Florida-Kentucky basketball rivalry

Florida–Kentucky men's basketball rivalry
First Meeting	January 23, 1927
First Result	Kentucky 44, Florida 36
Latest Meeting	February 25, 2017
Latest Result	Kentucky 76, Florida 66
Next Meeting	January 20, 2018
Total Number of Meetings	138
Current Streak	Kentucky: 1
All-time Series	Kentucky leads 100–38
SEC Championship Game History
Last SEC Championship Game Meeting	2014
All-Time SEC Championship Game Series	Kentucky leads 3–2
Men's Basketball National Success
NCAA Final Fours Florida – 5 (tied for 9th all-time) Kentucky – 16 (tied for 3rd all-time) NCAA Tournament Championships Florida – 2 (tied for 6th all-time) Kentucky – 8 (2nd all-time)

NCAA Tournament Championships

The Florida–Kentucky men's basketball rivalry is a semi-annual rivalry between the Florida Gators and the Kentucky Wildcats basketball teams. The two schools are permanent SEC rivals, meaning that they are scheduled to play twice a year in the SEC regular season while they rotate which four of the other 12 SEC teams they will play twice that season. Florida and Kentucky first met in 1927, with Kentucky winning 44–36. The two teams have played 138 times in total, with Kentucky holding a commanding 100–38 lead in the series. But despite Kentucky's lopsided series lead, this rivalry has produced many memorable games, including several match ups in the SEC Tournament Championship Game (the most recent of which Florida defeated Kentucky 61–60, in 2014). In addition, the Gators also hold the distinction of being the only team to ever defeat Kentucky seven straight times.

Source

Kentucky leads the overall series 100–38, and leads the SEC Championship Game series 3–2. However, the rivalry has become much more even lately, with Kentucky holding a 17–14 advantage since 2005, and Florida having a 2–1 advantage in the last three SEC Championship Game meetings. Kentucky victories are shaded blue, Florida victories are shaded orange. Games with * denote a meeting in the SEC Tournament, while games with ** denote a meeting in the SEC Tournament Championship Game.

Florida victories are shaded ██ orange. Kentucky victories are shaded ██ blue. Ties are white.

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