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Thriller Tournament: Texas Tech Vs Florida Kicked Up

Michael Irving, Steven Anderson combined 38 NCAA tournaments, 11 regional finals, and three final fours. And here we go. And the Red Raiders will begin at first. Toppin is on top. He’ll try to make the move. And it’s inside into Chinahoo. And kicked up by Williams and outside of three.

Down we go. The Carwin Walton makes an early three. He’ll try another. Even better with two. went eight for 19 that’s right 19 from three and had not made a three in the last two games with the three and it will trickle in for the gators a new shot clock what a great play by anderson to not only retrieve it, but again to one of his own guys williams of three this is how they stayed in the game, not shooting it well.

The other night, and this is how they’ve gotten off to a great start today, attack the glass. Condon inside. He will spoon feed Ruben Chenulu. Walter Clayton Jr. worked on the defensive end of the floor because they know how good he is offensively. On the fly inside is Toppin. Against Arkansas, had 20 points the other night with nine rebounds and five blocks. Reeling inside with a dive.

What a play by Elijah Marks’ tech. And a one-point game for the right to go to the final four. That’s where Denzel Aberdeen is in the game. Clayton with a three. Houck has got the big-time rebound. Outside, Aberdeen, three. Well, and Houck had five offensive rebounds. Ten rebounds and five assists between them to beat Maryland. Hand-locked in has come in. Richard is down low. Houck on top for three. It’s the first lead for the Florida Gators.

Cross court. McMillan, the number one three-point shooter in the conference in the Big 12. Inside. Knocked away. Great defense by Richard. Clayton is out. Martin back in. And the Gators will inbound with Aberdeen. Richard cutting. And that will go through. Over Overton. You need two-way players at this level.

You can count on it both things talking to the top and is back in the game. This is a three. Aberdeen, corner triple. It’s crabbed inside aggressively by Richard. And then hand locked in with the tip. Is that a screen? Hawkins gets it out. McMillan will drive and snaking his way for two. Well, he worked on that shot a lot before the game. The runner Late in the game in the sweet 16. And McMillan has it here. And Williams will fire from three.

Off to a great start. Topping his screen. Switch on D. Condon is there bumping. Williams gets it to go. Boy, is he off to some kind of start. With eight points already in this one. Running McMillan and Walton off the screens. But Clayton’s been up to the challenge so far. Hawkins to Anderson. In the corner, McMillan. Clayton was there.

Deflected the ball with his defense. And the Gators on the move. Look, Houck’s an outstanding player who does a lot of things. that help you win basketball games. They go inside. Condon can’t get it. Federico, Federico, if he can’t dunk that ball in the lob, he’s going to have a hard time scoring against those big guys. Condon backing in. Swerves in for two.

Texas Tech And Florida Face Off

That’s a heck of a move right there. A three. And the defense out there by Richard. Nice offensive rebound. Top it inside. More offensive rebounds than Florida. Six to four. Howe goes a sophomore out of Pennsylvania with a three. They’ve also forced four turnovers and converted them into ten points. Anderson takes it in. Wow, that is a nice play. Off his left foot with the right hand. Excellent move.

That kid’s going to be a big-time offensive player. Clayton will get it. He has not scored yet until right there. Matt Brower made yesterday, the defensive guy for Texas Tech, and I thought he was very clear on it. With a steal and a galloping help. 10. Junior who actually tips the ball away and Houck with great quickness finds the ball and then there’s just nothing Anderson can do. Well, Williams wants to get to the left shoulder, his right hand.

Houck will take away your stroll. He snuck through and found two. After my man Marcin Gortat, he just seals the defender inside and the help defender can’t get to the drive. Topping on the move. Puts it in on the fly. Can he get to that? right hand, which house was not letting him do, that’s a big difference.

Clayton hard to the whole screen roll with toughness to you did a nice job that time. It’s a three from Chapman Scott Williams will take it. talk is there defending to try I mean, you can see how they were battling on that possession. Hawkins here, top end screen, cross court Williams, firing a three. Michigan State, there they go up high. They worked on his play yesterday. Overton is in there, and he moves inside.

Nice basket, fouled on the play by Clayton. Well, Overton was a guy who had a great game off the bench the other night, 12.7 rebounds. He’s been quiet today. All 45 minutes the other night against Arkansas, the last 20 of them were four fouls. Powell went right into Williams. Those are the subtle differences that make the difference between winning and losing, and Clayton got another blocked shot. That’s his third of the game.

Fouling him on two three-pointers cannot be done, even though he didn’t really foul him on the last one. Top and inside, a lot of traffic. Well, the free-throw differential is 17-5. And in a close game, that’s really going to be a telling factor. Houck will take it. Toddling his way inside. Knocked away with great defense.

Red Raiders Matchup

And a recall. He’s got a couple blocks. McMillan free to fire. Wow, they have missed that. And Hawkins. He’ll fake. He’ll drive. He’ll slide. He’ll lose it. Nice defense by the Gators. Aberdeen the other way. Saved by Texas Tech. Hawkins has it. Toppin is there. Another one missing at the doorstep. It’s picked up by Martin. Coming in hot and high.

Well, Florida really can get out and go, and the ball’s tipped, and it’s a favorable tip. Millen will work his way inside the lane. Toppin got it. Federico! And that’s a point right there for each Federico. McMillan. As they puncture the inside, they lead by four again. It’s toughness, it’s discipline, it’s intelligence.

These teams playing great right now. Williams against Condon. And sticks it. He’s playing good defense. Now look at Houck’s stance. A lot different than what it was before. But Williams gets there anyway. until they figure out how they want to stop it. Williams, handoff. Federico. Pushed back up and in. Kevin Overton. He came on to help, and they’re just isolating him and getting him the ball. On the move. Federico.

Timeout. There’s Kevin Overton coming off the bench. Here’s another guy. Again, Federico. Condon. Richard cross-court, Martin will slash and drive and knife and get it. Wow, this guy’s been outstanding. Dan Logden picks up his first. It’s Hawkins with the ball, Toppin inside. Had Logden defends. We saw this the other night with Toppin. He struggled all night. Then in overtime, he was great.

Gliding in for two. Pretty play, Richard. You cannot relax. Eleven rebounds now on the day with him. It’s top in for three. Rebound chased. Houck has it. Clayton on the move. They’ve spaced the floor. He’ll put up a three. Well, Dan, you said it in the open. Well, here they go. They’re going to isolate Darian Williams again. Do you want a double? You don’t? Houck took away the left shoulder. Great defense. Clayton has it. Wants the three. Can’t fake out the defense of Anderson.

Now he’ll drive and dive and get it to go. You can’t deny the ball to a guy who’s going to move like that. Toppin. He’s got him in a blender. Houck with defending. The leaping rebound. Parachutes in to get it. He’s got 10 boards. Clayton again doubled. Williams there. Back to Houck. Tees up a three. Good!

This guy’s been incredible. Toppin’s got to get up. You can’t let Clayton rise for three on that pick and roll. Howe. Howe. Clayton. Screen. Defense Williams. Clayton to try to tie. Howe. We’ve got to get it in. Williams driving out, defends, a twirling move, and he got the deuce. That’s your guy. Well, I pretty much knew I was coming. Inside Clayton. That was good. That was good.

The Gators have recaptured the lead. Well, they stopped Clayton in the paint on the cut. And he just dribbles it out. He dribbles it out and they were late getting to him. Jimmy Lue back in for the Gators. Here we go. Hawkins. McMillan. Snaking inside for two. They have no timeouts. Williams. Intercepted. The Gators are going to the final four.