In the final clash of a Final Four packed with top seeds, Florida and Houston will meet in the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball championship game on Monday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Tipoff is at 8:50 p.m. ET, and the game will be broadcast on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.

All four No. 1 seeds will be present in the Elite Eight after the Tigers and Cougars survived respective scares on Friday

The Athletic has live coverage of Florida vs Houston in the March Madness men’s national championship game. Three weeks ago, 24 staffers submitted their predictions for The Athletic’s consensus men’s NCAA Tournament bracket.

As ridiculously good as the national semifinals were, no one will be pining to see Cinderella this late in the NCAA tournament next year. Those results leave two teams left standing. It will be Florida versus Houston for college basketball’s ultimate prize.

Whoever said there were no great underdog stories left in March Madness, or that the title would go to whichever team spends the most money — or amasses the gaudiest collection of big names from the transfer portal — probably never checked out Houston.

Florida and Houston will face off for the national championship to cap the 2025 men’s NCAA Tournament. Follow updates from our team of reporters live from the game below. Subscribe to The Athletic on an exclusive offer here.

Todd Golden’s Florida Gators face Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars for college basketball’s national title Monday night in the Alamodome.

Houston was in control for much of the game and didn't allow Florida to take a second-half lead until Alijah Martin hit two free throws with 46.5 remaining after drawing a foul on

The 2025 men's NCAA tournament came to a close on Monday night, with the Florida Gators earning a hard-fought 65-63 victory over the Houston Cougars for their first national championship since they won back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007.

Walter Clayton Jr. was held scoreless by Houston in the first half of the NCAA championship game on Monday. Then he roared to life to lead the Gators to a title.

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Florida basketball trails Houston by three (31-28) at the half. Fortunately for the Gators, they've been a dominant second half team this NCAA Tournament.

Florida first appeared in the national championship game in 2000, but didn't win until going back to back in 2006 and 2007. This was the program's first appearance for the title s

The national title game between Florida and Houston could come down to the NCAA Tournament's best clutch player against the country's best clutch defense. Walter Clayton Jr., leads the Gators into Monday night's final against a long-armed Cougars defense that has snuffed out every team it has seen over this run to its first title game since 1984.

After two competitive Final Four games — one of which was an instant classic — the Men’s NCAA Basketball Championship was a nail biter as the Florida Gators defeated the Houston Cougars 65-63. Houston led 31-28 at the half.

The Florida Gators and Houston Cougars are the last two teams standing this March Madness season, and the pair of No. 1 seeds face one more battle in Monday’s NCAA national championship game.