No. 1 Seed Florida vs No. 8 Seed UConn Game Thread

[Mark Wheeler]

Florida's four front court players have a combined six points on 2-of-7 shooting.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

UF has eight turnovers to UConn's three, but the Gators have five points off of turnovers, the Huskies have zero.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Chinyelu picking up his third foul there isn't ideal.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Martin played perfect defense, but the three hits and we're all tied up.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

No. 1 seed Florida and No. 8 seed UConn are going back and forth, and it's all tied up 31-31 at the half. Alijah Martin has 14 points for the Gators.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

And one for UConn, who has come out with a little more bounce in their step here in the second half.

UConn up by six points.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Martin misses both free throws.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Clayton Jr. fouled on the three point attempt.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Clayton Jr. fouled on the three point attempt.

He hit two of the three and UF is down by four.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Will Richard hits a three and UConn leads 40-37.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Aberdeen closes the UConn lead to four points.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Florida's bigs are shooting 2-of-10 so far. UConn is up 50-44 with 10:17 remaining.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Florida's bigs are shooting 2-of-10 so far. UConn is up 50-44 with 10:17 remaining.

After I posted that, Chinyelu hits back to back shots and UF is only down four points.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Chinyelu is playing so well, but he picks up his fourth foul.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Chinyelu misses both FT attempts. UConn up by one.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Condon missed the second FT attempt, and UConn leads by two.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Clayton Jr. with the three. UF leads.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Steal, dunk, UF up by three. The crowd has definitely gotten into this game now.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

All tied up again with just over two minutes remaining.

Without regard to the outcome, give both teams credit. This has been the best game of the tournament so far. Absolutely fun to watch.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Condon hits one of two free throws and UF leads by one.