Charting the Gators: Florida's history in SEC Tournament
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 | Men's Basketball, Chris Harry
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The Southeastern Conference throws up the tournament opening tipoff Wednesday night, but the top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Florida Gators won't even board their chartered flight to Atlanta until Thursday evening after practice.
One of the spoils of an undefeated league season.
UF (29-2), along with 2-seed Kentucky (22-9), 3-seed Georgia (18-12) and 4-seed Tennessee (20-11) will sit out the first two days and fold into the tournament fray for the Friday quarterfinal-round games, with the Gators taking on the winner of Thursday's matchup between 8-seed Missouri (21-10) and 9-seed Texas A&M (17-14).
Some SEC Tournament history: The event was played from 1933 to 1952, then was disbanded for 27 years before starting up again in 1979. Kentucky, of course, has dominated the tournament, with its 27 all-time titles more than the rest of the league's teams combined.
Florida's three-year rampage through of 2005, '06 and '07 are the school's only SEC Tournament championships -- that's MVP Matt Walsh (on the left) and Anthony Roberson (pictured right) -- though the Gators have played for the title six other times, including a loss to Ole Miss in the 2013 finals at Nashville.
UF is 23-14 in 17 league tournaments under Coach Billy Donovan.
Here's a primer with some historical data of the Gators in the SEC Tournament
ALL-TIME STANDINGS
School (tourneys) Won Lost Pct. Semis Finals Titles Last title
Kentucky (52) 119 24 .832 38 36 27 2012
Alabama (54) 61 47 .563 24 13 6 1991
Tennessee (53) 61 49 .555 22 10 4 1979
Missouri (1) 1 1 .500 0 0 0 --
Texas A&M (1) 1 1 .500 0 0 0 --
Arkansas (22) 22 20 .488 12 5 1 2000
LSU (54) 45 53 .459 24 5 1 1980
Florida (48) 38 45 .459 15 9 3 2007
Georgia (53) 40 51 .440 12 6 2 2008
Vanderbilt (53) 37 50 .425 13 2 2 1951
South Carolina (22) 16 22 .421 6 2 0 --
Ole Miss (51) 29 49 .372 11 5 2 2013
Mississippi State (53) 28 50 .359 12 6 3 2009
Auburn (51) 27 50 .351 11 3 1 1985
Former members
Georgia Tech (19) 14 18 .438 8 2 1 1938
Tulane (16) 12 16 .429 5 3 0 --
Sewanee (2) 0 2 .000 0 0 0 --
FLORIDA'S SEC TOURNAMENT RECORD HOLDERS
Points 
Game: 35 - Anthony Roberson vs. Vanderbilt (2004)
Tournament: 70 - Livingston Chatman (3 games in 1989)
Career: 153 - Dametri Hill (pictured right) in 11 games from 1993-96)
Rebounds
Game: 17 - David Lee vs. Kentucky (2005)
Tournament: 37 - Dwayne Schnitzius (3 games in 1989)
Career: 68 - Al Horford in 9 games from 2005-07; Dametri Hill in 11 games from '93-96
Field goals
Game: 13 - Kenyan Weaks (pictured middle right with Donovan) vs Auburn (1998)
Tournament: 27 - Livingston Chatman in 3 games in 1989
Career: 60 - Dametri Hill in 11 games from 1993-96 
Field-goal percentage (minimum 5 attempts)
Game: 1.000 - Udonis Haslem (7-7 vs Auburn in 2002); Greg Williams (5-5 vs Miss State in 1995)
Tournament: .846 - Mark Giombetti (11 of 13 in 2 games in 1981)
Career: .639 - Jason Anderson (23-36 in 78 games from 1993-96); Dwayne Davis (23-36 in 6 games from 1988-91)
3-pointers made
Game: 8 - *Greg Stolt (pictured lower right) vs LSU (1999)
Tournament: 14 - Anthony Roberson (3 games in 2004)
Career: 24 - Kenny Boynton in 10 games from 2010-13 
Assists
Game: 8 - Eddie Shannon, twice (vs Auburn in 1998; vs LSU in 1999)
Tournament: 14 - David Lee (3 games in 2004)
Career: 31 - Kenny Boynton in 10 games from 2010-13; Eddie Shannon in 7 games 1996-99
Steals
Game: 6 - Taurean Green (vs LSU in 2006)
Tournament: 8 - Taurean Green (3 games in 2006)
Career: 15 - Andrew DeClercq in 8 games from 1992-95
Blocked shots
Game: 7 - Dwayne Schnitzius (vs Georgia in 1989)
Tournament: 18 - Dwayne Schnitzius in 3 games in 1989
Career: 23 - Dwayne Schnitzius in 6 games from 1987-89
* Denotes SEC Tournament record
FLORIDA IN SEC TOURNAMENT FINALS
Year Score Site MVP
1934 Alabama 41, Florida 25 Atlanta (None selected)
1989 Alabama 72, Florida 60 Knoxville Livingston Chatman, Florida
1994 Kentucky 73, Florida 60 Memphis Travis Ford, Kentucky
2004 Kentucky 89, Florida 73 Atlanta Gerald Fitch, Kentucky
2005 Florida 70, Kentucky 53 Nashville Matt Walsh, Florida
2006 Florida 49, South Carolina 47 Atlanta Taurean Green. Florida
2007 Florida 77, Arkansas 56 Atlanta Al Horford, Florida
2011 Kentucky 70, Florida 54 Atlanta Darius Miller, Kentucky
2013 Ole Miss 63, Florida 60 Nashville Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss
