The Florida Gators mounted an improbable comeback to beat Houston 65-63 in Monday night's national championship game. One stat sums up just how crazy the win was for the Gators.
Houston led for most of the night and mostly controlled the game. How extreme was the Cougars' advantage? Florida only led the game for one minute and three seconds. What's even crazier? Most of that was the final 46 seconds of the contest.
The Florida Gators held the lead in the national championship for one minute and three seconds.
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A dunk by Florida' Rueben Chinyelu tied the game 6-6 with 16:24 remaining in the first half, then Micah Handlogten made a layup to give the Gators an 8-6 lead with 15:37 to go before the break. They held that lead for 17 seconds until Houston's Emanuel Sharp hit a jump shot to tie things back up 8-8.
Florida didn't lead again until Alijah Martin hit two free throws to put the Gators up 64-63 with 46 seconds left in the game. They never trailed again.
It doesn't matter how long you lead in a game, as long as you're up when clock hits zero.
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