Latest news with #MarchMadnessLive
USA Today
07-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
How to watch today's men's national championship game: TV channel, live stream for Houston vs. Florida
How to watch today's men's national championship game: TV channel, live stream for Houston vs. Florida Show Caption Hide Caption Grant Hill talks Final Four storylines, takes playful jab at Charles Barkley We caught up with Hall of Famer Grant Hill at the Final Four and he tells us what he loves about this Final Four field. Sports Seriously A 2024-25 men's college basketball season that began all the way back in early November will wrap up as it always does — by crowning a national champion on the first Monday of April. After a thrilling set of national semifinal games Saturday night, No. 1 seeds Houston and Florida will meet at the Alamodome in San Antonio Monday night to close the curtains on the 2025 NCAA Tournament, with the winner earning the honor of lifting the NCAA championship trophy. Thanks to some customary heroics from All-American guard Walter Clayton Jr., the Gators surged past SEC foe Auburn in the second half in a 79-73 victory in the Final Four on Saturday. A win would make Florida just the 10th Division I men's basketball program with at least three NCAA Tournament titles. REQUIRED READING: Houston's stunner vs. Duke after years of heartbreak 'soothes a lot of wounds' Coach Kelvin Sampson's Cougars staged an even more improbable comeback, rallying from a nine-point deficit with 2:10 remaining to stun Cooper Flagg and Duke 70-67. With the victory, Houston is in the NCAA championship game for the first time since 1984, all the way back when Hakeem Olajuwon was the team's star player. Here's what you need to know to catch the NCAA championship game between Houston and Florida, including the TV channel and live stream: What channel is Houston vs Florida national championship game? TV channel: CBS Houston and Florida's NCAA championship matchup will air on CBS, the traditional broadcast home of the Final Four. Ian Eagle (play-by-play), Bill Raftery (analyst) and Grant Hill (analyst) will be on the call while Tracy Wolfson serves as the sideline reporter. REQUIRED READING: Walter Clayton Jr. continues to carry Florida. A title will make him a Gators legend. Houston vs Florida national championship live stream Streaming options for Monday's NCAA championship game between Houston and Florida include March Madness Live, which can be accessed for free via the NCAA's website, and Fubo, which offers a free trial to potential subscribers. Watch Houston vs Florida live with Fubo (free trial) Houston vs Florida national championship game start time Date : Monday, April 7 : Monday, April 7 Time: 8:50 p.m. ET The Cougars and Gators are scheduled to tip off at 8:50 p.m. ET on Monday, April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
USA Today
07-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Houston vs Florida live updates: National championship game time, where to watch
It all comes down to this: The 2024-25 college basketball national champion will be crowned on Monday when No. 1 seeds Houston and Florida face off in San Antonio. The Cougars and Gators survived past Duke and Auburn, respectively, in the Final Four, with Houston completing the largest comeback in Final Four history over a loaded Blue Devils squad. Florida, meanwhile, defeated conference foe Auburn for the second time in as many tries this season. Longtime coach Kelvin Sampson looks for his first national title and Houston's first as a program, while Florida looks to get back to the mountaintops for the first time since Billy Donovan led back-to-back championship wins in 2006-07. Follow along below as USA TODAY Sports brings live updates, highlights and analysis from the game. Houston vs Florida national championship live score This section will be updated live. Team 1H 2H F Florida — — — Houston — — — Houston NCAA championship wins To date, Houston has never won a national championship. Indeed, this is the Cougars' first national title game appearance since making it twice in 1983 and 1984. For more on their history, click here. Houston vs Florida betting odds Odds from BetMGM as of Monday, April 7 Spread: Florida (-1.5) Florida (-1.5) Over/under: 140.5 140.5 Moneyline: Florida -115 | Houston -105 Houston vs Florida picks, predictions Here are our experts' predictions for Houston-Florida in the men's national championship game on Monday night: Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY: Houston 72, Florida 69 Florida 69 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY: Houston 71, Florida 63 Florida 63 Erick Smith, USA TODAY: Florida 66, Houston 65 Houston 65 Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY: Florida 68 , Houston 65 , Houston 65 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY: Houston 75, Florida 71 Florida 71 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY: Houston 61, Florida 57 Houston vs Florida time today Time: 8:50 p.m. ET 8:50 p.m. ET Date: Monday, April 7 Monday, April 7 Location: Alamodome (San Antonio) Houston and Florida's national title matchup is scheduled to tip off at 8:50 p.m. ET from the Alamodome in San Antonio. Where to watch Houston vs Florida basketball TV channel: CBS CBS Streaming: March Madness Live app | Fubo (free trial) Houston vs. Florida will air live on CBS, with streaming options available on the March Madness Live app or Fubo, which offers a free trial to potential subscribers.
