Missouri's got to have some confidence because they were one of four teams to beat Florida and their 83-82 win January 14th was the only home loss for the Gators. But the Gators have put themselves in a good tournament position, and they won their last three games and covered the last three in tournament mode. The success that Florida has run through that rebounding edge they have. They were 27-4 this year covering 23 games. Pretty impressive. Missouri lost 10 games this season including three of their last four. Florida's going to be a good team next week and today they cover.

Tigers are over in 7 of their last 8, going under in their tourney game Thursday by a half point. They want to run and especially against the Gators they are going to have to. Six of those seven overs went over by at least 16.5 points. Their first game with the Gators featured 164 points. Even if Florida has a bit of slow start adjusting to time off a neutral court, they are averaging 87/G the last 10. They are over in 7 of their last 10 despite gaudy totals on the board. Scoring 100 here isn't out of the question. The Gators pushing for a one seed in the big dance and I expect them to show no mercy in that regard.