This is probably where it ends for the Florida Gators.
This game against Michigan (5:15 p.m., CBS or March Madness Live or CBS All-Access) pits the Gators’ scrappy team, the one that compiled a 20-15 record by taking a lot of great teams’ best shots and occasionally giving one back, against the Wolverines’ machine, which just about ran over every team not coached by Tom Izzo this year.
John Beilein has long been hailed as a genius of offense, but his team is merely great on that end this year; on the defensive end, the Wolverines are spectacular, allowing foes to shoot microscopic percentages both inside and outside the arc, rarely fouling, corralling defensive rebounds, and generally doing everything great defensive teams do except block shots at an elevated rate.