The No. 2 seed in the Southeastern Conference tournament is up for grabs, and the team that earns it just may land a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.That means there is plenty to play for when No. 5 Florida faces No. 7 Alabama on Wednesday night at Tuscaloosa, Ala.The Gators (25-4) and Crimson Tide (23-6) are tied for second place in the SEC with 12-4 marks with two games remaining.Alabama completes the regular season on Saturday at No. 1 Auburn. The Gators finish at home the same day against Ole Miss.This is the lone meeting of the season between the schools and it’s impossible to understate the importance.”We have a chance to go into Tuscaloosa on Wednesday and if we win that game, then we’re in the driver’s seat to get second place,” Florida coach Todd Golden said. “So we have a lot on the line left.”The Crimson Tide was one game ahead of Florida until falling 79-76 at then-No. 5 Tennessee on Saturday.Alabama led by four points with 36 seconds remaining and didn’t score again.The Volunteers won the contest when Jahmai Mashack drilled a long 3-pointer as time expired.”I feel like I failed these guys,” Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats said. “For 39 and a half minutes, they outplayed them.”It added up to a major meltdown with the conference ramifications involved.”We probably could have had better guys in, been a little smaller with 3.8 (seconds) on the clock to make sure they didn’t get the ball up the floor,” Oats said. “We work on end-of-game situations in practice and expect our players to be good at them, and I was not good for the last 30 seconds (Saturday).”The end result is that Alabama has lost three of its past five games after winning seven straight contests.Mark Sears scored 24 points to continue his strong play and raise his season average to 19.1. He is averaging 27.5 points over the past four games and has made 17 of 40 3-pointers during the span.