For the Florida Gators (18-8, 8-5 SEC) to continue their path to a comfortable seed in the NCAA Tournament they need to take care of business in games they are projected to win, and that couldn’t be more true for February 24th’s game against the lowly Vanderbilt Commodores (7-19, 2-11 SEC) who have been one of the worst performing high-major teams in the country.
Entering Jerry Stackhouse’s fifth year as head coach of the Commodores there was enthusiasm that this was the year they could finish in the middle of the SEC and compete for an NCAA Tournament berth.