A year after a heartbreaking loss in the same game on the same floor amid a devastating season-ending injury to a key player, Florida secured redemption on Sunday. The No. 2 seed Gators outlasted No.

Walter Clayton Jr. scored 22 points and No. 4 Florida won its fifth SEC Tournament title and first since 2014 by beating No. 8 Tennessee.

Florida should be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Gators left little doubt as to who the second No. 1 seed from the SEC would be with a 86-77 win over Tennessee in the SEC tournament title game on Sunday. Florida controlled the game for nearly its entirety and pulled away after a brief run by Tennessee in the second half.