Florida Gators Win NCAA Tournament
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Walter Clayton Jr. failed to score for 25 minutes, but resurrected his shooting stroke late to help the Florida Gators erase a 12-point deficit, shocking the Houston Cougars on Monday in the NCAA men...
The New York Times |
Eleven voters picked Duke to win the national championship, followed by six for Florida and five for Houston.
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Houston's Ja'Vier Francis rises up and throws down a thunderous dunk over Florida's Thomas Haugh.
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The first NCAA men’s basketball tournament was held in 1939 and saw Oregon emerge from a field of eight as the inaugural champion. In the decades since the tournament’s inception, 36 different teams have won a championship,
The 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament will be available across CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV. (1) Florida vs. (1) Auburn, 6:09 p.m. on CBS
The former Florida Atlantic Owls star posed with the trophy in the showers, with the photo being shared on social media by the official Instagram account of the NCAA's Division I men's basketball. However, not everyone felt happy about what Martin just accomplished, with many opting to ridicule his photo with the trophy.
Numbers tell their stories about the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments. Here are some of the most interesting.
Florida made history with its national championship on Monday vs. Houston. The Gators are the first program with 3 titles in basketball and football:
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The men and women’s basketball tournaments would hold their semifinals and title games in the same city on the same weekend, with similar staggered scheduling as there currently is. Though a combined Final Four likely couldn’t take place until at least 2032, with sites on both sides locked in until 2031.
Geno Auriemma, who makes $3.75 million a year on average, sounds energized enough to keep coaching the UConn women's basketball team.
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The Connecticut Huskies men's basketball program has been the pinnacle of college basketball over the past two seasons. However, after Monday night, there’s a new champion, as the Florida Gators defeated the Houston Cougars in a thrilling 65-63 showdown.