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Top 25 - End of Regular Season

1) Kentucky 29-2
2) Michigan State 28-3
3) Florida 28-3
4) St.Johns 29-2
5) Duke 27-3
6) Kansas 27-3
7) Xavier 28-3
8) Oregon 27-4
9) North Carolina 26-5
10) USC 26-5
11) Ohio State 26-5
12) Michigan 25-6
13) Oklahoma State 25-5
14) Louisville 24-7
15) Texas 23-7
16) Marquette 25-6
17) Virginia 24-7
18) Georgia 23-8
19) SMU 24-7
20) Cincinnati 24-7
21) Washington 23-8
22) Illinois 23-8
23) Syracuse 22-9
24) Notre Dame 22-9
25) California 21-10



Top International Players

As we start to wrap up the college season we will first take a quick look at some guys overseas that will be heading for the NBA draft this coming year. We start off with Lionel Martin who was originally placed at #12 on the preseason big board. It is no surprise to any that he will be coming to the states next year as he has continued to dominate in the Euroleague. As of now, the big man is expected to be a lottery pick and even push for a top 5 selection as his offensive game has scouts very intrigued. His size allows him to dominate down low, but he also has a solid shot and his game allows him to be very effective for some pick and pops.

Next up is the kid from Australia, Isaac Sykes. A few years ago he was a young, raw talent but managed to gain the attention of scouts in a game against the USA 18U team where he put on an offensive clinic. Since then he has gained a more consistent jump shot and has the ability to hit an NBA 3. He doesn’t lack on defense as he has improved his footwork. He does lack some athletic ability and that might limit him in the league. Currently, he is looking at the middle of the first round but could go as early as the 10th selection.

Another foreign player expected to be grabbed in the first round is Nicola Rossi from Italy. For years he has been on NBA scout’s radar and he has shown consistent growth on offense. Overseas he has become a more consistent scorer and has improved his 3pt percentage by an insane amount from 39% to 48% along with averaging more than one assist per game more than he did last year. Rossi has the potential to be one of the biggest steals of the draft.




Conference Tournaments

ACC:

The ACC once again was a super conference as we saw several top 25 teams battle it out for the conference crown. Many were hoping to see another battle between some of the top big men in the country in the ACC title game, but Derrick Mercer and the Tar Heels were upset by the 3 seed and #17 ranked Virginia Cavaliers in the semifinal to set themselves up with the Duke Blue Devils who defeated Notre Dame.

This would be a huge matchup for both teams as Duke was looking to lock up a 1 seed in the NCAA tournament which came into question after they dropped a couple of games in their final six and Virginia is looking to make a run for a potential 2 seed after it looked like they would end up with a 4 or 5 seed. The game started about as expected for the Blue Devils as all of their NBA talent was firing from all cylinders but Virginia was able to hang in the game from being carried on the back of likely first round selection Terrance Lyons. Duke guard Damir Clayton was able to knock down a couple of late baskets and Duke would head into the break up by 9. The second half went very similar to the first half and Virginia needed Lyons to finish the way Clayton closed out the first half, but Duke’s Corey Williams was too locked in when Lyons had the ball and Virginia’s comeback attempt ended in failure.



Big East:

The Big East was very similar to the Big 12 as they had 3 dominant teams in St.Johns, Xavier and Marquette. As expected St.Johns made it to the Big East Championship with an easy road ahead of them and Xavier was able to knock off Marquette pretty easily.

This matchup has been an interesting one as Xavier is more of a complete team while St.John’s is carried by a top projected pick in Chris Iverson but they have some guys who catch heat from time to time. When it came to this matchup though, Chris Iverson’s squad didn’t come up with some big plays and the game was left on Iverson’s shoulders. Xavier’s true freshman gem Ricky Rose was able to do enough on the defensive side to control Iverson while Rod Roosevelt handled the majority of the offensive work as St.Johns didn’t have anyone talented enough to defend him in the post. Iverson’s 25 points weren’t enough as St.John's only shot 37% and would fall to potential 1 seed Xavier.



Big 10:

Another team trying to lock up a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament was Michigan State but they fell to an up and coming Illinois team in the semifinal which would set the Illini up against the #2 seed, Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big 10 Championship.

