Florida’s Buddy Reed runs to first after getting a single in the seventh inning at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college baseball championship game at the Hoover Met, Sunday, May 29, 2016, in Hoover, Ala. Texas A&M won 12-5. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
OMAHA, Neb. — Florida will have to break the curse of the No. 1 seed to win its first national championship in baseball.
The Gators were awarded the top seed in the NCAA baseball tournament Monday, leading a record four Southeastern Conference teams among the eight national seeds. Florida (47-13) was ranked No. 1 in the polls for most of the season and finished runner-up to Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament.