(3) Florida v (1) Villanova, Florida wins 75 to 62

The first half of the game should have been a wake-up call for Jay Wright; that is, you can't play the four guard offense against larger teams (i.e. UNC or Florida.) Although the Wildcats are only down by five-points (35-30) at the half, so far; the game was dominated by the Gators. Neither team has played smart basketball during the first-half, and Florida needs to get Noah more touches, to push the miss-match on the floor. Villanova did not score a point from the field in the last 6-minutes of the half, but did score 9-points from the charity stripe. Alas, let's not count the Wildcats out before the end of the game, but there seems to be a strong possibility that the final championship game could come down to two teams from the SEC. (Oh where or where is the A, double-C? Oh where, oh where could they be?)

Update 1: First Half Stats (Player: points/rebounds/assists)
Florida Gators-35 points

• Taureen Green: 8/0/0
• Al Horford: 8/5/1
  
• Joakim Noah: 7/8/1
• Lee Humphrey: 5/1/3
• Corey Brewer: 3/1/1

Villanova Wildcats-30 points

• Randy Foye: 11/3/0
• Mike Nardi: 6/3/2
• Allan Ray: 4/1/0
• Kyle Lowry: 3/3/2
• Will Sheridan: 0/3/0
• Jason Frasier: 4/4/0

The second half gave Villanova nothing more than heartache as their leading scorer Randy Foye gained his 3rd personal foul with 18-minutes left in the game. Foye would late foul out of the game with 28.9 seconds left in the game. Although Foye did score 25-points, he was held to 2 for 8 from behind the arc by Florida's tenacious defense primarily from Lee Humphrey. Foye's fellow senior Allan Ray was held to 11-points going 5 for 19 from the field. Despite shooting 21% scoring only 32-points in the second half, the Wildcats refused to give up, but even though plagued by turn-overs, the sophomores of Florida quickly scored 40-points and ended Villanova's chances of making the Final Four.

Florida won 75 to 62 and have the nation's best record of 15-1. This marks the 8th year in a row Gator's coach Billy Donovan has taken his team to the Big Dance.

Final Stats: (player: points scored, field average, free throw average, total minutes) Florida Gators

• Taureen Green: 19 pts, 3-9, 12-13 (total minutes 37)
  
• Al Horford: 12 pts, 6-12, 0-0 (total minutes 33)
  
• Joakim Noah: 21 pts, 4-8, 13-15 (total minutes 36)
  
• Lee Humphrey: 8, 3-12, 0-0 (total minutes 38)
  
• Corey Brewer: 11 pts, 4-7, 2-3 (total minutes 29)

Villanova Wildcats

• Randy Foye: 25 pts, 7-18, 9-10 (total minutes 37)
  
• Mike Nardi: 8 pts, 2-11, 3-4 (total minutes 35)
  
• Allan Ray: 11 pts, 5-19, 0-0 (total minutes 27)
  
• Kyle Lowry: 3 pts, 1-9, 1-1 (total minutes 22)
  
• Will Sheridan: 1 pts, 0-6, 1-2 (total minutes 30)
  
• Jason Frasier: 9 pts, 1-4, 7-7 (total minutes 30)
  

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