Florida’s NCAA Championship hopes ended Saturday night in Des Moines, Iowa. For the second consecutive year, the Gators fell in the Round of 32 to a higher seeded opponent.
No. 10 seed Florida hung around for the first half, but in the second half, No. 2 seed Michigan became more than the Gators could handle.
The Wolverines dominated in the paint all game long and asserted themselves early by getting their first six points off dunks.
Meanwhile, the Gators were keeping up with help from hot shooting beyond the arc. Five of Florida’s first six made field goals came from three-point range.