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Florida persevered and rallied for a 65-63 win to secure the program's third national championship.
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Florida's title win put a feather in the cap of the SEC, which had an eye-popping 14 representatives in the Big Dance this spring and saw four of its member schools participating in the Elite Eight.
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Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston’s spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller not decided until Clayton’s own D stopped the Cougars from taking a game-winning shot at the buzzer.
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Florida has won its first national championship since 2007 and its third overall after beating Houston 65-63 in the 2025 men’s NCAA title game.
Florida took down Houston 65-63 in a thriller, preventing the Cougars from getting a shot off in the closing seconds and denying Houston its first-ever title. This is the Gators' third championship and their first since going back-to-back in 2006 and 2007.
The end of national championship game was gritty and ugly, just the way Houston usually likes it. Except this time Florida was forcing bad shots and turnovers against Houston when it counted.
Florida produced a slew of defensive stands in crunch time to secure the school’s third national championship in men’s basketball.
Houston, in its seventh Final Four, is a program with a rich history and a proud lineage that features Phi Slama Jama, Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and Elvin Hayes. It's a history that does not include an NCAA championship.
Houston came up short in Monday's national championship game, and the program is now contending with another loss after Terrance Arceneaux announced he'll enter the transfer portal.
Kelvin Sampson may scoff at the term analytics, but he has embraced math and probabilities as valuable tools in shaping his decisions.
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