Saturday evening’s Remaining 4 matchup between two No. 1 seeds, Auburn and Florida, is not for all of the marbles, but it surely positive is shut. The winner will play both Duke or Houston within the NCAA Championship recreation.
It is a huge second, and typically, it will possibly really feel an excessive amount of for gamers. Florida head coach Todd Golden says that will not be the case, although. He believes his crew has a profitable mindset heading into the Remaining 4, that means failure will not be an choice.
“Our guys are usually not going to be happy going residence Saturday evening. I feel moving into, the mentality is that — clearly, it is going to be an incredible season regardless, but when we lose on Saturday, we’ll have a nasty style in our mouths,” Golden told the media (h/t On3).
Florida went 34-4 this season and completed second within the stacked SEC behind the very Auburn crew they’re going to play Saturday. The Gators received the SEC Match by beating Tennessee, 86-77, after which made a run via the event that noticed them beat No. 16 Norfolk State, No. 8 UConn, No. 4 Maryland and No. 3 Texas Tech.
The Gators are battle-tested and centered coming into play Saturday.
“Our guys have put within the work. We didn’t make it right here by chance. We earned the chance to be right here and to compete. Our guys get pleasure from doing that on a nightly foundation,” Golden stated. “I feel they perceive what’s at stake, however on the identical time they need to get pleasure from being right here and benefit from the fruits of the labor that we’ve had all yr.”
