No. 1 seed Florida is in the Sweet 16 but it wasn't easy as two-time defending champion Connecticut made the Gators rally in the NCAA men's tournament
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Live Blog: Florida Gators vs. UConn HuskiesThe Big Dance resumes for the No. 1 seed Florida Gators on Sunday in the Round of 32. UF will take on 8-seed UConn, the two-time defending nations, for the third time in the NCAA Tournament. The Gators and Huskies split the last two March Madness meetings.
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Florida Gators survive UConn Huskies upset bid, advances in NCAA Basketball TournamentThings got pretty hairy for a while, but the Florida Gators are headed to the Sweet 16 after staving off an upset bid from the UConn Huskies.
Top-seeded Florida basketball survived its second-round game vs UConn, punching its ticket to the Gators' first Sweet 16 appearance since 2017:
It was a grueling matchup between the Florida Gators and defending two-time national champion UConn Huskies in the NCAA Tournament's round of 32 on Sunday afternoon inside the Lenovo Center.
RALEIGH, N.C. — For 30 minutes, UConn showed the mettle and toughness that delivered back-to-back national championships for Dan Hurley, outplaying top-seeded Florida in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. And then Walter Clayton Jr. took over.
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From there, UConn was able to slow the game down and trade barbs back and forth with the Gators, hitting a three nearly at the buzzer to make it 31-31 at the half. In the second frame, it looked like the game was going in favor of the Huskies.
Look, Florida finished their 2023-24 season with a rough first-round exit in the NCAA Tournament against the Colorado Buffaloes. Coach Todd Golden only managed to get his team to 24 wins which meant that they were a seventh seed. Now, things have taken quite a turn.
After a devestating loss in the Round of 32 to the Florida Gators, the UConn Huskies are now looking ahead to the 2025-26 season. Luckily for head coach Dan Hurley, his squad is set to receive a huge offensive boost in the form of the program's top recruit in the 2025 class, Braylon Mullins.
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