GAINESVILLE, FLA. ? They win at home, on the road, against good teams and bad. They look good winning by two, 62 and every number in between.

To sum it up, the second-ranked Kentucky Wildcats are perfect — as in a perfect 16-0 in the Southeastern Conference after a hard-earned 69-67 victory Saturday over No. 3 Florida.

“That puts a real asterisk, a real stamp on this team,” Wildcats coach Tubby Smith said. “Future Kentucky teams will measure themselves against what this team accomplished.”

The Wildcats (26-3) accomplished it without the overwhelming talent present through the history of this storied program.

And they closed it out in a scintillating game against the toughest opposition the SEC had to offer this season. Gerald Fitch scored 18 points to lead the victory over Florida (26-4, 12-4), which was the league’s preseason favorite and brought a school-record, 19-game home winning streak into this regular-season finale.

“I’m very proud of our basketball team,” Gators coach Billy Donovan said. “But Kentucky has, over the course of the past two months, proven themselves to be probably the best basketball team in the country right now.”

Florida had a chance to spoil Kentucky’s party.

Trailing by two, Anthony Roberson — possibly woozy from a hard hit he took minutes earlier — got the ball after two missed free throws by Keith Bogans. Earlier this season, Roberson made a 22-footer with no time left to beat Georgia, but this time, the desperation heave at the buzzer was an airball.

“I wasn’t thinking about it going in,” Fitch said. “I was thinking he would miss it. Only positive thoughts were going through my mind.”

The Wildcats didn’t go crazy after the victory. Bogans, the leading scorer and possibly the best player on the team, tugged on his jersey and briefly mocked Florida students, who started queuing up outside the arena as early as Wednesday to ensure themselves good seats for the game.

Then, Kentucky shuffled off to the locker room, knowing the biggest tests are yet to come — at the SEC tournament in New Orleans this week, then at the NCAAs, where the Wildcats will almost certainly be a top seed.

Kentucky's Chuck Hayes (44) and Florida's Christian Drejer go after a rebound in the Wildcats' 69-67 victory. Second-ranked UK beat the No. 3 Gators Saturday in Gainesville, Fla.

It’s a deserved honor, considering they dominated the toughest conference in the nation, according to the RPI ratings. Six other SEC teams have been ranked in the Top 25 this season, and Kentucky beat them all. The Wildcats also embarrassed Vanderbilt, 106-44, Wednesday for victory No. 15.

“This one is the sweetest because it’s the last one of the season,” Fitch said. “And it’s against a great Florida team in front of a hostile crowd.”

By winning their 20th straight game — the longest active streak in the country — the Wildcats became only the second team to go 16-0 in the SEC. The last? Kentucky, of course, which did it in 1996 en route to the sixth of its seven national titles.

No. 1 Arizona 88, Oregon 80

Tucson, Ariz. — Jason Gardner scored 21 of his season-high 27 points in the second half. The Wildcats (25-2, 17-1 Pac-10) took control with a 17-2 run that put them up 66-56 with 6:39 to play on Salim Stoudamire’s 16-footer. Stoudamire had 19 points, 17 in the second half.

No. 8 Marquette 70, Cincinnati 61

Milwaukee — Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, and the Golden Eagles won their first Conference USA title. Wade had 10 rebounds, including four consecutive in the closing minutes.

No. 9 Wake Forest 78, N.C. State 72

Raleigh, N.C. — Josh Howard scored 27 points, including six free throws in the final 1.7 seconds, as the Demon Deacons won their first outright Atlantic Coast Conference title since 1962.

No. 11 Xavier 96, Temple 65

Cincinnati — Romain Sato scored 29 points, and Lionel Chalmers and David West each had 17.

No. 15 Louisville 100, Charlotte 59

Louisville, Ky. — Luke Whitehead had 19 points and a career-high 15 rebounds to lead the Cardinals.

No. 16 Notre Dame 86, Georgetown 80

Washington — Chris Thomas had 29 points and seven rebounds as the Irish snapped a three-game losing streak.

No. 17 Stanford 72, No. 22 California 60

Stanford, Calif. — Josh Childress had 15 points and 10 rebounds as Stanford continued its dominance of rival California at home. With the win over the 22nd-ranked Bears, Stanford (23-7, 14-4) finished second in the Pac-10 and earned the second seed behind No. 1 Arizona in the conference tournament this week in Los Angeles.

No. 18 Memphis 90, UAB 79

Birmingham, Ala. — Chris Massie had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Antonio Burks had 11 points and 12 assists as the Tigers won their 11th straight.

No. 19 Creighton 57,Indiana State 56

St. Louis — Kyle Korver had 15 points and nine rebounds, and Creighton won despite not scoring for the game’s final 4:52. The second-seeded Bluejays (27-4) advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.

No. 23 Mississippi State 67, Auburn 45

Starkville, Miss. — Derrick Zimmerman had 15 points and eight assists as Mississippi State clinched the Southeastern Conference West title. Mississippi State (19-8, 9-7) won the West Division for the first time since 1995-96, and earned a bye in next week’s conference tournament.