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Florida vs. Arkansas, SEC Tournament Game Thread: Can Gators keep Tourney hopes intact?

Florida needs to advance to survive another day on the NCAA Tournament bubble.

The metaphor of the dance ticket as it relates to the NCAA Tournament has confused dance tickets and dance cards to the point of unrecognizability. The idea should be simple — you have to have a ticket to be admitted to the Big Dance, and it doesn't get punched until you show up — but it's so muddled that it vexes many who cover the sport.

It's easier to say this about a team like Florida, which takes on Arkansas in a second round matchup at the SEC Tournament at 1 p.