For 30-plus minutes in Monday's NCAA title game, Houston's defense flustered a freewheeling Florida offense into playing its own grinding game. But Florida would not be denied. The Gators looked ...

After Monday’s loss in the national championship game, Houston still has never won a national title in men’s basketball. It won’t be a consolation to Houston fans now, but the Cougars are ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Nearly an hour after Houston coach Kelvin Sampson walked off the court amid flurries of Florida-colored orange and blue confetti, he stood in front of a black curtain in a hallway ...

SAN ANTONIO — Towels covered the faces of Houston’s teary-eyed players. The locker room was as silent as a library, interrupted only by a scream tinged with agony. The top-seeded Cougars ...

The college basketball season came down to the No. 1 seed Florida Gators and No. 1 seed Houston Cougars on Monday night, as the two teams battled for the NCAA Tournament Championship. In a ...

The Florida Gators have been crowned champions of the 2025 men’s basketball NCAA Tournament after defeating the Houston Cougars, 65-63, in thrilling fashion on Monday night. The Gators had not ...

The 2025 NCAA basketball season wraps up tonight when the top-seeded Florida Gators face the Houston Cougars in this year’s national championship game. The Cougars are chasing their first-ever ...

SAN ANTONIO — This ending was gritty and ugly, just the way Houston usually likes games. Except it was Florida forcing bad shots and turnovers against Houston to finish off the national ...

The Houston Cougars held a 31-28 halftime lead at the Alamodome in San Antonio in the men's national championship Monday night. The final 20 minutes brought the latest moment of heartbreak for ...

One thing that’s obvious about Florida and Houston heading into the national championship game: Neither team is going to quit. Florida was down eight at halftime of the national semifinals ...

In a battle of No. 1 seeds, the Gators erased a double-digit second-half deficit to stun the Houston Cougars in the men's NCAA Tournament championship Monday. Houston had the last chance to win ...

SAN ANTONIO — The texts piled up on Kelvin Sampson’s phone in the hours after his Houston team ripped a Final Four victory out of Duke’s hands late Saturday night. He responded to none.