The Maryland Terrapins (27-8) will face the Florida Gators (32-4) in the Sweet 16 on Thursday in San Francisco, CA.
Florida advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 77-75 win over the two-time defending champion UConn Huskies. Walter Clayton Jr. was 5-8 from three-point range and finished with 23 points to lead the Gators. Florida’s team as a whole shot 46% from the field (23-50) while their defense limited the Huskies to 37.5% shooting from the field (24-64). A deeper dive finds that UConn from deep was just 8-29 (27.6%) while Florida was 9-19 (47.4%) from beyond the arc.