They say it doesn’t matter and it doesn’t bother them. Even Florida head basketball coach Mike White is not concerned about so-called experts making the Gators a trendy pick to be one of the NCAA Tournament upset victims Thursday.
The No. 4 seed Gators (24-8) will face a talented No. 13 seed East Tennessee (27-7) team that won both the Southern Conference regular season and tournament titles. The Bucs come flying into the Amway Center on the wings of 19-points-per-game scorer T.J. Cromer, who put 41 points on Samford last week in a SoCon semfinal win.