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2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
National championship game
Florida Gators Houston Cougars
SEC Big 12
(35–4) (35–4)
65 63
Head coach:
Todd Golden		 Head coach:
Kelvin Sampson
1st half2nd half Total
Florida Gators 2837 65
Houston Cougars 3132 63
DateApril 7, 2025
VenueAlamodome, San Antonio, Texas
MVPWalter Clayton Jr., Florida
FavoriteFlorida by 1.5[1]
Referees
  • Ron Groover
  • Terry Oglesby
  • Doug Sirmons
Attendance66,602
National anthemRobert Carter
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
Announcers
Nielsen Ratings(18.1 million)
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The 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. It determined the national champion for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and was contested by the No. 1 seed Florida Gators from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the No. 1 seed Houston Cougars from the Big 12 Conference. The game was played on April 7, 2025, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Florida, the SEC regular season runners-up, won the SEC tournament and were seeded first in the NCAA West Regional. They defeated Norfolk State, UConn, Maryland, Texas Tech, and Auburn to reach the championship game with a record of 35–4. The Gators entered seeking their third national title in what is their fourth championship appearance. Houston finished as Big 12 regular season and tournament champions and received the top seed in the NCAA Midwest Regional; they defeated SIU Edwardsville, Gonzaga, Purdue, Tennessee, and Duke en route to the championship game. They entered with a similar 35–4 record and were seeking their first national title.

Participants

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Florida Gators

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Main article: 2024–25 Florida Gators men's basketball team

The Florida Gators, representing the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, were led by head coach Todd Golden in his third season.[2] The Gators were ranked No. 21 in both the preseason AP Poll and the preseason Coaches Poll.[3][4] They were picked to finish sixth in the preseason Southeastern Conference (SEC) media poll.[5] A CBS Sports preseason preview predicted that the Gators would finish seventh in the conference and named Walter Clayton Jr.—a preseason all-conference first team selection—as a key returner and the "most important piece" of Florida's 2023–24 team.[6][5] They also listed Will Richard and third team preseason all-conference selection Alex Condon as key returners and Florida Atlantic transfer Alijah Martin as a "high-profile" arrival.[6] Sports Illustrated also named Clayton first team all-conference and selected Florida to finish fourth in the SEC.[7]

The Gators opened their season with a neutral-site victory against South Florida in Jacksonville.[8] They defeated rivals Florida State several games later to improve to 4–0,[9] and they won the ESPN Events Invitational with defeats of Wake Forest and Wichita State later that month.[10][11] After a defeat of Virginia in the ACC–SEC Challenge,[12] prompting the Gators' first top-ten AP ranking in five seasons,[13] they won back-to-back neutral site contests over Arizona State and North Carolina to improve to 11–0.[14][15] The Gators entered conference play with a 13–0 record but suffered a loss at No. 10 Kentucky in their first SEC game, though a thirty-point upset over No. 1 Tennessee followed immediately after. The Gators lost the rematch with Tennessee, then ranked No. 8, in Knoxville roughly a month later but earned ranked wins over No. 1 Auburn,[16] No. 22 Mississippi State,[17] No. 12 Texas A&M,[18] and No. 7 Alabama over the course of their remaining SEC schedule.[19] The Gators finished the regular season with a 14–4 SEC record, earning them the No. 2 seed in the SEC tournament.[20] In the SEC Tournament, the Gators defeated (7) Missouri,[21] (3) Alabama,[22] and (4) Tennessee en route to their fifth SEC tournament championship.[23]

Florida was selected as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament West Regional and were assigned to play their first and second round games at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.[24] They defeated (16) Norfolk State in the first round and (8) UConn to advance to the regional semifinal at the Chase Center in San Francisco.[25][26] There, the Gators defeated Maryland to advance to the regional final,[27] and they overcame a 10-point deficit to beat (3) Texas Tech to advance to their first Final Four since 2014.[28] The Gators met (1) Auburn, champions of the South Regional, in the Final Four. Florida won that game, 79–73, behind 34 points from Clayton, to advance to the national championship.[29] This was Florida's fourth appearance in the national championship game (2000, 2006, 2007). The Gators had won in their last two appearances in 2006 and 2007, with their sole loss coming in 2000.[30][31]

Houston Cougars

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Main article: 2024–25 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

