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Chiozza’s prayer as time expires lifts Gators by Wisconsin in OT and into Great Eight

Outside of Kentucky, who says basketball in the SEC is nothing more than an afterthought, a way to pass the winter months before spring football practice?

Try telling that to Florida and South Carolina.

Are you listening Steve Spurrier?

A trip to the Final Four will be on the line Sunday when the Gators and Gamecocks — the Ol’ Ball Coach’s old football schools — hook up on the hardwood at Madison Square Garden.

Chris Chiozza’s floating 3-pointer as time expired gave the Gators a thrilling 84-83 victory in overtime.

Wisconsin took an 83-81 lead on a pair of Nigel Hayes free throws with four seconds left.