.3 3fg7Igor Milicic Jr.Forward6-10, 225 poundsSr.26.210.27.12.1 ast34Felix OkparaForward6-11, 235 poundsJr.25.37.36.31.7 blk

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