Florida’s SEC tournament hopes were in for a rude awakening as Todd Golden’s side was thrashed (91-74) from the jump by the Vanderbilt Commodores, leading to an end to a 12-game winning streak that Todd Golden had built. A departure from tradition happened as the usually dominant Florida fell victim to a marauding Vanderbilt. So what does this mean for Dan Hurley’s UConn, who are also in the South Regional?

“Does this open the door for UConn (or Houston) to grab the final 1-seed with a win? Is the committee already set on the Gators?” ESPN insider Jeff Borzello asked a valid question.

UConn has always craved that top spot, and now that opportunity beckons Dan Hurley. UConn already has its next game lined up against St John’s for the Big East title, and what can be better than seeing yourself at the top seed after you beat the Red Storms?

With Florida’s loss UConn does have a heavy chance of making it to the top of the South Regional line and that would make Dan Hurley a very happy man. Now Hurley just has to show the same swagger that he did against St John’s in their last game.

So now what happens is the real question. How will the committee factor the seedings will the strength of their schedules come into effect ? Well if that happens Todd Golden would still find a reason to smile as he holds a NetRtg of +15.98 which is way more than Connecticut’s +11.33 and their recent performance has obviously been better than the Huskies but a Big East title win certainly tip things in Husky territory.

Meanwhile Golden added to his woes in the Vanderbilt game when he found his name added to the miscreant’s list.

Todd Golden Picks Up Technical Foul Against The Commodores

It went from bad to worse for Todd Golden in the Vandy game as he saw himself picking up a rare technical foul. It initially came as a warning as he was seen exchanging heated world with the officials in the first half but that picked up traction.

And sooner than you realized he was awarded a a technical with eight minutes left in the SEC tournament semifinals as Florida trailed Vanderbilt 74-51 at Bridgestone Arena.

This was only the second time Golden found himself in such a position as the last time it happened was during their win against Arkansas where he ended up bickering with coach John Calipari himself.

“The tech, both of us were just coaching our team. He’s obviously a Hall of Fame coach, an incredible coach and we’re just out there competing. I don’t think either of us thought twice about it after it happened, but it was a little bit part of the game tonight,” Golden had said after that incident with Calipari citing there was no personal vendetta involved just two coaches fighting it out for the sake of their team.

This one too looked like a similar situation but it was quite uncanny for him. After all Golden isn’t known for his violent outbursts like a Dan Hurley or Mick Kronin so it was quite a rare sight to behold. Golden had only one technical foul called against him through his first three seasons at Florida.

For Golden’s sake he would really hope to keep himself out of foul trouble from now on because the team would need his advise on the sidelines.