Duke and Florida turned the primary two faculties to advance to the 2025 Closing 4 with their Elite 8 wins on Saturday.
Duke smothered Alabama on the perimeter defensively whereas having a balanced scoring assault of their 85-65 win over Alabama. Cooper Flagg had 16 factors, 9 rebounds and three assists, whereas Ken Knueppel had 21 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Walter Clayton Jr. scored 13 of his 30 factors within the closing 5:24 as Florida made a late comeback to defeat Texas Tech 84-79. The Gators‘ win got here at Chase Middle in San Francisco with Clayton’s play drawing comparisons to Stephen Curry.
„[Comparing him to Curry] is form of quite a bit to placed on a younger man,“ stated head coach Todd Golden. „However I would say the one factor the place Walt 100% is much like Steph is their shot-making and their capability to get it off at any time when they need.
„Similar to the Warriors need Steph to have the ability to discover a method to get open and get these photographs in these moments, we wish Walt taking the photographs for us down the stretch. There is a purpose why he was an AP first-team All-American. He’s, in my humble opinion, the perfect guard in America.“
