The first post for the Final Four Male 2025 was reserved. Florida heads for San Antonio, Texas.
The seeded n ° 1 Gators overcome a deficit in the second half of 10 points with a clutch in the section to beat the seeded n ° 3 Tech 84-79 and pass in the Final Four for the first time in 11 years.
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With less than four minutes, Texas Tech led 75-66 and the situation seemed dark for the Gators. But after the filming of 3 points all night, the deep shots started to fall at the end to finish the return. Florida ended the match on a race of 18-4 in the last three minutes, helped by four consecutive points at 3 points.
“They did it all year round,” said Gators coach Todd Golden. “They remained the course – never too high and never too low. We are down nine years in the last media (dead time). We just had to dig and make stops.”
Florida striker Thomas Haugh (10) Dunks while the Texas Technology Guardian Christian Anderson tries to defend himself during the West Regional final of the Male NCAA 2025 male tournament at the Chase Center.
Walter Clayton Jr. was the Florida leader all season and he delivered again. He scored 30 points, 22 of whom arrived in the second half in another signature performance of The Guard and his second 30 -point game of the season.
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Clayton equaled the match at 75 with 90 seconds to play. Darrion Williams of Texas Tech struck a lay-up to restore the advantage to his team, but Clayton struck the shot in 3 points with 59 seconds to the left, and the Florida held the head for the rest of the path.
“I just had all these guys around me,” said Clayton. “We do not extend into adversity. We meet. The whole team, we all did it together.”
Williams finished with a 23 -point team summit, and JT Toppin added 20 in the defeat that denied the Red Raiders their second Final Four trip. Previously, they made the national semi-finals in 2019.
Florida has one of the best offenses in the country, but Texas Tech was also one of the most scores teams. The Red Raiders came out of the 3-point fire doors with six brands in their first seven attempts, jumping in an early advance in the middle of the first half.
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Florida did not overthrow the same clip for a large part of the first half, but the free throws helped Gators stay close. It was a big difference to start with a perfect start of 10 for 10 of the charity band in the first half, while Texas Tech was 2 for 6. The offensive in Florida finally found a rhythm and led by three at the break.
After Florida equaled the match with 11 minutes and a half to travel, Texas Tech made a 12-2 race, crowned with an alley by Christian Anderson to Federiko Federiko to give the Red Raiders their biggest advance at 10 points.
Florida is now heading for its sixth Final Four and the first since 2014, and has been two games to win its first national title since it was consecutive in 2006 and 2007. Gator’s victory also guarantees that a SEC team will be in the Final Four, and others could hit their tickets for San Antonio by the end of Sunday.
This article originally appeared on USA Today: Florida gathers in
