Men’s final final 2025: what to know about Duke, Auburn, Florida and Houston

Just because there is no Cinderella does not mean that there can be no fairytale book ending.

In 2025, the crown will go to a seed n. 1, while all four best dogs – Auburn, Duke, Florida and Houston – went to the Final Four for the second time in the history of the tournaments. The Blue Devils face the Cougars, while the tigers face the Gators, both in San Antonio on April 5.

The domain of the century has loomed for March, with the conference that establishes a record with 14 offers from the NCAA tournament, then another with seven teams in the Sweet 16. It also became the first conference to have four schools in the regional finals.

Two secs remain and meet in the semifinals. The ACC and Big 12 combine on the other side of the bracket.

If you are new in madness, here is an overview of the latest permanent teams.

Duke

The Blue Devils entered the NCAA tournament just outside the victory of the ACC tournament, who won without their leader Cooper Flagg, who remained outside the competition after suffering an ankle injury in the apri.

From the return of Flagg for the first round, Duke has won comfortably for the most part. He exceeded three of the four double -digit teams, crushing Mount Saint Mary in the first round of 44 points. The team composed his defense of the first five in the eight -eight against Alabama.

While Flagg guides the team in points (18.9), rebounds (7.5), assist (4.2) and Ruba (1.4), was the defense of the team that brought the Blue Devils to ACC the titles of the regular season and the tourists

It is the first Four Four by Duke under the coach Jon Scheyer and the 18th absolute program. The Blue Devils reached the last Final Four in 2022.

35% in the modern era 🕺🕺🕺🕺 pic.twitter.com/lzkhzpyed6

– Duke Male’s Basket (@Dukembb) March 30, 2025

Florida

After dividing the meetings of the regular season with the Tennessee in one victory each, Florida passed the volunteers in the match of the title of the Tournament sec to emerge as samples of the conference and roll in March with momentum.

But while March can go, the Gators have not almost arrived at the Final Four, after Florida had to delete a two -digit second half deficit against Texas Tech in the eight elite. And he did it mainly because of the culture of the clutch of Walter Clayton Jr ..

The 6 feet senior guard has closed with 30 points and eight of them in the last 107 seconds, to send the Gators to their first final four from 2014. Clayton leads the team to points (18.1) and assist (4.2).

“There is no other player in America that you would prefer to have Walter Clayton in this moment with the ball in his hands in a moment of great time,” said the coach of Florida Todd Golden after the return Elite Eight.

Walter Clayton Jr is not human pic.twitter.com/0y3qlxatgl

– CBS Sports (@cbssports) March 30, 2025

Houston

Like Florida, Houston also had to overcome Tennessee. He did it in the Eight Elite, with one of the most impressive defensive performances in the history of the NCAA tournaments.

The Big 12 Conference Champions have maintained the Vols at 28.8 percent from the field, 14 attempts by 3 points missing to open the E-Sì game, you are about to read this good-15 points in the first half. He scored the first half with the lowest score from a seed n. 1 or n. 2 in the history of the NCAA tournament.

It is typical for the Cougars, who have not lost a game on the road throughout the season. Guided by coach Kelvin Sampson, the health of the program defense, the rebound and the care of the ball, he always travels. It was necessary on Houston’s path to the Final Four. Houston had hard in the Midwest region, having to eliminate Tennessee n. 2 (69-50), Purdue n. 4-Sede (62-60), Gonzaga n. 8-Seme (81-76) and Siu Edwardsville (78-40) n.

In the third final of Sampson of his career, the reward of his Cougars is Duke, and for the first time for a long time, they are the losers.

Final Four … we’re going home in Texas#Forthecity X #Finalfour pic.twitter.com/mzmqbcovc3

– Hoops’s Hoops 🏀 🏀 🏀 (@uhcougarmbk) March 30, 2025

Auburn

Auburn has reached three slow departures in his first three games. Against Michigan n. 5 In the Sweet 16, the tigers had to go back from a deficit of the second half of nine points and closed the game with an extraordinary 39-17 race on a course towards Eight Eight.

But once against the state of Michigan, the tigers launched the script, putting together a complete match to end the season of Tom Izzo and the Spartans.

The Senior striker John Broome – the team leader in points, rebounds and blocks – closed with 25 points and 14 rebounds. The Tahaad Pettiford serial number added 10 points.

Broome and 1 🔥#MarchMadness @Uburnmbb pic.twitter.com/se44sr83Dy

– NCAA March Madness (@Marchmadnessmbb) March 30, 2025

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