Two weeks ago, for the third straight season, Florida's softball team failed to win the SEC Tournament after a fine regular season in one of the nation's toughest conferences.
This past weekend, the Gators proved that that failure likely had very little bearing on their postseason trajectory by ripping through the Gainesville Regional, winning three games by shutout and extending a streak of dominance that dates back to 2013.
That's still the last time Florida, the 2016 NCAA Tournament's top overall seed, allowed a run in NCAA Regional play, after an 11-0 win over Alabama State on Friday and 5-0 and 8-0 wins over UCF on the weekend.