(1) Florida has advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 2014 after edging (3) Texas Tech 84-79 in the Elite Eight. The Gators trailed by nine points with less than three minutes remaining but finished the game on a 18-4 run to break the hearts of Red Raiders fans.

Favorites running wild isn’t new to Avello, who has been in the bookmaking space since the mid-’80s and operates DraftKings’ betting business from Las Vegas. He is no stranger to bad weeks, months and quarters in the business.

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Coach after coach, from Miami’s Jim Larrañaga to Virginia’s Tony Bennett to Villanova’s Jay Wright, have walked away from college basketball, saying it no longer holds the appeal it once did.

Andersen seemed distracted talking to ESPN Gainesville’s Talia Baia in the locker room. Baia is a student reporter at ESPN 98.1. She is studying journalism and communications at Florida.