The underclassmen led Illini were able to jump out to a quick 13-4 lead within the first few minutes of the game before the Buckeyes were able to settle down and make it a winnable game. The two headed monster of Justin Harper and Lorenzo Banks was able to do what they've done all year and that's carry Ohio State on their backs. Banks was able to knock down several shots in the latter half of the first 20 minutes while Harper dominated the boards and was able to convert down low. Dominique Kilpatrick was having some trouble, but up and coming star Myron Mitchell was doing most of the work for Illinois as his scoring ability allowed the Illini to hold a 2 point lead heading into the half. Sadly for Illinois the lead they quickly were losing continued to go away and vanished for good as Kilpatrick continued to struggle and Lorenzo Banks continued to dominate Brandon Armstrong. In the end, Ohio State would run away with a 79-65 win to claim the Big 10 Title.



Big 12:

The Big 12 was an interesting conference this year because it is completely unknown how good the top of the conference really is because the majority of the conference was absolutely atrocious, to say the least. Kansas ran through the conference with only 1 loss and Oklahoma State wasn’t far behind with just 2 losses in conference play. At the beginning of the year, we weren’t too high on Texas with their lack of talent but they managed to only drop 4 conference games and are a pretty respectable team. The conference tournament went just as expected as Kansas ran through everyone and Oklahoma State did pretty much the same besides their close back and forth battle against Texas to get another chance to take down the Jayhawks.

Kansas and Oklahoma State combined for only 3 losses in conference play and 2 of those were against each other. Both teams were looking to secure their first Big 12 title in at least 3 years along with trying to take home the season series. This game would also be the final one of a 2 season rivalry between sophomore SF prospects Shelvin Ellis of Kansas and Martell Beasley of Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State started off slow which is typical of Kansas’ opponents because of how dominant their defense is but the Jayhawks weren’t having too much offensive success either. Nothing notable happened as Kansas went into the half up 28-26. The second half started with a bang as Beaselly knocked down back to back threes for the Cowboys while Kansas’ struggles continued. Oklahoma State would jump out to a 12 point lead with about 10 minutes left before Kansas found some life in PF Khalil Bentley, who was able to score some quick buckets on the Cowboys' smaller lineup. Bentley’s comeback charge wasn’t enough due to an off night from Shelvin Ellis as Oklahoma State would hold on to win the Big 12 Championship.



Pac 12:

We finally got to see a conference tournament that had more than a couple of unexpected turns as Washington was upset in their first game by a piss poor Oregon State team which allowed USC to easily make a run to take on California in the championship after they upset the top Pac 12 regular season team in the Oregon Ducks.

After the early season ending injury to Levi Hopkins, the Trojans looked for another big time weapon to go along with big man Reece Akua and they found that in another big man, Monty Reeves who had a strong sophomore campaign. The duo named the “Twin Towers” went to work all year grinding out wins with tons of low post and that's exactly what happened to start the Pac 12 Title game as they combined for 12 of USC’s first 15 points. California is led by a star big man of their own in senior Tyler Ware but only one good big wasn’t enough to stop the Trojans. Talking about both halves separately isn't worth the time because nothing really changed. Ware did as much as he could and even had a solid game on both ends of the court but USC was just too much and ran away with the Pac 12 Championship by a score of 79-63.



SEC:

In one of the funnier storylines this year we saw Tyreke Atkins of the Florida Gators have some twitter beef with his brother, who was a former Kentucky Wildcat, Tyshaun Atkins. This storyline couldn’t have worked out any better as both teams split during conference play and have run the table all the way to the conference championship game to set up another matchup between the top 3 teams.

The game got off to a hot start as Tyreke Atkins and Malachi Higgins had a mini back and forth battle before Javon White made his presence known for the Wildcats with back to back steals leading to scores. The Gators would jump right back at Kentucky as Gerald Williams and Quin Young started to get going and would lead Florida into the half with a 4 point lead. The second half was a back and forth battle but upperclassman Blake McLaughlin stepped up down low and took away Gerald William’s offensive game and at the same time, Javon White went on a tear. White was hitting crazy jump shots along with blowing by defenders as he had a second half for the ages. Tyreke Atkins did everything he could to keep the Gators from blowing the lead late, but it wasn’t enough as his brother’s prediction would come true as Kentucky took the season series and SEC Championship behind Javon White’s career game of 29 points, 9 rebounds and 6 steals.


