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The Florida Gators are the 2025 college basketball national champions, finishing the season ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press Poll. Head coach Todd Golden became the youngest coach to win a national title since 1983, leading Florida to its third championship in program history. With the transfer portal …

Fifteen minutes left in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game. Down 12. Zero points from senior All-American guard Walter Clayton Jr. Dead in the water. Against the smothering defense of Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars, any other team would have folded under the pressure, but not coach Todd Golden’s Florida …

The NCAA Tournament has come to a close, and the Florida Gators are National Champions. They defeated the Houston Cougars 65-63 on Monday night in San Antonio, and Walter Clayton Jr. was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player. In the championship game, Houston did everything it could to slow …

While most thoughts in Gainesville throughout the week will be centered around Florida’s Final Four matchup with Auburn, it’s worth looking across to the other side of the bracket. In the second national semifinal matchup Saturday in San Antonio, Duke is taking on Houston. The game will be a rematch …

The No. 9 seed Texas A&M Aggies lost an overtime thriller to No. 1 seeded Houston on Sunday in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, 100-95. Final in Memphis. pic.twitter.com/DojPhDhU6H — Texas A&M Basketball (@aggiembk) March 25, 2024 With the loss, the SEC is …

Houston holds off Arizona 72-60 to advance to the Elite Eight. https://twitter.com/UHCougarMBK/status/1507236599461036033 Houston Houston’s defense came up big in the matchup against Arizona. It has been the lifeline of the Cougars game this season. Houston ranks third among all division one schools in defensive efficiency, and it surely showed on …

Trailing by three with under four minutes to go, Oregon State guard Gianni Hunt miraculously banked in a contested 3-pointer to the exhilaration of the Beaver bench. Hunt’s basket knotted up Monday’s Elite Eight matchup for the first time since tip-off. Despite the 17-point Oregon State comeback, Houston relentless’ effort …

Two-seeded Houston locked down Syracuse in the Sweet 16, while 12-seeded Oregon State knocked Loyola out of the tournament. Both teams have shown great defense ahead of the first Elite 8 matchup of the tournament. Tipoff is set for tonight at 7:15 p.m. ET. Houston shows defensive dominance in win …

Teams do not stumble into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Sure, some teams may have an easier path to the third round of the tournament, but there are no slouches. A quarter of the teams in the Sweet 16 are double digit seeds, but look at the teams …