The Florida men’s basketball team loses a close one, bowl games, NBA, and some NFL news in our Wednesday Sports Update…
** The Florida men’s basketball team loses at FSU 65-63 on Tuesday in a game that was close all night. The Gators tied the game at 63 and then with under a second left in the game, Florida’s Jacob Kurtz inadvertently tipped in an FSU shot attempt to give the Seminoles the win. Florida is now 7-5 and will host Connecticut Saturday.
** In the NBA, Detroit overpowers Orlando 109-86. The Magic are off today while Miami is at Indiana.
** In college football bowl games yesterday, Notre Dame edges LSU 31-28 to win the Music City Bowl; Georgia downs Louisville 37-14 to win the Belk Bowl and Stanford wins the Foster Farms Bowl by routing Maryland 45-21.
** Three bowl games today; the Orange Bowl has Mississippi State facing Georgia Tech; the Peach Bowl has TCU and Ole Miss and the Fiesta Bowl matches up Arizona and Boise State.
** Jim Harbaugh is now officially the new coach at Michigan after agreeing to a seven year deal.
** In the NFL, the Jacksonville Jaguars fire offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch after the team struggled for most of the season on that side of the ball.