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(Another quick update: My PS5 was supposed to come on Saturday but it got here today so I'm gonna be jumping forward and working on DC2 while Marvell finishes up DC1 on the ps4. This means DC1 on the ps4 may take a few days longer than originally expected. Once that's done we will have a better idea of how we will handle recreating DC1 for the ps5 and continuing the work I start on for DC2.)

[TheRosterMaster]

NCAA Tournament - Round of 64


East:

1) Duke 108
16) Wright State 67

Duke: Damir Clayton - 27pts 9ast
Duke: Mookie Flowers - 19pts 13reb
Duke: Corey Williams - 18pts 5stl


8) Baylor 76
9) Alabama 70

Baylor: Elden King - 16pts 7reb 3stl
Alabama: Tracy Dawson - 21pts 4ast


5) Notre Dame 62
12) Rutgers 69

Notre Dame: Cameron Dixon - 13pts 4ast
Rutgers: Jamerson Novak - 17pts 9reb


4) Cincinnati 89
13) Toledo 70

Cincinnati: R.J. Wilkerson - 18pts 8ast
Cincinnati: Cooper Stephens - 13pts 11reb


6) California 78
11) Wisconsin 71

California: Tyler Ware - 15pts 11reb 3blk
Wisconsin: Scotty Aldrich - 11pts 14reb


3) Virginia 70
14) Delaware State 47

Virginia: Terrance Lyons - 19pts 9reb


7) Maryland 76
10) Washington State 65

Maryland: Calvin Page - 16pts 7reb
Washington State: Patrick Ehlo - 11pts 9reb


2) St.Johns 88
15) Winthrop 67

St.Johns: Chris Iverson - 23pts 9ast
Winthrop: Scottie Roach - 15pts 5ast


West:

1) Xavier 93
16) Portland State 68

Xavier: Rod Roosevelt - 15pts 14reb
Xavier: Drue McAllister - 13pts 3stl


8) Syracuse 70
9) Texas A&M 69

Syracuse: Devonte Campbell - 22pts 12reb 4blk
Syracuse: Cedric Reese - 16pts 8reb
Texas A&M: Logan Jacobs - 15pts 3blk


5) Georgia 63
12) Saint Louis 70

Georgia: Phillip Morrison - 17pts 4ast
Saint Louis: Kev Clarkson - 16pts 7reb


4) North Carolina 88
13) Western Kentucky 69

North Carolina: Derrick Mercer - 27pts 15reb
North Carolina: Corey Tucker - 16pts
Western Kentucky: Adam Rivers - 14pts 9reb


6) Iowa State 79
11) Arizona 76

Iowa State: Steven Cardinal - 19pts 6ast
Iowa State: Anquan Jenkins - 16pts 7reb
Arizona: Nico Dobbins - 14pts 7ast


3) USC 91
14) Northern Iowa 73

USC: Reece Akua - 18pts 9reb
USC: Monty Reeves - 15pts 13reb
Northern Iowa: Luke McCormick - 17pts 3blk


7) Creighton 59
10) Pittsburgh 74

Creighton: Lucas Kelley - 12pts 5ast
Pittsburgh: Brendan Brooks - 19pts 3ast


2) Kansas 87
15) Liberty 78

Kansas: Shelvin Ellis - 17pts 4stl
Kansas: Khalil Bentley - 14pts 8reb
Liberty: Trevor Stanley - 15pts 15reb


Midwest:

1) Kentucky 90
16) Cal Poly 65

Kentucky: Javon White - 18pts 6stl
Kentucky: Lorenzo Simon - 14pts 8reb
Kentucky: Malachi Higgins - 19pts 8ast


8) Wake Forest 71
9) UCLA 81

Wake Forest: Tahj Rawlings - 16pts 5reb
UCLA: K.T. Madison - 14pts 9reb


5) Marquette 78
12) Nebraska 66

Marquette: Justice Reed - 21pts 4reb
Nebraska: Melvin Taylor - 17pts 5ast


4) Michigan 75
13) Belmont 67

Michigan: Deion Kane - 18pts 4ast


6) SMU 64
11) Miami 80

SMU: Darren Price - 15pts 3ast
Miami: Barry Miller - 14pts 6ast
Miami: Clayton Price - 20pts