CNN
07-04-2025
- Sport
- CNN
Florida and Houston set for men's national championship showdown after thrilling Final Four wins
One last college basketball game remains in the 2024-25 season and if Saturday's Final Four is any indication, it's going to be quite the ride. Florida and Houston will collide in San Antonio's Alamodome for the men's title after a national semifinal round that was simply magical. The Gators got to this point by surviving a heavyweight bout with fellow SEC team Auburn, outlasting the Tigers through the heroics of Walter Clayton Jr. The Cougars earned their way into this contest with one of the most unlikely comebacks in Final Four history that included trailing by six with 75 seconds to play. Both teams will have needed Sunday's day of rest. Houston's head coach Kelvin Sampson said Sunday that his players will have plenty left in the tank after their incredible rally against Duke. 'Lives are so consumed by our next game, your next game. I'm glad last night was not our last game, that we do have a next game,' he said. 'That's a good thing for this group because I've enjoyed coaching this team.' The game between the Gators and Cougars tips off at 8:50 p.m. ET on CBS and pits the No. 1 seeds from the West Region and the No. 1 seed from the Midwest Region. If you want to watch via streaming services, Fubo carries the game as does the March Madness Live app. If styles make matchups, then we're in for an intense battle on Monday. Houston comes in sporting one of the nation's best defenses, which was a key factor in their win against Cooper Flagg and Duke on Saturday night. On the other end of things, Florida's explosive offense can barely be contained once it gets going and Gators guard Clayton is the straw that stirs the drink. 'We're an elite offensive team, a top-10 defensive team. They're a top-10 offensive team and elite defensive team,' Florida head coach Todd Golden said. 'I think it's going to be a contrasting battle that way. Hopefully, we can get the game up and down a little bit. They're going to impose their will as they've done on everybody this year. We're a pretty tough team also.' He added, 'They're absolutely an elite team. The way they guard, they're going to make it really hard on us. I think they'll pressure the ball screen, try to get the ball out of Walt's hands. But they rotate, they're long, they play so hard, so tough. We're going to have great mental and physical toughness if we want to give ourselves a chance tomorrow night.' The Gators average a tick over 85 points per game and have been on an absolute tear this season. The Cougars only allow about 58 points per game and can ratchet up the pressure in the blink of an eye as the Blue Devils learned on Saturday – Duke made one free field goal in the final 10 minutes of its game against Houston. 'They're the best defensive team in America. They have just a great identity as a program of just being both physically and mentally tough. That's something we've tried to pride ourselves on this year,' Golden said. 'Houston I would say is a great example of that. Not only this year but Coach Sampson and his program have done it for a long time now.' The Final Four was all about Clayton and Houston's LJ Cryer. Expect much more of the same on Monday. Clayton pulled off something only one other college player has done when he scored 34 against Auburn in the Final Four: back-to-back games racking up more than 30 points in the Elite Eight and Final Four. The only other player to pull off that feat was Larry Bird, the legendary Indiana State and Boston Celtics star. It was Clayton who took the biggest shots in crunchtime after the Gators overcame Auburn's strong first half. In fact, when the Tigers were getting out to a lead and dominating the opening stages of the game, it was Clayton who kept them in the contest by slashing to the basket repeatedly for layups and sinking 3-pointers. He shares that in common with Cryer, who was Houston's only bright spot on offense for much of Saturday night. The senior guard at one point had half of his team's points before the rest of the Cougars squad woke up and caught fire in the final minutes. 'Our best player, the guy that kept us in the game, was LJ. He kept us in touch with them. So, when the time came, we had an opportunity to get the lead down where we could put some game pressure on 'em, LJ was the guy,' Sampson said. Each player will be the focus of the opposing defense on Monday night, and Golden said Clayton's teammates are going to have to step up to get him the same kind of looks he enjoyed on Saturday. 