In the 2011 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament , the Gators were the No. 2 seed in the Southeast region after winning the SEC Championship , after being defeated in the 2011 SEC Men 's Basketball Tournament Championship Game to Kentucky , and finishing with a 26 – 7 record . They played their two first games in Tampa , Florida . In the Second Round of the Tournament , Florida beat No. 15 seed , UC Santa Barbara Gauchos . In the third round , the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed , the UCLA Bruins to advance to the Sweet Sixteen in New Orleans . On March 24 , 2011 , the Gators got some revenge by defeating the No. 3 seed , BYU , who had knocked them out of the NCAA Tournament the year before , by a score of 83 – 74 in overtime to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2007 . Their tournament run ended there as they were stunned in the Regional Final against No. 8 seed Butler in overtime
2011 SEC Men 's Basketball Tournament
2011 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Florida Gators men's basketball