CHAMPIONSHIPS. >> Tom: THE FLORIDA GATORS WILL CONTROL THE TIP HERE IN TAMPA. IN THEIR PRACTICE LEE WORKS OFF THE SCREEN.
SHOT CLOCK UNDER 10. FLAND TELLS EVERYBODY TO FLAP NOW. SHOT CLOCK IS AT 3.
BOOGIE FLAND INTO THE PAINT. THAT WILL GO OFF THE GLASS AND HE HAS THE FIRST BUCKET FOR THE GATORS. CLOCK.
THAT IS THE IOWA PACE. LET'S SEE WHAT THE HAWKEYES ARE ABLE TO DO. >> THE HAWKEYES TEND TO RUN THE SHOT CLOCK DOWN.
IT IS SO DIFFICULT INSIDE. LEE RUNS THE FLOOR AND LAYS IT IN. >> Dan: OF ALL THE THINGS THAT >> Dan: THE EASY BASKET IS EXACTLY WHAT THE GAMES GATORS ARE LOOKING FOR.
>> Tom: LOOKING INSIDE? STOLEN AWAY BY STIRTZ. BOUNCE PASS AHEAD FOR BANKS.
BANKS GOING UP OFF THE GLASS. IT IS GOOD. QUICKLY BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE THE SHOT THAT QUICKLY.
THAT WILL GIVE UP YOUR SIZE ADVANTAGE. YOU KNOW, IT'S AN OPEN SHOT. >> Tom: NOTHING BUT NET, THAT IS A SWEET STROKE.
BASELINE. MANUAL TRYING TO PULL HIM AWAY FROM THE HOOP. THE PULL AWAY IS GOOD.
LOST CONTROL. IOWA'S INTENTION YESTERDAY WAS DO NOT ALLOW WAS TO NOT ALLOW THEM TO HAVE EASY SHOTS LIKE THAT FROM LEE. >> Dan: TALKING ABOUT HOW LEE, OPEN AGAIN FOR THREE.
WIDE OPEN, NO GOOD. BUT, HE GETS HIS OWN REBOUND. HE WILL LEAD IT IN, AND IT IS DOWN.
>> GENE: THAT IS A PLAY WHERE LIKE HE STAYED ON THE GROUND TO TRY TO EMPHASIZE TO THE OFFICIALS THAT HE GOT KNOCKED DOWN. BY NOT GETTING BACK UP QUICKLY HE ENABLED LEE TO GET THAT REBOUND. >> Tom: 4:00 INTO THE FIRST HALF.
THE NUMBER ONE DIGIT SEED WITH A THREE-POINT LEAD. COMES SNAKING, LEAVES IT FOR THE SAME AGAINST THIS DIFFICULT IOWA TEAM TONIGHT. >> Tom: THEY GOT EVERYBODY INTO THE GAME AND JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTING.
THAT WON'T BE THE CASE TONIGHT. AT LEAST, THEY DON'T THINK IT WILL BE. BANKS PICKS IT UP TOP.
IT IS GOOD. RICHARDSON IS SMILING. >> Tom: SAGE INTO THE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR IOWA.
8:00 INTO THIS FIRST HALF. STIRTZ WITH CONTACT OFF THE GLASS. >> GENE: HOW DOES HE MAKE THOSE?
CONDON STAYS IN. IT IS IOWA BASKETBALL UP 6, AND THE ENERGY LEVEL OF THIS GAME TAKES ON A NEW LEVEL. IOWA SCORES ON A SUBSEQUENT POSSESSION.
HANDED OFF TO HAUGH. HAUGH CUT OFF. CONDON IN THE PLAY PAINT, OPEN FOR 3.
YES. SIX SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK, YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT. >> Tom: THE LEAD IS 6 FOR THE HAWKEYES.
>> Dan: THE PACE OF THIS GAME HAS SLOWED DOWN. >> Tom: YES IT HAS. KLAVZAR FOR THIRD.
STIRTZ IS LIMPING. HE SEEMS OKAY. STIRTZ IS LIMPING.
HE SEEMS OKAY. 26-23. BANKS GOES TO THE RIM.
YOU AND I JUST LIVE TO LIVE. >> Tom: KLAVZAR. HEDGE UP TOP.
