Liv McGill's career night powers Florida to upset win over No. 19 Alabama in SEC Tournament

[RandySF]

Last season, the Florida Gators pulled off one of the more impressive Cinderella runs in the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament. They skated by the bottom-seeded Missouri Tigers and pulled off an impressive upset against sixth-seeded Vanderbilt before coming up just short against Ole Miss.

This year, the stakes have been higher, and the opponents have been tougher. Florida’s first two games in the 2025 tournament came against an Auburn team that blew UF out 74-51 earlier in the season, and an Alabama squad ranked No. 19 in the nation.

The Gators took both down in a pair of down-to-the-wire contests, the latter giving them their first ranked win since 2022.

Florida shocked the Crimson Tide with a 63-61 victory on Wednesday night, thanks in part to a career-high 29 points from freshman guard Liv McGill. The UF floor general, who played despite tweaking her ankle late in Wednesday’s win over Auburn, shot 10 of 17 from the field and 3 of 4 from 3-point range.



https://www.alligator.org/article/2025/03/liv-mcgill-s-career-night-powers-florida-to-upset-win-over-no-19-alabama-in-sec-tournament

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. This SEC tournament has been VERY enjoyable so far

The Tennessee-Vandy game plus the last couple of regular season games ought to have given some Lady Vol fans pause. "Wait, what? Danny White fired Kellie and this coach hasn't done that much better?" I said she was a flash in the pan when he hired her. One season of flashy D-I ball does not a great coach make. Oh well. We shall see next year.

OTOH, Ole Miss and Florida have been fun to watch. Even though I am somewhat of a Miss State fan dating back to Vic Schaefer and Nikki McCray days, Coach Yo's Reb's are great. And what else to say about Florida but WOW?

[RandySF]

2. I think Kim Caldwell deserves another season at Vols.

It hasn’t been a perfect season but I enjoyed the style of play. A little refinement and recruitment could lead to exciting program.

[Jilly_in_VA]

3. Yeah, she deserves another one

But I still don't think she's all that and a bag of chips. Didn't when she was at Marshall either. She beat JMU and then they turned around and took it to them big time in THEIR HOUSE. Sure, she beat them in the championship, but not by much. So no, I am not impressed. Also, one of her so-called stars left the team before the season was over and defected....to JMU, where she was all-conference Sixth Woman of the Year this year. So no, I am not sold on her or her methods.

Meanwhile, both Mizzou and Auburn are open, one because the coach resigned and the other because they fired their coach. Kellie Harper is rumored to be in the running for either slot, the first because she has ties to the state, having been a winner at Missouri State, and the second because she was an assistant at Auburn and is known and loved there.