Three thoughts from the Tigers SEC tournament loss and exit at the hands of Florida, a team they'd defeated earlier in the year.

Florida is projected to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It showed in nearly all aspects of the Gators’ clash with the No. 7-seeded Mizzou Tigers in Friday’s SEC Tournament quarterfinal, a 95-81 MU defeat.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Gators shot the lights out on Mizzou’s SEC Tournament run. No. 7 seed Missouri basketball hung around for long stretches of Friday’s quarterfinals bout with the second-seeded Gators, but after never managing to fully track Florida down, the Tigers’ SEC Tournament is over.