For what seemed like a few seconds, Dorian Finney-Smith hung in the air, the result of long stride into the paint after a devastating pump-fake from the corner.
The junior wound back his right arm and slammed the ball into the net. He turned to the crowd and screamed.
Before the start of the game, the redshirt senior found himself surrounded by West Virginia players after they bumped into Florida’s huddle near halfcourt. The teams were separated by coaches.
“It made Dorian a little mad,” Chris Chiozza said. “He said, ‘We're not going to let them come into our house and do that, so we gotta be ready for war.