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Monday's national championship averaged 18.1 million viewers on CBS, up 22% year-over-year and the most-watched title game since 2019, when Virginia beat Texas Tech in overtime.
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Florida entered the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament ranked No. 3 in the country on AP Top 25, and a national championship run has the Gators up to No. 1 to end the 2024-25 season.
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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.
Madness arrived on Monday. Here are scores, highlights and more from Florida and Houston's NCAA Tournament championship game:
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.
March Madness ended with a bang, with Monday’s championship game drawing its biggest audience since 2019. Monday’s matchup between Florida and Houston scored 18.1 million viewers on CBS, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day viewing figures, up 22% from last year’s NCAA championship game.
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The greatest Final Four ever? Maybe. Here's our round-by-round grades for another edition of March Madness full of drama.
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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.
Cooper Flagg is locked into the top overall pick, while the Rutgers duo goes 2–3, plus other notes from scouts more than two months out from June’s draft.
Since the NCAA tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 — its modern format — only five of 40 national champions were unranked to start the season.
March Madness officially ended on Monday with Florida defeating Houston to win the NCAA Men's basketball tournament. However, college sports fans still have something to look forward to, as the NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament is down to its Frozen Four.
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