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SEC Showdown: Auburn vs. Florida Game preview & Prediction
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4/5/2025
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two teams out of the SEC and man there it was on the board at one point that we
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could have had the SEC tournament semifinals recreated in some capacity
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but Tennessee and Bama were dropped off by the one seeds in their region we'll
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get to Duke and Houston in just a little bit you have a two and a half point
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number a total checking in at 159 and a half you look around the markets and
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those numbers are really consistent I'm not seeing anything other than two and a
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half I'm not seeing anything other than 159 and a half except for a lone 160 out
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there right now so you are seeing consistency in the market which you
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would expect for a final four game it's Auburn and Florida Joe and I know that
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this is one you feel really strongly about I do and I know Florida won the
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regular season 90 to 81 the SEC champs playing you could say more
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consistent at the end of the regular season then Auburn they lost their
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identity against back-to-back losses be heading into the SEC conference game
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but they seem to be back on track I think when you look at this game you
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look at the four games that Florida's won in terms of the tournament they've
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won those games by an average margin of victory of twelve point seven points per
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game on the flip side the four games won by Auburn twelve point two so very
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similar right but how does this game play out I mean the stars have been
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shining for both teams Walter Clayton with 30 points for the Gators right
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they've been hitting threes especially in the run against Texas Tech and the
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biggest thing for me is that Auburn got back to Jani Broome they got back to
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their identity he's averaged twenty three and a half points per game coach
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15 rebounds over the past couple of games and they held Michigan and
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Michigan State respectively to only 30% in terms of field goal percentage I
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think both of these teams go at it I think it's a high-scoring game but I'm
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going with Auburn I like their physicality I like Broome I think he's
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the difference over Condon I think it could be close but I do feel that
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Auburn pulls out the upset well it depends on what Auburn team you get I
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mean the Auburn team early in the year was absolutely fantastic but before they
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hit that slide they did lose 90-81 at home to Florida and if you really think
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about it folks you know it was interesting because I was listening and
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watching as Donnie and Kevin were doing the game versus Michigan State and what
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I found is anytime Jani Broome got out of the game that team struggled and
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struggled mightily 23-8 early on first half then a second half with the injury
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I look at this Auburn team and I just look at Florida and say okay well which
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team can hit you with different guys to me it's Florida which team I think has
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enough height to maybe you know go against a Jani Broome with Chenelew
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with Howe obviously you know and with Condon we'll see how Condon is obviously
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you know rolled his ankle in the Sweet 16 game so to me that's where I look at
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so then if I think that you have enough bigs now it goes to the guard play and
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I always feel like it's a guard game and the best guard on the floor is
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Walter Clayton Jr. you can talk about they were dead to right you know down
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nine and Walter Clayton got junior shout out to Iowa Iowa in the building
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thank you there you go ready those threes that kind of putting that game
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away for them but you kind of just see also the path right yes the points you
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know after margin victory about the same but to me I think that in my opinion
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they've been tested more to me in regards to Florida like going against
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UConn and really making it a street fight you know Maryland had them kind of
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out of their wits in regards to turning the ball over right and you know
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adjusting at halftime and then a Texas Tech team that I don't think people gave
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them the respect they deserve including me going to the into the tournament I
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didn't think they were gonna make it to the lead eight I'd say Johns but I still
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had Texas Tech in the Sweet 16 so to me the patch to this point not equal I
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actually think that Florida's actually been tested more and it's shown more to
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me than Auburn that's interesting I I disagree I think Florida's just
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struggled more I I look at Auburn's path and I think that Michigan Michigan State
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are two teams very very strong on the defensive side of the basketball so I
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don't think I think I could absolutely say that Auburn's tasks against the
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Florida defense will not be the toughest they've seen in this tournament certainly
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it's gonna be the best offense that they've seen Florida's not seen good
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defenses Texas Tech is offense first Yukon's offense first Maryland maybe
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maybe I'm discrediting Maryland a little bit that I would listen to that argument
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but it's I don't know if I buy into the Terps as much as I should maybe that's
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on me right the Terps were there on a buzzer beater would have been knocked
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off by Colorado State Auburn is the best offense Florida will see and I think the
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best defense that Florida will have seen in the tournament one of the things with
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all of the in-game lines that you know we do as a group we follow these numbers
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so closely Duke has been zero times in this tournament as an underdog not a
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second not one second on a live number Houston despite the run that they've had
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these teams that they played not a second as a live underdog Auburn for
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about I don't know a minute 30 against Michigan and then that flipped and then
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they ran away from that team Florida was a live dog throughout the game against
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Yukon throughout the game against Texas Tech it is not to say that they are
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lucky to be here their opponent didn't slip on a banana peel but Yukon could
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not make a three Texas Tech couldn't make a free throw and the Gators end up
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here the selling point for me on Florida would be the performance against Maryland
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coach where you go struggled against Yukon looked amazing against Maryland
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struggled against Texas Tech if Florida plays their best game today obviously
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Auburn is gonna be up against it yeah I think when you when you think about it
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is and if that's to me where it is it's a lot of coaching it's gonna be
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adjustments right 13 turnovers 11 fouls first half versus floor I've gets
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Maryland down by two flip the switch yep they have an ability offensively to flip
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that switch and I think because of the number of players and to me how becomes
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the interesting guy here because his game has started to elevate a little bit
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as Condon got hurt he's gonna be a big part of this matchup because he has a
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floor has the ability to stretch the floor maybe bring Jedi broom outside
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maybe you attack him on the offense last
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