The Houston Cougars, representing the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, were led by head coach Kelvin Sampson in his eleventh season.[32] The Cougars were picked to finish second in the preseason Big 12 Conference coaches' poll and received five of the available sixteen first-place votes.[33] CBS Sports and USA Today similarly picked them to finish second while Sports Illustrated picked them to finish first.[34][35][36] Among the Houston players that received preseason praise were returners LJ Cryer, a first team all-Big 12 selection and the Cougars' leading scorer the year prior,[33][34] J'Wan Roberts,[34] and Emanuel Sharp, a Sports Illustrated first team all-conference pick,[34][36] as well as Oklahoma transfer Milos Uzan.[36]

Houston began their season with mixed results; they had a 4–3 record over their first seven games including a five-point loss to No. 11 Auburn[37] and a pair of losses, to No. 9 Alabama and San Diego State, at the Players Era Festival.[38][39] They beat Butler in the Big East–Big 12 Battle and went on to finish their non-conference schedule with an 8–3 record.[40][41] The Cougars won each of their first nine Big 12 Conference games, including a double-overtime road win at No. 12 Kansas on January 25,[42][43] before they suffered their first conference loss by one point to No. 22 Texas Tech in overtime.[44] In addition to victories against No. 13 Arizona,[45] No. 8 Iowa State,[46] and then-unranked Kansas,[47] Houston won the rematch against No. 10 Texas Tech on February 24 to clinch a share of the conference title[48] and later beat Cincinnati on March 1 to clinch their second straight outright Big 12 regular season championship.[49] In the Big 12 tournament, the Cougars defeated (16) Colorado,[50] (4) BYU,[51] and (3) Arizona to win the conference tournament title; the championship win against Arizona clinched Houston's fourth consecutive thirty-win season.[52]

Houston earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Regional, marking the third straight tournament in which Houston was selected as a No. 1 seed.[53] They opened their tournament run at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas, against (16) SIU Edwardsville, whom they defeated by 38 points.[54] They then defeated (8) Gonzaga in the second round to advance to the regional semifinal at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis; this was the sixth straight Sweet Sixteen for Houston and snapped Gonzaga's streak of nine in a row.[55] The Cougars beat Purdue by two points on a layup by Uzan with 0.9 seconds remaining to reach the regional final,[56] where they defeated Tennessee by nineteen points.[57] The Cougars met (1) Duke, champions of the East Regional, in the Final Four,[58] and overcame a 14-point second-half deficit to win by three points and reach their third national championship.[59] The Cougars were 0–2 in previous championship appearances, in 1983 and 1984.[60]

Starting lineups

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Florida Position Houston
Alex Condon F Joseph Tugler
Rueben Chinyelu C F J'Wan Roberts
Will Richard G Milos Uzan
Walter Clayton Jr. G Emanuel Sharp
Alijah Martin G LJ Cryer
Source[61]

Game summary

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Walter Clayton Jr. (pictured in 2023) was named Most Outstanding Player.

The game began with Houston winning the opening tip, and the Cougars scored first on a jump shot by Joseph Tugler after missed shots by both teams on their respective first possessions. The Cougars came away scoreless from their next possession despite three shot attempts, and Alex Condon scored Florida's first points of the contest on a dunk two minutes in. Condon drew Florida even at four points apiece following a Milos Uzan jumper half a minute later, and the teams traded field goals—three each—over the next four minutes with Tugler, Emanuel Sharp, and Ja'Vier Francis scoring for the Cougars and Rueben Chinyelu, Micah Handlogten, and Thomas Haugh scoring for the Gators. With the score tied at ten, Houston scored the game's next six points on field goals by Uzan, J'Wan Roberts, and Mylik Wilson to establish their largest lead to that point. Each team made two jump shots in quick succession shortly after—Will Richard twice for three points and Francis twice for two points. Alijah Martin's layup brought Florida back within two points and another three-point jumper by Richard tied the game just over a minute later. Houston responded with an 8–0 run over the subsequent minute; Cryer began the run with a three-pointer and, after two missed Florida jumpers, the Cougars converted with a dunk and another three-pointer, both by Wilson. A Condon layup marked the last points before the media timeout with 3:41 remaining, and Richard converted a two-point jumper out of the timeout to trim the deficit to four. Each team made one final shot in the final two minutes of the half: Cryer made a two-pointer with 1:37 to play and Richard made a three-pointer with 52 seconds remaining. This brought Houston's lead to 31–28, the halftime score.[62] Houston's defense was a theme of the first half, as Florida recorded nine turnovers to Houston's two and Walter Clayton Jr. was held scoreless.[63] David Cobb of CBS Sports wrote that Florida was "fortunate" to still be in the game at halftime.[64]

