Gorjok Gak's University of Florida Gators and Isaac Humphries' University of Kentucky Wildcats have made it through to the final eight of US college basketball's NCAA tournament.
In a game of extraordinary buzzer beater shots, fourth-seeded Florida won 84-83 in an overtime thriller against eighth-seeded Wisconsin.
Wisconsin's Zak Showalter forced overtime with a running three-pointer to level the scores 72-72.
The Gators' Chris Chiozza, with four seconds left in overtime, ran the full length of the floor and hit a three pointer as time expired to clinch the win.
Sydney's 211cm-tall Gak had four rebounds.
The second-seeded Kentucky knocked third-ranked UCLA out 86-75 on Friday.
Humphries, a 213cm centre from Sydney, spent most of the game on the bench and went scoreless while his guard De'Aaron Fox exploded with 39 points.
Kentucky take on top seed University of North Carolina on Sunday (Monday AEDT) with the winner earning a place in the tournament's coveted Final Four.
Another Australian, Melbourne's 213cm tall Lual-Acuil Jr centre, who has a 224cm wingspan, bowed out when his third-seeded Baylor were upset 70-50 by seventh-seeded South Carolina.
Acuil Jr had nine points and four rebounds.
In Elite Eight games scheduled for Saturday (Sunday AEDT) (1) Gonzaga play (11) Xavier and (1) Kansas take on (3) Oregon.
On Sunday (7) South Carolina play (4) Florida and (2) Kentucky are against (1) North Carolina.
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