3) Oregon 87
14) Hofstra 58

Oregon: Wesley Bell - 20pts 6reb
Oregon: Jamaal Huff - 12pts 7ast
Hofstra: Rashad Benson - 19pts 5ast


7) Georgia Tech 83
10) Iowa 79

Georgia Tech: Chris Goodwin - 15pts 7reb
Georgia Tech: DeAndre Cohen - 18pts 9reb
Iowa: Ryan Campbell - 15pts 10reb


2) Michigan State 82
15) Monmouth 70

Michigan State: Trent Porter Jr. - 17pts 4ast
Michigan State: Dom Newton - 16pts 5reb


South:

1) Florida 88
16) Colgate 73

Florida: Tyreke Atkins - 20pts 4ast
Florida: Gerald Williams - 13pts 3blks
Florida: Quin Young - 13pts 7ast


8) Northwestern 66
9) Gonzaga 72

Northwestern: Randy Borchardt - 9pts 13reb
Gonzaga: Shawn Nash - 11pts 9ast


5) Illinois 87
12) Boise State 79

Illinois: Dominique Kilpatrick - 18pts 8reb
Illinois: Myron Mitchell - 23pts 7reb


4) Texas 73
13) Vermont 75

Texas: JaCorey Davis - 16pts 6ast
Vermont: Derrick Yates - 18pts 5blk


6) Louisville 89
11) Villanova 64

Louisville: Vic Reed - 23pts 6reb
Louisville: Jarrod Nelson - 17pts 10reb


3) Oklahoma State 79
14) Mercer 67

Oklahoma State: Martell Beasley - 17pts 6reb


7) Washington 86
10) Butler 80

Washington: Marquez Bowman - 21pts 8reb
Butler: Maurice FIelds - 16pts 7reb


2) Ohio State 97
15) Wagner 68

Ohio State: Justin Harper - 17pts 12reb
Ohio State: Lorenzo Banks - 15pts 7ast

[LXV]

We need these on PS5 ASAP! All this reading got me hyped asfk.

[MarvellousOne]

Quote: Originally Posted by LXV

We need these on PS5 ASAP! All this reading got me hyped asfk.

Conversion is in progress soon as the ps4 version will be released in a couple of days

[TheRosterMaster]

NCAA Tournament - Round of 32


East:

1) Duke 84
8) Baylor 75

Duke: Damir Clayton - 17pts 6ast
Duke: Kris Clemons - 20pts 6reb
Baylor: Elden King - 15pts 5reb


12) Rutgers 67
4) Cincinnati 79

Rutgers: Jamerson Novak - 19pts 6reb
Cincinnati: R.J. Wilkerson - 22pts 6ast 3stl


6) California 73
3) Virginia 71

California: Tyler Ware - 16pts 9reb 2blk
Virginia: Terrance Lyons - 16pts 7reb


7) Maryland 68
2) St.Johns 80

Maryland: Calvin Page - 16pts 5reb
St.Johns: Chris Iverson - 20pts 12ast


West:

1) Xavier 69
8) Syracuse 85

Xavier: Rod Roosevelt - 18pts 8reb
Xavier: Drue McAllister - 8pts 3ast
Syracuse: Devonte Campbell - 17pts 10reb
Syracuse: Cedric Reese - 19pts 7reb


12) Saint Louis 70
4) North Carolina 89

Saint Louis: Kev Clarkson - 18pts 9reb
North Carolina: Derrick Mercer - 23pts 11reb
North Carolina: Corey Tucker - 19pts 4ast


6) Iowa State 81
3) USC 77

Iowa State: Steven Cardinal - 25pts 4ast
Iowa State: Anquan Jenkins - 17pts 8reb
USC: Reece Akua - 15pts 8reb
USC: Monty Reeves - 19pts 9reb


10) Pittsburgh 57
2) Kansas 90

Pittsburgh: Brendan Brooks - 14pts 5ast
Kansas: Shelvin Ellis - 24pts 4ast
Kansas: Khalil Bentley - 18pts 8reb


Midwest:

1) Kentucky 86
9) UCLA 68

Kentucky: Javon White - 21pts 5reb
Kentucky: Malachi Higgins - 15pts 6ast
Kentucky: Blake McLaughlin - 14pts 8reb
UCLA: K.T. Madison - 16pts 7reb


