Pizza Parlor Madness: Florida

Nickname: Gators
Colors: Blue and Orange
Location: Gainesville, FL
Enrollment: 41,094
Conference: Southeastern (SEC)
Distinguished Alumni: Emmitt Smith, Steve Spurrier, Fred Taylor, Darrell Jackson, Steven Root (‘Office Space’) and Forrest Sawyer

Head Coach: Billy Donovan
Record (Conference Record): 27-6 (10-6)
Advanced by: Beat South Carolina 49-47 to win SEC Tournament
RPI: 16
SOS: 75
Best Performance: Beat LSU 81-65 in SEC Tournament
Best Player: G Taurean Green
No. of Seniors: 1
NCAA Tournament Appearances (in four years): 12 (4)
Likely Seed: 3

This team really exposed Syracuse early in the year but damn was their Conference Championship against South Carolina difficult to watch. Talk about not putting a team away. Other than the 2001 season, Florida has a history of underachievement in the NCAA Tournament and this team is too young to expect a very deep run this year.