UConn Triumphs Over Florida 77-73 in Thriller at MSG

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00:00In Madison Square Garden last night, great matchup here between Florida and UConn.

00:05Things just seemingly not going the Gators' way, Mike.

00:07This year sometimes happens after winning a national championship, naturally.

00:10Solo Ball had 19 points.

00:12UConn beats Florida 77-73.

00:17And as of right now, Mike, they are favorites to win the Big East.

00:21And look at these odds to get to the Final Four.

00:24Forget about winning the national championship.

00:25They're Solo Ball's numbers.

00:27Plus 200.

00:28Two to one.

00:30I mean, those are really short odds.

00:31It tells me that UConn's got to be one of the top four teams in the country.

00:35Well, I would not put anything on that price for sure.

00:40I really like UConn.

00:42And I think Dan Hurley's a tremendous coach.

00:44And I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see them in Indianapolis when we get to Naptown in April.

00:52But that's a pretty short odds on something as extraordinary as making the Final Four,

00:57especially when you look around the country and you see what they would be up against.

01:01This is a great team.

01:02And the Florida game was really probably the first time all year that we've seen them at full strength.

01:10Braylon Mullins missed so much time.

01:12And he is going to be a massive contributor for them as a scorer from the three spot, the four spot.

01:19He's a fantastic scorer.

01:21And then they got Terrace Reed back, who is their true center, the guy they really want to play the most minutes.

01:28And that makes Eric Ryeb a really terrific asset as a change of pace because he's taller, longer than Terrace Reed.

01:37And so you have to deal with a team.

01:39It's kind of similar to the 2023 championship team when they had two centers, one who was a true seven-footer,

01:46the other who was a really powerful low-post force.

01:51There's a lot of similarity there.

01:52And then if you can get Alex Caravan back to being exactly what he was in the two championship seasons,

02:00and I think the Florida game showed that he certainly still has that, then you have a really dangerous team.