5) Marquette 74
4) Michigan 73

Marquette: Justice Reed - 17pts 5reb
Michigan: Deion Kane - 15pts 5ast


11) Miami 77
3) Oregon 69

Miami: Barry Miller - 15pts 4ast
Miami: Clayton Price - 18pts 5ast
Oregon: Wesley Bell - 15pts 5reb
Oregon: Jamaal Huff - 10pts 4ast


7) Georgia Tech 71
2) Michigan State 76

Georgia Tech: Chris Goodwin - 12pts 6reb
Georgia Tech: DeAndre Cohen - 21pts 6reb
Michigan State: Trent Porter Jr. - 20pts 6ast
Michigan State: Dom Newton - 13pts 5reb


South:

1) Florida 92
9) Gonzaga 73

Florida: Tyreke Atkins - 17pts 6ast
Florida: Gerald Williams - 16pts 5reb
Gonzaga: Shawn Nash - 14pts 7ast


5) Illinois 78
13) Vermont 69

Illinois: Dominique Kilpatrick - 24pts 6reb
Illinois: Myron Mitchell - 20pts 5reb
Vermont: Derrick Yates - 15pts 7reb


6) Louisville 64
3) Oklahoma State 71

Louisville: Vic Reed - 16pts 4reb
Louisville: Jarrod Nelson - 9pts 8reb
Oklahoma State: Martell Beasley - 22pts 7reb


7) Washington 77
2) Ohio State 84

Washington: Marquez Bowman - 17pts 8reb
Ohio State: Justin Harper - 15pts 10reb
Ohio State: Lorenzo Banks - 21pts 5ast

[TheRosterMaster]

NCAA Tournament - Sweet 16


East:

1) Duke 79
4) Cincinnati 71

Duke: Damir Clayton - 15pts 8ast
Duke: Mookie Flowers - 22pts 10reb
Cincinnati: R.J. Wilkerson - 18pts 5ast 5reb


6) California 66
2) St.Johns 78

California: Tyler Ware - 19pts 7reb
St.Johns: Chris Iverson - 23pts 7ast


West:

8) Syracuse 68
4) North Carolina 75

Syracuse: Devonte Campbell - 17pts 7reb
Syracuse: Cedric Reese - 12pts 5reb
North Carolina: Derrick Mercer - 20pts 9reb
North Carolina: Corey Tucker - 15pts 5ast


6) Iowa State 83
2) Kansas 74

Iowa State: Steven Cardinal - 28pts 5ast
Iowa State: Anquan Jenkins - 15pts 6reb
Kansas: Shelvin Ellis - 20pts
Kansas: Khalil Bentley - 15pts 7reb


Midwest:

1) Kentucky 80
5) Marquette 65

Kentucky: Javon White - 18pts 8reb
Kentucky: Malachi Higgins - 19pts 4ast
Marquette: Justice Reed - 17pts 3stl


11) Miami 77
2) Michigan State 74

Miami: Barry Miller - 24pts 6ast
Miami: Clayton Price - 16pts 4ast
Michigan State: Trent Porter Jr. - 17pts 4ast
Michigan State: Dom Newton - 14pts 4reb


South:

1) Florida 86
5) Illinois 74

Florida: Tyreke Atkins - 24pts 8ast
Florida: Gerald Williams - 20pts 5reb
Illinois: Dominique Kilpatrick - 15pts 6reb
Illinois: Myron Mitchell - 17pts 4reb


3) Oklahoma State 67
2) Ohio State 74

Oklahoma State: Martell Beasley - 15pts 5reb
Ohio State: Justin Harper - 16pts 13reb
Ohio State: Lorenzo Banks - 19pts 4ast

[TheRosterMaster]

NCAA Tournament - Elite 8


East:

1) Duke 75
2) St.Johns 78

Duke: Damir Clayton - 16pts 5ast
Duke: Mookie Flowers - 13pts 8reb
Duke: Corey Williams - 19pts 5reb
St.Johns: Chris Iverson - 27pts 11ast


West:

4) North Carolina 79
6) Iowa State 67

North Carolina: Derrick Mercer - 22pts 14reb
North Carolina: Corey Tucker - 18pts 7ast
Iowa State: Steven Cardinal - 19pts 4ast
Iowa State: Anquan Jenkins - 11pts 4reb


