Three SEC Basketball teams in the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament

Three SEC Basketball teams in the Elite 8

By Matt Green | Mar 25, 2017

Mar 24, 2017; New York, NY, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks forward Maik Kotsar (21), forward Chris Silva (30) and guard Rakym Felder (4) celebrate after beating the Baylor Bears in the semifinals of the East Regional of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports /

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Florida and Wisconsin played the game of the tournament on Friday night in Madison Square Garden.

After leading by 2 points at the half, Florida built their lead to 12 with 5:24 remaining. Then Wisconsin came back. And with three seconds remaining Zak Showalter hit a three to send the game to overtime.

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In the extra period things were looking good for Wisconsin. They led by 5 with 1:09 remaining, then the Gators made two amazing plays.

The first was Canyon Berry‘s chase down block, that led to Chris Chiozza‘s layup that tied the game at 81 with 24 seconds remaining.

Then with 4 seconds remaining and the Gators down by two, this happened:

After the way that game ended, it is almost forgot about that KeVaughn Allen scored 35 points in this game, 32 of which came in regulation.

The Gators will face the 7-seed South Carolina in the East regional final on Sunday.

Friday night gave us the madness we’ve been waiting for in March. It should be fun to see what the weekend brings us.

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