The Florida men’s basketball team has finally reached its destination.
A tumultuous, inconsistent 2018-19 season has led the Gators to a No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament, where they’ll face seventh-seeded Nevada in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday at 6:50 p.m.
Florida earned an at-large bid after compiling a 19-15 record through the regular season and the SEC Tournament, where it was eliminated by eventual winner Auburn.
The Gators can find solace in the fact that they were a team very much on the bubble entering the SEC Tournament. It put just enough quality wins on its resume with tournament victories over Arkansas and LSU to convince the selection committee they were worthy of a No.