Florida rallies from a 12-point deficit to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship, leaving the Cougars just shy of their first title.

What was the Houston vs Florida score? College basketball NCAA Tournament March Madness national championship game score, recap for Gators vs Cougars.

The 2025 NCAA Tournament has reached the finish line for Monday night's finale in San Antonio's Alamodome when No. 1 seeds Florida and Houston meet in the NCAA championship game. The Cougars are seeking the first national title in program history, while the Gators could win their third crown this century with a win.

The Florida Gators earned all 61 first-place votes in the final AP Top 25 Poll of the season after winning the NCAA Tournament.

After beating the Houston Cougars for the 2025 NCAA Tournament title, the Florida Gators are the No. 1 team in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

The first season of the new Big 12 went as well as the conference could have hoped, until the last 30 seconds of the final game. Houston’s bungled final possession in the NCAA championship game Monday night left the Cougars two points short and prevented the Big 12 from claiming its third national title in five years.

The Florida Gators men’s basketball team brought home its first national title in 18 years Monday in the most-watched NCAA national championship game since 2019. The Florida-Houston matchup averaged 18.

In the end, college basketball always delivers. Surely this past weekend was proof, with its incessant nail-biting Final Four, starting with Florida’s 79-73 upset of overall No. 1 seed Auburn, then Houston’s furious rally to shock Duke 70-67,