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NCAA Tournament: Brandone Francis set to face former team in Florida Gators

Brandone Francis, formerly known as Brandone Francis-Ramirez when he was at Florida, compared facing his former teammates in Saturday’s NCAA Tournament second round to seeing an old girlfriend.

“It was a hard decision, but at the same time I’m happy about being at Texas Tech,” Francis said. “ It’s like when you have a girlfriend … and you all go through stuff and, you know, things don’t work out and you’re like, ‘OK.’ And then you meet someone else.

“I met Texas Tech, she gave me another opportunity and I was like, ‘OK, let’s keep it going.