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It's never been harder to project next season's rosters in April than it is right now.
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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.
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Florida guard Walter Clayton Jr. took home Most Outstanding Player honors at this year's tournament, scoring 10 of his 11 points on Monday during the second half following back-to-back 30-point games...
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Houston uncorked mayhem in the penultimate game of this year's NCAA Tournament with an amazing comeback Saturday to defeat Duke 70-67 in the Final Four. The Cougars erased a 14-point second-half deficit and closed on a 25-8 run to stun the Blue Devils, tying for the second-largest Final Four comeback in the last decade.
Houston’s suffocating defense wiped away a 14-point deficit over the final eight minutes and erased Cooper Flagg and Duke’s title hopes Saturday in a 70-67 stunner over the Blue Devils at the Final Four.
A relatively mundane men’s NCAA Tournament was playing to script late Saturday night at the Alamodome, another boring double-digit Duke win to digest, leaving us with faint hopes of Florida phenom Walter Clayton Jr. hitting enough circus shots against the Blue Devils to make Monday memorable.
Duke lost to Houston 70-67 after allowing 9 points in 35 seconds. Craig Carton, Danny Parkins, Mark Schlereth, and John Fanta discuss what went wrong for Duke.
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In an NCAA Tournament classic, Houston produced a stunning late-game comeback to defeat Duke 70-67 Saturday night.
The veteran coach has rebuilt the Cougars with grit, substance and character. He just earned his greatest victory in the Final Four against Duke.
Duke led by as many as 14 in the second half, but Houston clawed its way back as the Blue Devils went cold from the floor. The Cougars will face Florida in the national title game Monday.
Houston secured the second spot in the NCAA men's tournament title game with a furious rally to defeat Duke. The Cougars will face Florida on Monday.
With 17.2 seconds remaining in Saturday night's Final Four game between No. 1 seeds Duke and Houston, Duke -- which led by 14 points earlier in the second half -- found itself trailing by one point and needed a bucket in the clutch.