'I think Walter is going to be able to run around it a little bit, keep them on their toes in terms of whether he's going to get off it quick and let somebody else make the play or get in the paint,' he said. Sampson is 69 years old while Golden is 39. They're very different head coaches but they share one thing in common: they're both going after their first national title on Monday. Golden is known to be an analytics whiz who looks to the numbers to guide his game plans, while Sampson is much more old school. 'We're very analytical in everything we do. We talk about that a lot. Whether it's roster building, whether it's scheduling, deciding who I want to play, game scouting reports, etc.,' Golden said. 'It's more than any one specific thing, the way I like to explain it, a macro outlook on our decision-making and how we build out. We try to gather as much data as we possibly can when it comes to any sort of decision, then make what decision that data tells us to make. Then we got to live with the consequences. It's not always going to work. Life is not perfect. You want to give yourself the best chance to be successful and live with the results.' Sampson said he's definitely learned from coaches like Golden and Duke's Jon Scheyer, another young head coach who is already succeeding early in his career. 'The game is in good hands with the young coaches. I think they're better set up to navigate these choppy waters that we have in front of us than maybe the old guys that coached the game when there was no shot clock, no three-point line. Then we had a 45-second shot clock. Most of these young ones don't even know that,' he said before the Final Four tipped off. 'I know I learned from 'em. There's a lot to be learned from these young guys, how they do things, their ideas, their energy. There's a lot of things I don't know. I've always been pretty good about not knowing what I don't know.' But that respect doesn't mean that Sampson isn't looking to score one for the sport's elders on Monday. 'Last night, I got so many texts. I haven't returned any. There's too many to even look at. I didn't even get through all of them,' Sampson said on Sunday with a smile. 'I saw Tubby (Smith) and Rick Barnes, Tom Izzo, (Gregg Popovich), a bunch of the older coaches. They all kind of had similar messages to me: win one for the old guys, something like that.'
USA Today
07-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
What time is Florida vs Houston on tonight? Game date, location, TV channel
Hear this story The road officially ends here. After six months and thousands of games, men's college basketball's biggest night has arrived, as the final two teams in the 68-team NCAA Tournament will play for the right to be etched into the history books as national champions. No. 1 seed Florida and No. 1 seed Houston are set to tip off at 8:50 p.m. ET on Saturday at the Alamodome in the national championship game of the men's NCAA Tournament. To make the championship game, Florida took down SEC foe and No. 1 overall seed Auburn, 79-73, in the Final Four on Saturday. Walter Clayton Jr. was once against stellar for the Gators, helping them come back from an eight-point halftime deficit with 34 points. As for the Cougars, they shocked No. 1 Duke in a Final Four thriller on Saturday. In what was a battle between the No. 1 offense and No. 1 defense in the country on KenPom, L.J. Cryer led the Cougars with 26 points as Houston mounted a historic comeback down the stretch with an 11-1 run. A win on Monday would give Florida its first national championship since going back-to-back in 2006-07, while a win for Houston would give the Cougars their first national championship and make coach Kelvin Sampson the oldest coach to win men's March Madness. Here's what you need to know what time Houston and Florida tip off in the national championship game of the men's NCAA Tournament, including how to watch information and more: What time is Houston vs Florida basketball today? Date: Monday, April 7 Monday, April 7 Time: 8:50 p.m. ET 8:50 p.m. ET Location: Alamodome (San Antonio) Houston and Florida will tip off at 8:50 p.m. ET on Monday, April 7 in the national championship game of the men's NCAA Tournament from the Alamodome in San Antonio. What channel is Houston vs Florida basketball today? TV channel: CBS CBS Streaming options: March Madness Live app | Fubo (free trial) The national championship matchup between Houston and Florida will be nationally televised on CBS. Streaming options for the game include the March Madness Live app (with a TV login) and Fubo, which carries CBS and offers a free trial to new