{"id":191772,"date":"2026-03-14T19:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191772\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:54:09","slug":"final-vanderbilt-91-florida-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191772\/","title":{"rendered":"FINAL: Vanderbilt 91, Florida 74"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What Happened<br \/>\nNASHVILLE, Tenn.\u00a0 \u2013 All-league point guard Tyler Tanner tallied 20 points and seven assists and paced\u00a0fourth-seeded Vanderbilt to a 91-74 shredding of No. 1-seed and fourth-ranked\u00a0Florida in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals Saturday at Bridgestone Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Commodores, playing two miles from their campus and backed by a decisive home crowd advantage, played to their statistics as the No. 8 offense in the nation and did so against the nation&#8217;s No. 4 defense. They put five\u00a0players in double-figure scoring, shot 54.5% for the game, went 10 of 21 from the 3-point stripe and carded 21 assists to just nine turnovers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The loss, the most lopsided for the Gators this season,\u00a0snapped UF&#8217;s 12-game winning streak and sent the team into NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday on a downer. The outcome also proved a far cry from Florida&#8217;s 98-94 shootout win at Vanderbilt on Jan. 17.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The game was close for about 10 minutes, with the Commodores using a run of 13 straight points to rip open a tie score\u00a0and race to a 13-point halftime lead. Vandy had four different players tally at least eight points and five hit at least\u00a0one 3 through the first 20 minutes. UF, meanwhile,\u00a0shot just 37% in the first half to fall behind and surrendered 20 points off nine turnovers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Commodores&#8217; lead never got below 13 in the second half and grew to as high as 25 &#8212; 76-51 &#8212; with eight minutes to go.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Gators, led by forward <a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/thomas-haugh\/17744\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17744\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Haugh&#8217;s<\/a> 19 points and nine rebounds, shot 46% for the game, made only five of 17 from deep turned it over 14 times. Vandy&#8217;s bench outscored UF&#8217;s 26-8, with backup forward Jalen Washington adding 17 points. Florida won the battle of the boards, 38-23, including 20-8 on the offensive glass, but struggled to take advantage of its second chances (only 14 points).\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1Q5A8138_WMA8h.JPG\" style=\"display: inline-block;\" width=\"650\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nUF forward Alex Condon (21) in action Saturday.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Turning Point\u00a0<br \/>\nThe game was tied at 14-all when UF guard\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/urban-klavzar\/17746\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17746\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Klavzar<\/a> fouled Vandy guard\u00a0Duke Miles on a 3-point attempt. Miles converted all three free throws. On Vandy&#8217;s next possession, Gators center <a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/micah-handlogten\/17743\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17743\" target=\"_blank\">Micah Handlogten<\/a> fouled Miles on a 3-point attempt that went down. Miles&#8217; seven-point sequence was followed by a jumper from Washington, accounting for a run of 13 straight points from which the Gators never recovered.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nStaggering Statistic<br \/>\nEntering the tournament, UF had shot 37.6% from the arc over its previous 11 games. In two SEC Tournament games, the Gators went 8-for-37. That&#8217;s 21.6%.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUp Next<br \/>\nFlorida (26-7) will return to Gainesville later today and await word of its NCAA Tournament destination when the field is announced Sunday night. With the loss, the chances of a No. 1 seed are unlikely, but the Gators are a virtual certainty\u00a0to be sent to Tampa for the first two rounds next weekend. Vandy\u00a0(26-7) will play for its first tournament title since 2012 on Sunday against either 17th-ranked Arkansas or surprising Ole Miss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Email senior writer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/staff-directory\/chris-harry\/66\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"66\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Harry<\/a> at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/news\/2026\/3\/14\/mailto:chrish@gators.ufl.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">chrish@gators.ufl.edu<\/a>. Find his story archives\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/chris-harry\/archives\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What Happened NASHVILLE, Tenn.\u00a0 \u2013 All-league point guard Tyler Tanner tallied 20 points and seven assists and paced\u00a0fourth-seeded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-191772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}