Bennett Andersen and Talia Baia (Photos via Twitter)
Florida walk-on Bennett Andersen is gaining a ton of fans this week for an interview he had.
Florida basketball moved on to the Elite Eight, as No. 1 seed UF overcame 17 turnovers to beat No. 4 seed Maryland 87-71 on Thursday night at the Chase Center.
It was a shocking outcome since they only held a 40-38 lead at halftime and lost starting forward Alex Condon for a stretch in the first half with an ankle injury.
Freshman center Derik Queen led Maryland with 27 points, but the Gators put forth a solid defensive effort in the second half to shut their offense down.
After the win, the program advanced to its first Elite Eight appearance since 2017 and its sixth trip since 2011.
Bennett Andersen is not a player used to getting interviews since he plays very little during games.
In that game, he scored his second field goal of the year.
Following the contest, ESPN Gainesville’s Talia Baia, a student reporter, would find herself going viral because of an interview she had with Andersen.
“First of all, congrats on your bucket, that was huge,” Baia said. “I just want to know how was the trip here, and how was the energy going into that game?”
Andersen responded: “Trip’s been awesome, energy was good.”
Social media loved it because Bennett looked incredibly interested in her.
Florida Gators Star Bennett Andersen Has Seen More Action In His Second Year
Florida Gators guard Bennett Andersen is a team walk-on, and it can be difficult for those types of players to register many minutes.
However, he has been good enough to play in even more games in his second year than in his first one.
During the 2023-2024 season, Bennett saw limited action in four games.
In those games, he went 1 for one from the field for two total points and zero rebounds.
This past season, he played in nine games and scored four points so far while grabbing two rebounds.
Who knows, Bennett Andersen might find himself getting real minutes in year three.
VIDEO: Some Dude Just Dropped The Cold Hard Truth On Why All Of These NFL Prospects Are “Dating White Women”
Unless this is your first day in America, then you know race relations in this country dominate just everything, and that includes NBA and NFL drafts
During the most recent NFL Draft in Detroit, social media was buzzing as athletes showed up to the red carpet event with their girlfriends and family. Many of the incoming NFL rookies were African-American and were spotted with white women, which has become the usual theme for years.
The same thing happens with the NBA Draft.
This year, the discourse on the NFL Draft and NBA Draft has gotten even louder as African-American women openly pondered why so many of the players never have a partner that is the same race as them.
One guy on TikTok decided to answer that question by revealing that the vast majority of his division-1 friends in college or headed to the league are dating or married to white women and explained why.
He stated that some of them had told him that their white girlfriend looked up to Taylor Swift while their girlfriend looked up to Megan The Stallion. He then states the guy asks how many white women he has seen doing the Megan Thee Stallion challenge as opposed to Black women.
He then dove into another story of a friend who relayed that his Black girlfriend started to request money from him as soon as she found out about his NIL money. She wanted her hair and nails done. He then added that the Black women would be upset if they went to places like Chipotle, and she demanded steak houses.
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