{"id":540515,"date":"2026-03-14T19:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540515\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T19:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:24:11","slug":"sec-basketball-tournament-live-updates-scores-bracket-florida-vs-vanderbilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540515\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC basketball tournament live updates, scores, bracket: Florida vs. Vanderbilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

With just one day left until Selection Sunday<\/a> and March Madness<\/a> just around the corner, it\u2019s crunch time in conference tournaments around the country.<\/p>\n

In the SEC, it\u2019s all about Florida and whether the Gators can run it back with another national title. The Gators struggled to start the season and then even fell out of the national rankings completely by early January. But now, this team feels like a completely different story. The Gators ended the season on an 11-game win streak and their first regular-season SEC title since 2014.<\/p>\n

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Which other teams could contend in Nashville? Follow along below for scores, highlights, bracketology and more (scroll for live updates).<\/p>\n

SEC men\u2019s basketball tournament<\/p>\n

When: March 11-15
Where: Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, Tennessee
TV: ESPN, SEC Network
SEC tournament bracket, scores<\/a><\/p>\n

SEC schedule, results (all times ET)<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 14 \u2014 Semifinals<\/p>\n

Game 13 | No. 1 Florida vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt | 1 p.m. | ESPN
Game 14 | No. 15 Ole Miss vs. No. 3 Arkansas | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN<\/p>\n

Sunday, March 15 \u2014 Championship<\/p>\n

Game 15 | G13 winner vs. G14 winner | 1 p.m. | ESPN<\/p>\n

Live68 updatesSat, March 14, 2026 at 9:50 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt is headed to the SEC tournament championship game after routing defending national champion Florida.<\/p>\n

Playing in front of a home crowd, the Commodores controlled much of the game, using their speed to negate the Gators\u2019 size advantage. Vandy\u2019s 25-point lead in the second half was the largest deficit Florida had faced in the past three seasons.<\/p>\n

Vandy\u2019s starting backcourt of Tyler Tanner and Duke Miles \u2014 who look like they could give plenty of opponents trouble in next week\u2019s NCAA tournament \u2014 totaled 35 points and 15 assists. Jalen Washington scored 17 points off the bench for the Commodores.<\/p>\n

Florida didn\u2019t shoot well for the second straight game and might now have to answer questions about whether it deserves a No. 1 seed from the NCAA tournament selection committee. UConn (Big East) and Houston (Big 12) could make cases to jump the Gators if they win their respective conference tournaments.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:54 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The big question now isn\u2019t whether Florida can come back. It\u2019s whether the Gators can do enough in the final eight minutes to convince the NCAA selection committee that they deserve to hold onto a No. 1 seed for the tourney.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:52 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Florida coach Todd Golden, who has been working the refs for much of the afternoon, finally jawed his way into a technical. Nice timing: It came after Devin McGlockton made another 3-pointer \u2014 Vandy\u2019s 10th of the game.<\/p>\n

The Commodores now lead 76-51 after the technical free throws.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Chandler Bing drove for a ferocious dunk that seemed to jar something loose from the goal. The game is now delayed while they check the basket.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:38 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Chandler Bing\u2019s tough and-1 has staked Vanderbilt to a 65-46 lead \u2014 its largest of the day \u2014 with 11:44 left. Florida has been physical, generating second-chance opportunities. The Gators just haven\u2019t done much with them: They\u2019re shooting just 36.6%.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:22 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Alex Condon was called for a blocking foul on what appeared to be a charge by Vandy. AK Okereke then followed with another 3-pointer for Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:16 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

AK Okereke buried another 3 on Vanderbilt\u2019s first possession of the second half to stretch its lead to 50-34.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 10:59 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

It was all Vandy in the first half. The Commodores scored 20 points off nine Florida turnovers.<\/p>\n

Duke Miles, Tyler Tanner and Devin McGlockton each scored nine points in the half. Alex Condon led Florida with nine points.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 10:46 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Florida matched its season-low with only three 3-pointers made in Friday\u2019s quarterfinal victory over Kentucky. The Gators have made just one so far today.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt has made five \u2014 and that\u2019s the difference in the game so far.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Duke Miles hit a 3-pointer while being fouled for his first basket and made the FT as Vandy is starting to get some separation.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 10:34 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

In a tournament that has been slowed by replay reviews and clock malfunctions, Gators coach Todd Golden asked the officials to take a look at a potential flagrant foul on Vanderbilt. The officials didn\u2019t grant the appeal then spent the next few minutes listening to Golden complain and talking amongst themselves.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 10:27 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Duke Miles hasn\u2019t hit a shot yet but he just got fouled on a 3-point attempt and made all three of his free throws.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 10:12 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

No surprise the Gators and Commodores are playing at a fast, back-and-forth pace. Tyler Tanner has seven points in the early going.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Duke Miles scored 30 points in Vandy\u2019s quarterfinal win over Tennessee on Friday. The Vols didn\u2019t have much of answer for either Miles or point guard Tyler Tanner.<\/p>\n

Florida\u2019s size, however, could give Vanderbilt trouble.<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 9:36 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Welcome back to our SEC tournament live blog!<\/p>\n

We still have about a half hour until the first semifinal of the day between Florida and Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n

The two teams have only played once this year and it was a high-scoring game that went down to the final seconds. The Gators came out on top in that one, 98-94; five Florida players had 14+ points in the win.<\/p>\n

\"IanFri, March 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt plays Florida in Saturday\u2019s first SEC semifinal matchup with tipoff at 1 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s followed by Arkansas facing Ole Miss (the first No. 15 seed to reach the semifinal) at 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

\"IanFri, March 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

Tae Davis scored to pull Oklahoma to within two points once again. Nijel Pack then fouled Darius Acuff Jr., who made one of two free throws.<\/p>\n

That gave Oklahoma a chance for a game-tying 3, but Pack missed his shot from deep behind the arc with five seconds left. Arkansas got the rebound and time ran out on the Sooners.<\/p>\n

Acuff scored 37 points, two away from an Arkansas SEC tournament record (39 by Todd Day). He added five rebounds, five assists and three steals to lift the Razorbacks to the SEC tournament semifinals.<\/p>\n

\"IanFri, March 13, 2026 at 9:25 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

Xzayvier Brown makes a layup for Oklahoma to once again cut Arkansas\u2019 lead to two points, but then fouls Maleek Thomas.<\/p>\n

Thomas hits both free throws to restore the Sooners\u2019 lead to 81-77 with 18 seconds left.<\/p>\n

\"IanFri, March 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

With a 77-75 lead, Arkansas\u2019 Darius Acuff Jr. curls off a screen and hits a baseline jumper to increase the Razorbacks\u2019 lead to four points with 27 seconds remaining in regulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With just one day left until Selection Sunday and March Madness just around the corner, it\u2019s crunch time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,262895,794,21890,85],"class_list":["post-540515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-conference-tournaments","tag-espn","tag-sec","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}