The second half began with each team making a field goal in the opening ninety seconds—Cryer on a three-point jumper and Condon on a dunk. A stretch of eight unanswered points from the Cougars followed (Uzan, Cryer, and Roberts contributed) as part of an 11–2 run to open the half.[62] This resulted in a 42–30 Houston lead, marking Florida's largest deficit of the tournament.[63] Additionally, Florida compiled five fouls, including a technical foul assessed on the bench, less than three minutes into the half.[64] A dunk by Condon and free throws by Clayton narrowed the lead to eight, but Roberts and Sharp scored to put Houston ahead 45–34 with fourteen minutes to play. The Gators spent the following two minutes on an 8–0 run with field goals by Denzel Aberdeen, Martin, and Haugh. This brought Florida within three points, but a Cryer three-pointer with 11:29 put Houston back ahead by six points. A scoring drought in excess of two minutes followed, despite a pair of free throw attempts by Handlogten; the next points scored were by Aberdeen from the free throw line, making the score 48–44. Chinyelu made one of two free throw attempts for the Gators roughly thirty seconds later, and Clayton converted a three-point play (a layup, which was his first field goal,[64] and a subsequent free throw) with under eight minutes to tie the game at 48. After a technical foul on Chinyelu, Cryer made both free throws, though the game was soon after tied at 51. The teams traded field goals on brief possessions for the following minute and a half, and Houston led 56–55 with 5:32 to play before a Sharp layup following a Florida timeout gave them a three-point lead. The Cougars maintained this lead until a Clayton three-pointer with 3:14 tied the game at 60. Martin made a pair of free throws with 46 seconds left to give Florida a one-point advantage and another free throw by Aberdeen put Florida ahead 65–63 with 19 seconds on the clock. They forced a turnover during Houston's final possession to complete their national championship victory.[62] In total, the Gators led for only 1:04 of the forty minutes of game time.[64][65]

April 7
8:50 p.m. EDT
No. 1 Florida Gators 65, No. 1 Houston Cougars 63
Scoring by half: 28–31, 37–32
Pts: Richard – 18
Rebs: Richard – 8
Asts: Clayton Jr. – 7		 Pts: Cryer – 19
Rebs: Roberts – 8
Asts: Cryer – 2
Alamodome – San Antonio, Texas
Attendance: 66,602
Referees: Ron Groover, Doug Sirmons, Terry Oglesby
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
F 21 Alex Condon 12 7 0
C 9 Rueben Chinyelu 3 5 0
G 5 Will Richard 18 8 2
G 1 Walter Clayton Jr. 11 5 7
G 15 Alijah Martin 7 1 0
Reserves:
F 10 Thomas Haugh 5 5 3
C 3 Micah Handlogten 2 4 2
G 11 Denzel Aberdeen 7 2 0
Head coach:
Todd Golden
Florida 0 jersey
Team colours
Florida
Houston jersey
Team colours
Houston

Florida Statistics Houston
21/53 (40%) Field goals 24/69 (35%)
6/24 (25%) 3-pt field goals 6/25 (24%)
17/21 (81%) Free throws 9/14 (64%)
8 Offensive rebounds 15
32 Defensive rebounds 24
40 Total rebounds 39
14 Assists 5
13 Turnovers 9
7 Steals 5
5 Blocks 6
11 Fouls 19
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
F 11 Joseph Tugler 5 4 0
G 13 J'Wan Roberts 8 8 0
G 7 Milos Uzan 6 5 1
G 21 Emanuel Sharp 8 3 1
G 4 LJ Cryer 19 6 2
Reserves:
F 5 Ja'Vier Francis 8 6 0
G 23 Terrance Arceneaux 0 1 0
G 8 Mylik Wilson 9 2 1
Head coach:
Kelvin Sampson

Media coverage

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The championship game was televised in the United States by CBS. Ian Eagle provided play-by-play, while Bill Raftery and Grant Hill both provided color commentary. Tracy Wolfson was the sideline reporter.[66]

Aftermath

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Walter Clayton Jr. of Florida was named Most Outstanding Player (MOP).[67] Florida's victory marked the first men's national title for the SEC since 2012, when Kentucky defeated Kansas 67–59.[68]

See also

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