{"id":174929,"date":"2025-04-08T16:36:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=174929"},"modified":"2025-04-08T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:36:34","slug":"serb-becomes-ncaa-champion-viktor-mikic-and-florida-win-prestigious-title-in-the-u-s-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serb-becomes-ncaa-champion-viktor-mikic-and-florida-win-prestigious-title-in-the-u-s-video\/","title":{"rendered":"SERB BECOMES NCAA CHAMPION: Viktor Miki\u0107 and Florida win prestigious title in the U.S! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Young Serbian basketball player Viktor Miki\u0107 has become an NCAA champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Partizan center is part of the championship-winning Florida team, which last night defeated Houston in a dramatic final to claim one of the most prestigious titles in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be fair, the talented Serbian did not play a significant role in the Gators&#8217; championship run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Todd Golden rarely gave him opportunities. He had symbolic minutes in four games and has not played for Florida since November. Nevertheless, he will go down as one of the players who managed to win the most important trophy in college basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Viktor Mikic putting up big buckets against the elites at NBA Academy Games!!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I_wuyo4rY9Q?start=5&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Viktor (19) came up through Belgrade&#8217;s Partizan. In 2021, he became the youngest professional in the club\u2019s history, and in the 2023\/24 season, coach \u017deljko Obradovi\u0107 included him in the final stages of the Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup in Ni\u0161, where he got a chance in the quarterfinal against Spartak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miki\u0107 is a die-hard Partizan fan, and his idol was Novica Veli\u010dkovi\u0107. He showed up to his first Partizan training wearing a shirt with Novica\u2019s image, and wore number 12 on his back in his honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was extremely dominant in youth categories. He shone at the 2022 Euroleague ANGT tournament, averaging 15.8 points, 10 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game, and also made a strong impression playing for Serbia at the U17 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He moved to the United States as a high school student, completed his senior year at Hamilton Heights in Tennessee, and joined the Florida Gators last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/his-native-village-does-not-forget-a-mural-with-the-image-of-the-killed-policeman-nikola-krsmanovic-appeared-in-draginac-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HIS NATIVE VILLAGE DOES NOT FORGET: A mural with the image of the killed policeman Nikola Krsmanovi\u0107 appeared in Draginac! 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The former Partizan center is part of the championship-winning Florida team, which last night defeated Houston in a dramatic final to claim one of the most prestigious titles in America. 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