SEC Showdown: Auburn vs. Florida Game preview & Prediction

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00:00two teams out of the SEC and man there it was on the board at one point that we

00:06could have had the SEC tournament semifinals recreated in some capacity

00:10but Tennessee and Bama were dropped off by the one seeds in their region we'll

00:15get to Duke and Houston in just a little bit you have a two and a half point

00:19number a total checking in at 159 and a half you look around the markets and

00:24those numbers are really consistent I'm not seeing anything other than two and a

00:30half I'm not seeing anything other than 159 and a half except for a lone 160 out

00:36there right now so you are seeing consistency in the market which you

00:40would expect for a final four game it's Auburn and Florida Joe and I know that

00:47this is one you feel really strongly about I do and I know Florida won the

00:51regular season 90 to 81 the SEC champs playing you could say more

00:55consistent at the end of the regular season then Auburn they lost their

01:00identity against back-to-back losses be heading into the SEC conference game

01:05but they seem to be back on track I think when you look at this game you

01:08look at the four games that Florida's won in terms of the tournament they've

01:11won those games by an average margin of victory of twelve point seven points per

01:15game on the flip side the four games won by Auburn twelve point two so very

01:20similar right but how does this game play out I mean the stars have been

01:24shining for both teams Walter Clayton with 30 points for the Gators right

01:27they've been hitting threes especially in the run against Texas Tech and the

01:31biggest thing for me is that Auburn got back to Jani Broome they got back to

01:35their identity he's averaged twenty three and a half points per game coach

01:3815 rebounds over the past couple of games and they held Michigan and

01:42Michigan State respectively to only 30% in terms of field goal percentage I

01:47think both of these teams go at it I think it's a high-scoring game but I'm

01:51going with Auburn I like their physicality I like Broome I think he's

01:54the difference over Condon I think it could be close but I do feel that

01:58Auburn pulls out the upset well it depends on what Auburn team you get I

02:02mean the Auburn team early in the year was absolutely fantastic but before they

02:06hit that slide they did lose 90-81 at home to Florida and if you really think

02:12about it folks you know it was interesting because I was listening and

02:15watching as Donnie and Kevin were doing the game versus Michigan State and what

02:20I found is anytime Jani Broome got out of the game that team struggled and

02:24struggled mightily 23-8 early on first half then a second half with the injury

02:29I look at this Auburn team and I just look at Florida and say okay well which

02:34team can hit you with different guys to me it's Florida which team I think has

02:41enough height to maybe you know go against a Jani Broome with Chenelew

02:45with Howe obviously you know and with Condon we'll see how Condon is obviously

02:49you know rolled his ankle in the Sweet 16 game so to me that's where I look at

02:55so then if I think that you have enough bigs now it goes to the guard play and

03:00I always feel like it's a guard game and the best guard on the floor is

03:05Walter Clayton Jr. you can talk about they were dead to right you know down

03:09nine and Walter Clayton got junior shout out to Iowa Iowa in the building

03:13thank you there you go ready those threes that kind of putting that game

03:17away for them but you kind of just see also the path right yes the points you

03:24know after margin victory about the same but to me I think that in my opinion

03:29they've been tested more to me in regards to Florida like going against

03:34UConn and really making it a street fight you know Maryland had them kind of

03:39out of their wits in regards to turning the ball over right and you know

03:43adjusting at halftime and then a Texas Tech team that I don't think people gave

03:48them the respect they deserve including me going to the into the tournament I

03:51didn't think they were gonna make it to the lead eight I'd say Johns but I still

03:54had Texas Tech in the Sweet 16 so to me the patch to this point not equal I

04:00actually think that Florida's actually been tested more and it's shown more to

04:04me than Auburn that's interesting I I disagree I think Florida's just

04:09struggled more I I look at Auburn's path and I think that Michigan Michigan State

04:14are two teams very very strong on the defensive side of the basketball so I

04:20don't think I think I could absolutely say that Auburn's tasks against the

04:25Florida defense will not be the toughest they've seen in this tournament certainly

04:29it's gonna be the best offense that they've seen Florida's not seen good

04:32defenses Texas Tech is offense first Yukon's offense first Maryland maybe

04:37maybe I'm discrediting Maryland a little bit that I would listen to that argument

04:41but it's I don't know if I buy into the Terps as much as I should maybe that's

04:48on me right the Terps were there on a buzzer beater would have been knocked

04:51off by Colorado State Auburn is the best offense Florida will see and I think the

04:55best defense that Florida will have seen in the tournament one of the things with

04:59all of the in-game lines that you know we do as a group we follow these numbers

05:04so closely Duke has been zero times in this tournament as an underdog not a

05:08second not one second on a live number Houston despite the run that they've had

05:13these teams that they played not a second as a live underdog Auburn for

05:17about I don't know a minute 30 against Michigan and then that flipped and then

05:22they ran away from that team Florida was a live dog throughout the game against

05:28Yukon throughout the game against Texas Tech it is not to say that they are

05:33lucky to be here their opponent didn't slip on a banana peel but Yukon could

05:38not make a three Texas Tech couldn't make a free throw and the Gators end up

05:42here the selling point for me on Florida would be the performance against Maryland

05:48coach where you go struggled against Yukon looked amazing against Maryland

05:52struggled against Texas Tech if Florida plays their best game today obviously

05:57Auburn is gonna be up against it yeah I think when you when you think about it

06:00is and if that's to me where it is it's a lot of coaching it's gonna be

06:04adjustments right 13 turnovers 11 fouls first half versus floor I've gets

06:09Maryland down by two flip the switch yep they have an ability offensively to flip

06:16that switch and I think because of the number of players and to me how becomes

06:21the interesting guy here because his game has started to elevate a little bit

06:25as Condon got hurt he's gonna be a big part of this matchup because he has a

06:30floor has the ability to stretch the floor maybe bring Jedi broom outside

06:34maybe you attack him on the offense last

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