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Johns County shooting as father of 2; nearly $20K donatedLATEST NEWSFlorida facing ‘demographic cliff’ as deaths outpace births, researchers sayFlorida players celebrate after their SEC regular season title after an NCAA college basketball game against Arkansas, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla. “As long as we maintain the mindset that as great as it is right now, it could be gone tomorrow if we don’t take care of business or play the way we believe we’re capable of,” Florida coach Todd Golden said Tuesday. ”And I think our guys have a good grasp on that.”come to Music City as the winners of 11 straight, beating opponents by an average of 21.7 points in that streak. A second straight tournament title and sixth overall certainly would burnish the Gators’ resume for a The top-seeded Gators start in the quarterfinals Friday with No. 15 Alabama, No. 17 Arkansas and No. 22 Vanderbilt also earning double-byes in the tournament that starts Wednesday., said his team doesn’t need any reminders about how much a loss this week might hurt. The coach remembers too well how losing to Auburn or Missouri feels. “We don’t want to feel that way,” Golden said. “This team’s mature, man. That’s just the reality. We got some studs that can handle the expectations at this point. I think that was an issue for us early in the year. We’ve battled through that and we’ve grown up a lot, handling all that.”. The league still is projected to lead all conferences with 11 when the bracket is announced Sunday, which would tie the Big East in 2011 for the second-most teams in the field. No. 8 seed Missouri and 10th-seeded Texas need wins to avoid starting the NCAA Tournament in Dayton. Vanderbilt has won two straight knowing that stringing together more victories can improve seeding.and freshman Nate Ament, the Vols’ second-leading scorer, is nursing an injured right leg that kept him out of the last two games. Coach Rick Barnes with his 857 career wins knows the challenge now well: “You can’t have bad nights right now.”The Wildcats — yes, the program with 49 SEC regular-season titles and 31 tournament championships — plays the very first game in this tournament Wednesday morning. Kentucky hasn’t played on a Wednesday at this tournament since the SEC brought the event back in 1979 and finished that year on a Saturday.“We are going to put our whole heart and soul into it, and that’s the only thing that matters to us and that’s the beauty of the postseason,” coach Mark Pope said. That means the Wildcats must win five games in as many days for Kentucky to take home its first title since 2018, and this team strung together five straight wins only once back in January.Now first-year coach Stephen Pearl needs more than lobbying from his father and former Auburn coach Bruce Pearl to push the Tigers off the bubble and into an NCAA berth. No. 12 seed Auburn opens Wednesday against No. 13 seed Mississippi State. Pearl ticked off his Tigers’ resume noting a win at regular-season champion Florida and a 2-2 record against the winners of the Big East, SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 on the road. “It’s win or go home, I don’t know what more urgency you need at this point,” Pearl said. “We’ve put ourselves in obviously a difficult situation but a great situation. We play in the best league and deepest league in college basketball.”Play opens Wednesday with four first-round games, including No. 10 seed Texas against 15th-seeded Mississippi and No. 14 seed South Carolina against No. 11 seed Oklahoma. Tennessee is the only ranked team playing Thursday in the second round with the top four seeds having double-round byes into Friday’s quarterfinals.Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Don't pack up the jacket despite near record highs in our forecast🐾 Meet Chowder, a big-headed sweetheart with an even bigger heartMeteorologist Katie Garner breaks down your forecast for The Players Championship this weekOff-duty Nassau County deputy rescues child from retention pondLoss last year in playoffs fueled this season's playoff run for Bishop KennyProposal could bring new public beach access to Ponte Vedra BeachAnother popular downtown business prepares to shut downCouncil President says Inspector General is looking into ‘serious allegations’ related to JEARunners flock to Gate River Run expo by the thousands as event expects to see record turnout
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