Midwest:

1) Kentucky 85
11) Miami 71

Kentucky: Javon White - 24pts 10reb
Kentucky: Malachi Higgins - 17pts 6ast
Kentucky: Blake McLaughlin - 10pts 11reb
Miami: Barry Miller - 18pts 5ast
Miami: Clayton Price - 14pts 3ast


South:

1) Florida 79
2) Ohio State 73

Florida: Tyreke Atkins - 19pts 8ast
Florida: Gerald Williams - 14pts 7reb
Florida: Quin Young - 17pts 4ast
Ohio State: Justin Harper - 15pts 8reb
Ohio State: Lorenzo Banks - 21pts 5ast

[TheRosterMaster]

NCAA Tournament - Final Four


#2 St.Johns vs #4 North Carolina

While St.Johns has been a top team all year they weren’t expected to make it this far considering they couldn’t win their conference but they were able to knock off the top team in the country to reach the final four. The Tar Heels had an easier path than any other team as the toughest team they have seen was 6 seeded Iowa State. Heading into their first game against a real threat, the national player of the year, Derrick Mercer, and North Carolina will try to knock off the offensive player of the year, Chris Iverson, and the St.Johns Red Storm.

The game got off to a pretty slow start as St.Johns was running a perfect zone defense to eliminate Derrick Mercer from doing any damage while Chris Iverson failed to hit a few shots to take advantage of his team’s defensive dominance. North Carolina was able to adjust and it allowed Derrick Mercer to get going as he scored on three straight possessions to give UNC their first lead of the game. St.Johns made their first adjustment of the game which was now to double team Mercer immediately when he got the ball but that only caused more issues as UNC countered allowing Corey Tucker to get open for a bunch of looks as he hit four 3’s in the latter half of the first and UNC would head into the half up by 11. The second half started and it went back and forth for a while until Iverson was finally able to catch heat as he knocked down a few 3’s and a couple of jump shots to bring the game within 6 with 5 minutes left. North Carolina needed to make something happen as their lead and season were on the line and they went to the pick and roll which had been dominant for them all year. Mercer showed why he was the player of the year as St.Johns wasn’t able to stop him down low in the closing minutes and Chris Iverson couldn’t make the comeback by himself as the Tar Heels finished off St.Johns and would head to the championship.




#1 Kentucky vs #1 Florida

We thought we saw these teams face off for the final time in the SEC title game when Kentucky beat the Gators to win the season series but now we get to see them play for the fourth time and in the only matchup between the two teams that will actually mean anything. Like UNC, Kentucky didn’t have a very challenging road to the final four while their opponent is coming off a big win as Florida knocked off #2 Ohio State in a very close matchup. Tyreke Atkins looks for revenge and some bragging rights not just over the Wildcats but over his brother from their preseason twitter battle.

Unlike the other final four game, this one got off to a fast start as a bad pass by Quin Young was jumped by defensive player of the year, Javon White who took it back for an electric dunk to give Kentucky the first score of the game. Tyreke Atkins would quiet the Kentucky crowd down immediately when he knocked down a 3 right in the face of Malachi Higgins. From here both teams went back and forth with very little defense being played. Both teams went into halftime shooting over 50% as Kentucky held a 41-40 lead over their conference rivals. Both teams made defensive adjustments to open the half and it became the total opposite of the first half. Malachi Higgins who has been lights out shooting all tournament had trouble finding open looks and took some pretty horrific shots. For Florida Atkins and Young weren’t able to play their game as Kentucky was taking away the 3 ball, but Gerald Williams finally was able to find his rhythm as he started gashing the Kentucky defense on the drive and it allowed Florida to take control late. With Florida up by 5 with four minutes left Kentucky needed something to go their way on offense and that happened as Higgins finally found his rhythm as he hit a big 3 and then found Blake McLaughlin down low to tie it up with 2 minutes left. Both teams failed to score on their next two possessions as it allowed Florida to have the ball with the clock running out. Tyreke Atkins had the ball with the game and his reputation on the line and he didn’t disappoint as he hit Higgins with a disgusting double crossover into a spin before stepping back from the help defense by Javon White and nailing the game winner from the left side of the foul line to send the Gators to the championship.