Florida Gators' Thrilling Journey to the Final Four

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00:00All right, so the Florida Gators have now had two huge scares on their way to the Final Four,

00:04one against, of course, UConn, more than a scare against Texas Tech. Honestly, Gilbert,

00:09I was watching this game thinking, my gosh, is this it? And then, like, this guy Hall got really

00:15hot, and Walter Clayton just hit all these shots down the stretch, and they end up winning this

00:21game by five points. I mean, Texas Tech is not going to sleep well for a while here, knowing

00:24how close they had to get this one coming, but it seems like, you know, this Gators team is at

00:30least a team of destiny for now to get to the Final Four, and I would guess that if they have

00:36their best A game going into this game this weekend, they'll probably get to the championship.

00:41You know, it's crazy, Craig. We talked about this after the UConn game, where I said,

00:45you know, sometimes you see teams on their path to winning a national championship,

00:48they have that one scare, and they realize they're destined to get there,

00:52and the smooth sailing from then on. Well, it certainly wasn't smooth sailing for Florida

00:56against that Texas Tech team, and it seemed like Texas Tech was well on its way to advance to the

01:02Final Four, and Florida really did have to dig deep. Walter Clayton Jr. showed exactly why he

01:06is a big-time player and All-American, and the type of player that national championship teams

01:11have to have on their roster. I think back to that go-ahead three that he hit, just kind of

01:15finding where the three-point line was, looked pretty similar to something we see from a different

01:19guy who plays at the Chase Center pretty often, and the fact that those guys just stepped up and

01:23made big plays and took advantage of the times where Texas Tech couldn't make plays, that is

01:28championship metal, that is championship DNA, and I think that they'll play a little more freely

01:32going into the Final Four, having been tested two times now on their path to get there.