On a dry night with important implications on the NCAA tournament, Florida No. 5 beat n ° 7 in Alabama and not classified Ole Miss upset Tennessee n ° 4.
The results shook the race for a seeded n ° 1 of the NCAA tournament in which Florida, Alabama and Tennessee all entered the night as a contenders.
The victory of the Road 99-94 in Florida has spoiled the senior evening of Alabama in the last home match of Mark Sears and gave Florida ahead of the crimson tide in the race for what is projected as the last head of n ° 1 of the NCAA tournament.
Tennessee seemed to be one step ahead of the two rivals entering the night, but leaves Oxford on a more shaker ground after a 78-76 defeat on the road.
Florida repels Alabama
In Tuscaloosa, Alabama lacked rallies after overcoming several Florida tracks. Florida opened an advantage of 15-8 to which Alabama responded with a 9-0 race. The Gators resumed the advance at 36-31, and the Alabama responded again with a sequence of 9-0.
But Alabama had no response to the last increase in Florida. The Gators transformed a deficit of 50-47 into a second half into an advance of 75-63 with 7:41 remaining that the Alabama could not overcome.
The stars’ guards are tall while Florida wins an edge inside
Sears and Walter Clayton Jr. in Florida went from point to a showcase of all-sec guards. But the superior rebound in Florida and the half-terrain execution limited the normally transitional offensive of the Alabama. Florida dominated the glass on both sides of the court to create its own transition and second chance points on several occasions.
Alabama prevented Florida from fleeing with the match and reduced its deficit to 94-90 with 20.5 seconds to play. But that has never reduced Florida’s advance again to a possession.
Clayton finished the match with 22 points, eight assists and five rebounds. Sophomore striker Florida Alex Condon was a force inside with a summit of 27 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks. Its five offensive rebounds helped Florida to an advantage of 16-10 on offensive glass and an advantage of 50-35 in total rebounds.
Sears A Cont, 30 points, six rebounds and five assists like one of the five Alabama players to score two figures. But the powerful attack of Alabama was not sufficient to overcome a Florida team which has repeatedly won battles for rebounds and bulk bullets.
The late 4 -point miracle from Tennessee does not secure winning
In Oxford, the Tennessee opened an advance of 41-36 at halftime to be lagging behind, 74-40 with 2:36 to play.
But the flights equaled the match at 76-76 in the last minute on a game of four points. Zakai Zeigler obtained an offensive rebound from his own 3 -point Miss, then expelled it to Igor Milicic Jr. for a 3 -point pointer.
Milicic’s shooting was good, and it was dirty by Dre Davis on follow -up.
Milicic struck his frank launch, and the ole Miss upheaval offer was in danger.
But Jaemyn Brakefield resumed the advance of the Mississippi on an installation of a missed pointer with 7.5 seconds to play.
Milicic took a look at the other end in a bucket equally, but his disputed layup missed the brand while the final buzzer sounded, and Ole Miss kept for the victory.
Brakefield led the upset effort with a 19 -point top on the bench as one of the four Mississippi players to score two digits.
The victory for Ole Miss was the second during a team ranked this season after beating N ° 4 in Alabama in January. It further strengthens a curriculum vitae from the NCAA tournament which already projects the rebels as in the field. The loss for Tennessee put his hopes for a seeded n ° 1 in danger.
Who will secure the last seeded n ° 1 of the NCAA tournament?
The first three seeds n ° 1 of the NCAA tournament are virtual locks. They will almost certainly go to Duke, Auburn and Houston. The fourth seeded n ° 1 is to be won with a handful of dry and Michigan state teams among the contenders.
Florida, Alabama and Tennessee all participated in the Wednesday match in the running, and Florida was released on Wednesday in the heads of the apparent driver.
The defeat of Alabama against Florida was a second consecutive against a colleague competitor after Tennessee beat Tide Crimson on Saturday. He will have another blow to assert his argument with a match on the road against the n ° 1 Auburn in the final of the regular season on Saturday before the SEC tournament.
Tennessee’s victory over Alabama has put an apparent control that she may have given up in Florida with Wednesday’s defeat. The flights close their home season against South Carolina not classified on Saturday, while the Gators welcome Ole Miss.
The dry tournament, of course, could shake things up and open the door to a team outside the dry to sneak for the last seeder n ° 1.
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