🏀 Gators Chomp, Tigers Roar

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What to know: You know it’s a CRAZY day in college ball when not one, but the TWO top-ranked teams in the country lose.

DOWN GO THE TIGERS: Beating the No. 1-ranked team on the road just doesn’t happen! But yesterday it was the FLORIDA GATORS who snapped Auburn’s 14-game winning streak and game the Tigers their second loss of the season! Coming into this game, Florida Head Coach Todd Golden said “This is probably the toughest place to play in the country right now.” He’s not wrong, the basketball culture that Bruce Pearl has steadily ramped up to get to this season is something special. The guy is an absolute firecracker on the bench, but it was the Gators who brought the fire last night.

The Tigers looked good early, but the Gators closed the first half with a 14-2 run in the final 5:58, and they took a 10-point lead into halftime. They ended with 5 players scoring in double digits. It was a balanced attack that got to the Tigers. When the final buzzer rang, it was Florida 90, Auburn 81. This is Florida’s second win against the No. 1 team in the country this year, after they beat Tennessee just a few weeks ago. The Gators are a team that has a lot of fight in them, and they will be a very hard out in March!

CLEMSON SHOCKS DUKE: The Duke Blue Devils went into Clemson, South Carolina looking to become the number one team in the nation following Auburns loss to Florida. Except there was only one problem, they had to play the Clemson Tigers. Cooper Flagg, Duke’s freshman sensation, was bottled up for most of the game, which allowed Clemson to just do enough to scratch and claw their way to victory.

This Clemson team should no doubt be ranked, and the pollsters with have no choice to crown them following this one. They played hard, fought, battled with Flagg, and force others to beat them. Those other guys just couldn’t. Clemson was led by everyone’s favorite Russian, Viktor Lakhin, who scored 22 points in 27 minutes.

Nothing like a good underdog story on a Sunday mornin’.

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