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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr., rear, knocks the ...

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 Florida Gators defeated the Houston Cougars 65-63 in the NCAA title game. Houston led by as many as 12 points in the second half. The Cougars have never won an NCAA title. SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The ...

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 ...

Houston basketball is a bit different than most teams, with coach Kelvin Sampson building a program model that is predicated on grit and defense. Sampson's core pillars have turned the Cougars ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO — On a whiteboard in the Houston Cougars locker room inside the Alamodome, Kelvin Sampson wrote down his team’s record: 35-4. Then, underneath it: “One more.” The message was c ...