Florida's Bennett Anderson sparks viral moment after flirty March Madness interview with ESPN student reporter

Florida volition articulation its chap No. 1 seeds aboriginal this week successful the Final Four.

The Gators defeated Texas Tech this past Saturday to beforehand to the semifinals. But earlier that, they needed to marque it past Maryland successful the Sweet 16. UF took attraction of concern against the Terrapins, but a walk-on's postgame interrogation made headlines. 

Bennett Anderson, who besides had a stint arsenic the Gators squad manager, doesn't typically gully overmuch attraction from members of the media. He has seen a constricted magnitude of playing clip and has scored a full of 4 points this season.

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A wide presumption of the Stephen C. O'Connell Center aft a crippled betwixt the Florida Gators and the Milwaukee Panthers connected November 18, 2021 successful Gainesville, Florida.  (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

But helium appeared to bask the accidental to person a camera absorption connected him and was peculiarly fond of the idiosyncratic who conducted the interview. ESPN Gainesville pupil newsman Talia Baia asked Anderson a fewer questions, including 1 astir him making conscionable his 2nd handbasket of the season.

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"Hopefully these guys instrumentality attraction of concern truthful I tin play again, hopefully I tin get different bucket," Anderson told Baia. Anderson's lone handbasket successful the crippled happened aft helium grabbed an violative rebound successful the last infinitesimal of the Sweet 16 game. He past drove to the hoop and made a layup.

Maryland halfway Derik Queen (25) dunks against Florida guardant Thomas Haugh (10) during the 2nd fractional successful the Sweet 16 of the NCAA assemblage hoops tournament, Thursday, March 27, 2025, successful San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

A video of the interrogation posted to Baia's societal media relationship drew much than 7 cardinal views arsenic of Monday morning.

Some societal media users suggested that the Florida hoops subordinate was enamored with the pupil reporter. "That antheral is successful emotion lol," connected X idiosyncratic wrote.

Florida Gators observe connected seat against the Maryland Terrapins during the 2nd fractional successful the West Regional Sweet Sixteen circular of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament astatine Chase Center connected March 27, 2025 successful San Francisco, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Anderson did not instrumentality the tribunal during Florida's triumph implicit Texas Tech successful the Elite Eight. Florida volition instrumentality connected SEC foe Auburn successful the Final Four connected Saturday successful San Antonio. The crippled volition people the Gators' sixth Final Four quality successful programme history.

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Houston volition conscionable Duke aboriginal connected Saturday successful the different semifinal game. The winners of some of those games volition beforehand to the nationalist title crippled astatine the Alamodome.

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