Florida vows fight as Mississippi State seeks another shot at Alabama

Mississippi State is riding the NCAA Tournament bubble heading into the SEC tournament in Nashville, Tenn.

The Bulldogs (20-11) are the No. 9 seed and covet a win over No. 8 seed Florida (16-15) on Thursday afternoon to set up a date with conference champion Alabama on Friday.

Mississippi State is among teams being considered as the last four in the tournament, according to ESPN.com's Joe Lunardi. Under first-year coach