Florida will join his companions No. 1 at the end of this week at the Final Four.
The Gators defeated Texas Tech last Saturday to advance to the semifinals. However, before that, they had to go to Maryland in Dulce 16. UF was in charge of business against the Terrapins, but the interview of a game after the headlines.
Bennett Andersen, who also had a period as manager of the Gators team, usually does not attract much attention from the members of the media. He has seen a limited amount of game time and has obtained a total of four points this season.
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A general view of the Stephen C. O’Connell center after a game between the Florida Gators and the Milwaukee Panthers on November 18, 2021 in Gainesville, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty images)
However, he seemed to enjoy the opportunity to focus on him and was particularly fond of the person who conducted the interview. The ESPN Gainesville student reporter, Talia Baia, asked Andersen some questions, including one about him by only her second basket of the season.
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“Hopefully these boys take care of business so that I can play again, I hope to get another bucket”
A video of the interview published in the Baia Social Networks account obtained more than 7 million visits starting Monday morning.
Some social networks users suggested that Florida’s basketball player was in love with the student reporter.
“That man is in love hahaha,” User X wrote.
“Bennie Buckets about to risk everything and look for 50 pts,” another wrote about the eventual eight elder confrontation between Gators and Texas Tech.
The Florida Gators celebrate the Bank against the Maryland Terrapins during the second half in the regional Sweet 16 Round of the West of the NCAA Male Basketball Tournament at the Chase Center on March 27, 2025 in San Francisco. (Ezra Shaw/Getty images)
Andersen grabbed an offensive rebound with 40 seconds in the Sweet 16 game, starting it for the Terrapins, and led to the hoop for a tray.
The Bank of Florida went crazy for her teammate at the exciting time.
However, in the eight eight confrontation, Andersen did not see any minutes. Even so, the Gators won a victory of 84-79 on Saturday after what was a 30-points of the senior guard Walter Clayton Jr.
The second year eaves Thomas Haugh also delivered with 20 points and the graduated student Alijah Martin added 10.
Florida is waiting for her final opponent Four, which will be determined by the Auburn-Michigan state contest on Sunday night.
It is the sixth time of the Gators in the Final Four in the history of the program and the first time in 11 years.