subscribers. Where is men's NCAA Tournament national championship? Location: Alamodome (San Antonio) Houston and Florida will face each other in the national championship game of the men's NCAA Tournament inside the historic Alamodome in San Antonio. Houston vs Florida predictions, odds, picks Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Sunday, April 6. Spread: Florida -1.5 Florida -1.5 Over/Under: 141.5 141.5 Moneyline: Florida (-118) | Houston (-102) Florida basketball schedule 2024-25 Below is Florida's NCAA Tournament schedule entering Sunday's game. For the Gators' full schedule, click here. Friday, March 21: (1) Florida 95, (16) Norfolk State (NCAA Tournament — First Round) (1) Florida 95, (16) Norfolk State (NCAA Tournament — First Round) Sunday, March 23: (1) Florida 77, (8) UConn 75 (NCAA Tournament — Second Round) (1) Florida 77, (8) UConn 75 (NCAA Tournament — Second Round) Thursday, March 27: (1) Florida 87, (4) Maryland (NCAA Tournament — Sweet 16) (1) Florida 87, (4) Maryland (NCAA Tournament — Sweet 16) Saturday, March 29: (1) Florida 84, (3) Texas Tech (NCAA Tournament — Elite Eight) (1) Florida 84, (3) Texas Tech (NCAA Tournament — Elite Eight) Saturday, April 5: (1) Florida 79, (1) Auburn 73 (NCAA Tournament — Final Four) Houston basketball schedule 2024-25 Below is Houston's NCAA Tournament schedule entering Sunday's game. For the Cougars' full schedule, click here. Thursday, March 20: (1) Houston 78, (16) SIU Edwardsville 40 (NCAA Tournament — First Round) (1) Houston 78, (16) SIU Edwardsville 40 (NCAA Tournament — First Round) Saturday, March 22: (1) Houston 81, (8) Gonzaga 76 (NCAA Tournament — Second Round) (1) Houston 81, (8) Gonzaga 76 (NCAA Tournament — Second Round) Friday, March 28: (1) Houston 100, (4) Purdue 60 (NCAA Tournament — Sweet 16) (1) Houston 100, (4) Purdue 60 (NCAA Tournament — Sweet 16) Sunday, March 30: (1) Houston 69, (2) Tennessee 50 (NCAA Tournament — Elite Eight) (1) Houston 69, (2) Tennessee 50 (NCAA Tournament — Elite Eight) Saturday, April 5: (1) Houston 70, (1) Duke 67 (NCAA Tournament — Final Four)
USA Today
06-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
What time is UConn vs South Carolina? Time, TV schedule to watch Women's March Madness
What time is UConn vs South Carolina? Time, TV schedule to watch Women's March Madness Show Caption Hide Caption What is a Gamecock? South Carolina players take a guess South Carolina players are quizzed on what kind of bird a Gamecock is during Final Four weekend. Sports Seriously From 68 teams to just two teams. The 2025 women's NCAA Tournament will reach its conclusion Sunday with the national championship game between No. 1 South Carolina and No. 2 UConn. The 2022 national championship rematch has a lot of firepower and will be the final collegiate game for Huskies superstar Paige Bueckers. REQUIRED READING: UConn vs. South Carolina live updates: NCAA championship predictions, where to watch While Bueckers will be motivated to end her college career with her first national championship and the first for UConn since 2016, coach Dawn Staley's Gamecocks seek to win back-to-back championships. A fourth championship would place them third all-time in NCAA history. The teams squared off earlier this season on Feb. 16 at Colonial Life Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, with the Huskies earning a stunning 87-58 rout of the Gamecocks, led by a 28-point performance from Azzi Fudd. Here's what you need to know to watch the national championship game between UConn and South Carolina, including the time, TV channel and more: When does the women's NCAA championship start? Date : Sunday, April 6 : Sunday, April 6 Start time : 3 p.m. ET : 3 p.m. ET Location: Amalie Arena (Tampa, Florida) The 2025 women's NCAA Tournament national championship game between the Huskies and Gamecocks is set for a 3 p.m. tip-off from Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday, April 6. What channel is UConn vs South Carolina on today? TV channel: ABC The UConn-South Carolina national championship game will air live on ABC. Ryan Ruocco (play-by-play) and Rebecca Lobo (analyst) will be on the call, with Holly Rowe serving as the sideline reporter. Watch South Carolina vs UConn in women's national championship Where to watch Women's NCAA final, live stream Live stream: March Madness Live | ESPN App | ESPN+ | Fubo (free trial) Streaming options for the women's NCAA Final include March Madness Live or the ESPN app, both requiring a valid cable login. Another option is Fubo, which offers potential subscribers a free trial and covers the ESPN family of networks.
