Chris Chiozza Hits Miracle Shot To Send Florida To Elite Eight

They play the right way. Wisconsin is a team with more NCAA Tournament experience than any team left in the Sweet Sixteen. Florida led by 10 with 4:25 left in the regulation, but the Badgers battled back and Zak Showalter sent the game into overtime with a tying three-pointer with three seconds left. Wisconsin has now won six of its last 10 games and is 6-4 against the spread during that same span.

Koenig averages a team-best 14.5 points and made a school-record 100 3-pointers. Virginia shot below 30% for the game included a putrid 1-15 from behind the arc. He finished with 28 total points, and gave the Badgers a major boost. Happ battled foul trouble against Villanova, and the Badgers’ offense is much more risky with Hayes and Happ on the floor together. While Nigel Hayes went off for 19 and 8 against reigning champ Villanova, which he capped off with this Michael Jordan inspired move.

“You take the two points when you get it like that”, Gard said. What does he normally like to do, playbook-wise? “I’m still flustered. This one is gonna hurt for a long time”.

Florida, which trailed by as many as 11 in the first half, led 34-32 at halftime. “They’re going to continue to guard”. But I mean without Egbunu I think we have done our fair share of the job, because we got here without him, so I feel like I think we showed that we can play interior defense without him. The Badgers were up two, inbounding the ball with 38 seconds left in overtime. What are the frontcourt’s greatest strengths? “If somebody was open, I was going to pass it”. The biggest hangup Badgers fans might have is the cost of a round-trip flight.

“I’m extremely proud”, said Hayes.

“At the end of the day, it’s about whichever players on the team step up and make those plays”, Hayes said. Happ is more of a liability there and is shooting 49.4 percent from the line on the season, with Hayes shooting 59.3 percent.

Hill said rebounding will be a big key in helping the Gators get out on the break, and the guards will need to do their share in supporting the big men. It was the kind of game you feel like should conjure ten thousand words but that actually summons few of true use. This year, it’s Mike White as the head coach, who has taken Florida to within a game of a Final Four in his second season in Gainesville. Again, the game went to OT, but this time Florida prevailed, 83-74. Vito Brown, who had 10 first-half points, fouled out and top players Bronson Koenig, Ethan Happ and Nigel Hayes were all plagued with foul trouble.

Showalter: “Not too much”.

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In a game that featured both teams losing double-digit leads, it was Allen who figured to be the hero.

This was a tough way for the Badgers’ season to end, as UF will go on to play No. 7 SC in an All-SEC Elite Eight matchup in New York City on Sunday.