Madness tournament came to an end Monday night as the Florida Gators took home the NCAA men's basketball championship.

But Florida would not be denied. The Gators looked cooked when Houston opened up a 42-30 second-half lead. But Florida persevered and rallied for a 65-63 win to secure the program's third national championship. The victory denied Houston and head coach Kelvin Sampson each their first.

Florida basketball players describe final stop vs Houston in NCAA championship as Gators didn't allow Cougars to get off a shot.

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,

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

Florida is a unanimous No. 1 in the final Associated Press men’s college basketball poll of the 2024-25 season after winning the national championship. The Gators beat

Here's a look at where USA TODAY Sports ranks the Florida Gators' three NCAA Tournament championship wins during this century.

Madness is now over. The Florida Gators beat Houston to win the men's NCAA championship game, while UConn defeated South Carolina to take the women's championship. And while

Florida basketball will hold its national championship celebration on Saturday at The Swamp. Here are more details about the event.

Here's where CBS Sports projects the Florida Gators to start off next season when they begin their defense of the 2025 national championship.

The women's college basketball transfer portal opened one week later than it did last year, but that hasn't curtailed the activity. Since it opened March 24, more than 1,200 players have entered. Just over 100 have already committed to new schools,

In a men's NCAA Tournament in which upsets were unusual and a women's field sans Caitlin Clark, betting nevertheless was up on both sides this year at BetMGM Sportsbook and Caesars Sportsbook. BetMGM saw an 18% increase on a men's side in which all four No.

Memphis basketball and football made history this season. For the first time ever, both teams ended the season ranked in the Top 25 of the AP Poll. Football finished ranked No. 24, while men's basketball finished ranked No.

Florida is expected to enter the 2025-26 campaign as the second-best team in the nation according to The Athletic's way-too-early rankings.

The greatest Final Four ever? Maybe. Here's our round-by-round grades for another edition of March Madness full of drama.

The Lady Vols are projected to be a top-10 team in early rankings for 2025-26 in Kim Caldwell's second season leading Tennessee.

Madness just does not miss. In contrast, college football supplies maybe the best regular season in all of sports, but its playoff often falls flat.

Brayden Burries committed to the Wildcats on Wednesday, giving the program its second 5-star prospect in the past two weeks