Pregame:
No. 3 seed Arkansas plays No. 7 seed Florida in an elimination game on Friday morning at The Hoover Met. Arkansas has reached the semifinals in three of the last four tournaments (2017, 2018 & 2021) and played for the title twice in that span (2017 & 2021).
After missing yesterday's game, Dave Van Horn is coaching in his 17th SEC Tournament this week, tied with LSU’s Skip Bertman for fourth most among all SEC coaches in history. Van Horn (26) is one of four active coaches, along with Vanderbilt’s Tim Corbin (40), Ole Miss’ Mike Bianco (35) and Florida’s Kevin O’Sullivan (26), with 25+ wins at the SEC Tournament.