Florida’s first basket of the 2022 NCAA Tournament came off a smart bit of fine offense, with the Gators rotating the ball to get Faith Dut open underneath the basket to take a 2-0 lead against UCF.
Of course, Dut wouldn’t finish the game on the floor — becoming the third Gators starter to suffer an injury in the last three games of a superb season — and Florida would only score 50 more points in the game.
But while the short-handed Gators lost to the Knights for the first time in program history, 69-52, it wasn’t for lack of trying.