The Gators will take on Auburn on Saturday with a big in the national title game on the line; high school sports all-area teams for winter are here.

The possibility of an all-SEC Final Four in the NCAA Tournament is alive, with SEC teams playing in every Elite Eight game this weekend.

This year’s SEC has reason to crow after sending four teams to the Elite Eight, which puts it among the strongest conferences in college basketball history.

All three games will be broadcast live on CBS. The Gators and Tigers meet up on Saturday, April 5, a little after 6 p.m. ET at the Alamo Dome. The Cougars and Blue Devils will meet in the nightcap around 8:45 p.m. ET.

The Michigan State coach in 8–2 in Elite Eight games across 20 years heading into matchup against top overall seed Auburn.

As schools determine their football/basketball/other-sports splits, the biggest advantage could go to the Big East and other non-football playing schools. Even if a Creighton or St. John’s comes up with half of the cap — say, around $10 million — it figures to fund basketball more than the four football-playing power conferences can afford to.

Since the first round, when six of the 14 SEC teams in the men's tournament were eliminated, the conference is 11-4.

That’s relative, though. For today’s exercise, we’ll try to treat the potential opponents on the same scale. In other words, don’t assume that Arkansas (+900) and Ole Miss (+650) are the teams with the toughest paths to the Final Four just because they’re the SEC’s lowest remaining seeds.