>> Dan: SEE IF THEY CAN GET CHINYELU INVOLVED . >> Tom: THEY WANTED TO TRY THE HI-LO. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO FIRST.
FLAND, PULL-UP, GOOD. HAWKEYES. >> Tom: FLAND LEAVES IT DOWN LOW AND AGAIN, FROM THE BASELINE.
THROUGH THE CROWDS. >> Tom: A TIME OUT IS CALLED . JOB, DEFENSIVELY, WITH STIRTZ.
>> Tom: FLAND SPEEDS UP. INTO THE BACKCOURT. CURLS, LEFT SIDE.
NICE, KISS OFF THE GLASS. LAST POSSESSION IT SEEMS FOR >> Tom: STIRTZ, DOWN IN THE CORNER . TOUGH SHOT.
THEY WON THREE ACT OF THOSE GAMES. >> Tom: LEAVE FOR THREE, NO GOOD. OFF THE GLASS.
HERE COMES COMBS INTO THE OPEN SELECTION. OVER 1100 POINTS IN HIS CAREER. LAST YEAR, HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE IN THE SWEET 16.
HE WAS NOT MOVING THE WAY THAT HE MOVED, THERE. STIRTZ DOWN LOW, MENU IS ANOTHER GUY WHO HAS BEEN A ODD >> Tom: COMBS . COMBS AGAIN, INITIATES THE SAME MOVE BACK.
BANKS FOR 3. IT IS GOOD. THANKS ONLY MADE 17 UP UNTIL HE HAS THREE FOULS.
>> Tom: DOESN'T HELP THAT A CHINYELU IS ON THE BENCH, TOO, WITH MANYAWU OUT? SUSIE WELL, LOFTON IS SEVEN FEET TALL. >> Tom: KOCH GETS THE THREE.
THE LEAD IS UP TO 7. IT IS ONLY FIRST HALF. HE IS WITHOUT A THREE-POINTER.
>> Dan: FLORIDA HAS DONE A REALLY NICE JOB KEEPING HIM AWAY FROM SPOTS . >> Tom: FOLGUEIRAS IS ABLE TO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL TRIPS OF THE FLOOR. >> Tom: THERE IS THE HEDGE.
STIRTZ, FROM THE CORNER. CANS IT. IT IS A TWO POINT FIELD-GOAL.
SEVEN FOOTER? >> Tom: A STEAL BY THE HAWKEYES. FOLGUEIRAS, BOUNCE PASS TO STIRTZ, SKIP SIT AROUND.
THOUGHT ABOUT IT, RELEASES AND STARTING TO PILE UP. I THINK FLORIDA IS ABLE TO DEAL WITH FOUL TROUBLE A BIT BETTER THAN IOWA. >> Tom: HELD FOR 3, IT'S GOOD.
HE SPLASHED AT HOME. A CHINYELU. THERE IS THE DOUBLE.
>> Tom: COMBS. AT THE SHOT CLOCK WINDS DOWN. COMBS OF THE FLOOR.
SWITCHED HIS HAND. >> Tom: WHAT A ROLE THAT WAS. 26, 16 POINTS IN THE PAINT.
COMBS IS ONE OF THE QUICKER GUARDS, AND HE STAYED IN FRONT OF IT TO FORCE A DIFFICULT SHOT. THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. IT IS FINE TO RUN TIME OFF THE CLOCK, BUT YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO SCORE AT THE END.
>> Tom: BOUNCE PASS DOWN LOW, JAMMING AT HOME, AS CONDON , HERE COME THE GATORS, DOWN 4. >> Tom: THE LEAD IS 4. CONDON HAS 10 POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF.
HOW ABOUT THAT? THAT WAS LIKE A QUARTERBACK TO A RECEIVER. CUT OFF.
THREE, YES. HE IS AN AMAZING STORY. HE STARTED HIS CAREER WITH BEN McCOLLUM AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE, THEN TO DRAKE, NOW TO IOWA.
SLAM BY ISAIAH BROWN. >> Dan: ONCE AGAIN, IT IS HAUGH AGGRESSIVE ON THE DRIBBLE TO SHOT CLOCK AT 5. STIRTZ, FROM THE LOGO.
IT IS TOO MUCH. LEADING WITH THE REBOUND. >> Tom: LEE INSIDE.
