Tracking Saturday’s Elite Eight games: Duke vs. Alabama

The March Madness field of 68 was cut to eight within a matter of 10 days between the men’s NCAA tournament tipping off with the First Four and the conclusion of the Sweet 16 on Friday night.

The first two of four Elite Eight games tip off Saturday, with the Texas Tech Red Raiders — the lowest-seeded team (No. 3) still dancing — opening the action against the Florida Gators in San Francisco (6:09 p.m. ET on TBS). The Duke Blue Devils and Alabama Crimson Tide, who each scored 100 or more points in the last round, will close the night out in Newark (8:49 p.m. ET on TBS).

Follow along as our reporters on-site and editors from coast to coast track the action in both games.

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Final: Florida defeated Texas Tech 84-79

How Florida won: With Florida on the brink of elimination, Walter Clayton Jr. scored 13 of his game-high 30 points over the game’s final 5:24 to erase the 10-point deficit to Texas Tech and send the Gators to their first Final Four since 2014. Florida had been unable to score back-to-back buckets the entire second half, but Thomas Haugh finally shot back-to-back 3s to cut the deficit to 75-72 with 2:27 to play before Clayton Jr. took the baton, also hitting back-to-back shots from beyond the arc to give Florida its first lead since early in the half and ice the game in its closing moments with a pair of free throws. — Kyle Bonagura