Florida Gators have a complicated history in Final Four semifinals going into Saturday's game against Auburn
The Florida Gators are set to tip off in their sixth-ever Final Four on Saturday night against the Auburn Tigers. After a dramatic come-from-behind 84-79 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders, All-American point guard Walter Clayton Jr. is ready to lead the Gators on the path to their third National Championship. Earlier this season, […]
The Florida Gators are set to tip off in their sixth-ever Final Four on Saturday night against the Auburn Tigers. After a dramatic come-from-behind 84-79 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders, All-American point guard Walter Clayton Jr. is ready to lead the Gators on the path to their third National Championship.
Earlier this season, the Gators went to Auburn and beat the Tigers by a score of 90-81, a very convincing win just a week after a brutal 20 point loss to bitter rival Tennessee Volunteers.Flori
Florida Gators history in National Semifinals
This is the sixth time the Gators have made the Final Four and the first time they have made it since 2014 That was a fantastic season where the Gators finished 36-3, but their two losses came to the eventual National Champion UConn Huskies. They avenged that loss in the Sweet 16 this year.
Their five National Semifinal appearances have only resulted in three wins, but the Gators have never missed the Final Four when they have gotten a one seed.
- 1994: 4 seed, lost to 2 seed Duke 70-65
- 2000: 5 seed, beat 8 seed North Carolina 71-59
- 2006: 3 seed, beat 11 seed George Mason 73-58
- 2007: 1 seed, beat 2 seed UCLA 76-66
- 2014: 1 seed, lost to 7 seed UConn 63-53
Saturday's game against Auburn and a potential National Championship Game against either Duke or Houston will be the third and fourth times the Gators will have faced a number one seed in the Final Four. This will be the first time they will face a one-seed in the National Semifinals.
- 2000: 5 seed, lost to Michigan State 89-76 in National Championship Game
- 2007: 1 seed, beat Ohio State 84-75 in National Championship Game
As the great Sir Elton John said, Saturday night's a night for fighting and it should be a great game.
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