FLORIDA TAKES THE LEAD. FLORIDA TAKES THE LEAD. THEY ARE UP BY 2 IN THE SECOND HALF.
HAAG, FROM THE CORNER. THE ANSWER, AND BACK AND FORTH WE GO. FOULS.
>> Dan: FLORIDA IS ALSO A BIT SMALLER. THEY DON'T HAVE LOFTON IN THE LINEUP, THEY HAVE BROWN INCOME INSTEAD. SO THEY ARE GOING WITH TWO BIG'S AND TWO SMALLER GUYS.
A GOOD BOX OUT BY BROWN. >> Dan: THAT IS GREAT DEFENSE. >> Tom: FLORIDA FEED THE DOWN LOW.
BALL TIPPED AWAY. HAAG GETS IT BACK. HOGS MOTOR CONTINUES.
TO THE BASKET. >> Dan: I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM BANKS IN A WHILE. YOU WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIND AN OPEN THREE IF YOU CAN.
>> Tom: KOCH, IT'S GOOD. HE MADE ANOTHER ONE. HE MISSED ANOTHER ONE.
WOW. >> Tom: FLORIDA LOOKING TO ADD TO ITS LEAD, UNDER 3:00 TO PLAY. >> Dan: BIG DEFENSIVE SERIES HERE FOR IOWA.
>> Tom: WHAT CONTROL UNDERNEATH. >> Dan: WHAT A PASS . >> Dan: GOT TO GET A GOOD SHOT IF HE YOUR IOWA.
>> Tom: GREAT RECOVERY TO CUT OFF THAT BASKET. >> Tom: BOUNCE PASS HE SENDS IT HOME. >> Dan: THAT'S GREAT PATIENCE AND MOVEMENT BY IOWA.
>> Tom: LEE WITH A TOUGH CATCH GOING RIGHT UP AND FINISHING. BACK, YOU DON'T NEED A THREE, BUT YOU NEED SOMETHING QUICKLY. >> Tom: BOOGIE FLAND HAS BEEN ALL OVER STIRTZ TONIGHT.
STIRTZ IS ABLE TO CONVERT WITH HIS DRIVE . HOW DO YOU PLAY INTENTIONALLY FOUL. >> Tom: CONDON FAKES THE HANDOFF, LOST IT.
GOT IT BACK. HAUGH WITH 10 ON THE SHOT CLOCK. STEP BACK THREE GOING TO BE SHORT.
IT'S AN AIRBALL. LOOSE BALL OFF THE BODY OF IOWA AND COMBS WITH 4. 7 ON THE SHOT CLOCK.
A TIME OUT FOR IOWA. STIRTZ DRIVING TO THE BASKET OFF THE GLASS, NO GOOD, VAULTED AROUND. FLORIDA HAS IT, BROWN HAS IT, AND THE FOUL.
THIS IS A TWO SHOT FOUL. >> Tom: 74% ON THE YEAR. IF HE MAKES BOTH IT IS STILL A 1 POSSESSION GAME.
THE BEST IT CAN BE IS EIGHT 2 POINT GAME WITH 8. 9 TO PLAY, OUT AND PUT MANYAWU IN . THEY DID THAT FOR REBOUNDING PURPOSES.
MAKE OR MISS THEY CAN CALL A TIME OUT. >> Tom: NOW THE SECOND SHOT TO GIVE FLORIDA A 2 POINT LEAD, AND THEY DO. SAGE IS IN.
>> Dan: IF YOU ARE FLORIDA, DO YOU PLAY GOOD DEFENSE WITHOUT FOULING? >> Tom: BANKS IS LEFT ALL THE WAY DOWN BY THE IOWA BENCH . HERE WE GO.
8. 9 TO PLAY. STIRTZ WITH THE CATCH, BOUNCE PASS TO THE CORNER.
FOLGUEIRAS. >> Dan: FLORIDA HAS NO >> Tom: FLORIDA CAN RUN THE BASELINE. CONDON WENT AT IT TO LEE.
LEE, MIDCOURT SPEEDING TO THE BASKET, LEAVES IT UNDERNEATH. THAT'S IT. IOWA, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1999, WILL GO TO THE SWEET 16 AS THEY KNOCK OFF THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPS.