Live Blog: Florida Gators vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders
SAN FRANCISCO — The No. 1 seed Florida Gators faces Texas Tech on Sunday with a trip to the Final Four on the line. This is the fourth meeting between the teams and the second matchup in the NCAA Tournament.
A 6-seeded Florida team lost to 3-seed Texas Tech in the last meeting between the schools, a 2018 second-round matchup in Dallas. Before that the Gators swept a home-and-home in the early 1960s.
Below are live updates from the matchup between Florida and Texas Tech.
Florida vs. Texas Tech Live Blog
Tip between the Gators and Red Raiders is at 6:09 p.m. ET.
Florida Gators projected starters
No.PlayerPositionHeight/WeightClassMin.Pts.Rebs.Misc.1Walter Clayton Jr.Guard6-2, 195 poundsSr.32.417.73.74.2 ast15Alijah MartinGuard6-2, 210 poundsGr.30.014.64.52.3 ast5Will RichardGuard6-4, 206 poundsSr.31.613.54.51.6 stl21Alex CondonForward6-11, 230 poundsSo.24.810.97.72.3 ast9Rueben ChinyeluCenter6-10, 260 poundsSo.19.26.26.60.9 blk
Texas Tech Red Raiders projected starters
No.PlayerPositionHeight/WeightClassMin.Pts.Rebs.Misc.3Elijah HawkinsGuard5-11, 160 poundsSr.31.89.33.56.4 ast4Christian AndersonGuard6-2, 165 poundsFr.30.510.83.02.1 3fg24Kerwin WaltonGuard6-5, 210 poundsSr.18.76.01.31.7 3fg5Darrion WilliamsForward6-6, 225 poundsJr.30.014.85.53.7 ast15JT ToppinForward6-9, 225 poundsSo.27.118.29.31.5 ast
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