Saint Joseph's guard DeAndre Bembry made a two with 4:16 to go in the second half against Florida on Saturday, in the second semifinal of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Clasic, and it put the Hawks up 62-61. At that moment, Florida fans could well have seen all the signs of a classic collapse, one last year's squad mastered.
These Gators did almost the opposite.
From that point, the Gators put on a 14-2 run spearheaded by Dorian Finney-Smith and some sound defense, and won this game, 74-63, to secure passage to a "championship" game against Purdue on Sunday.