All-American guard Walter Clayton Jr. poured in a career-high 34 points to lead Florida to a 79-73 victory over SEC rival Auburn on Saturday night in San Antonio and guide the Gators to their first NCAA championship game since 2007.

ET • 3 min read The final game of the 2025 NCAA Tournament will cap a historic college basketball season. No. 1 seed Houston faces No. 1 seed Florida on Monday in San Antonio in the national championship game (8:50 p.

Florida basketball knocked off Auburn to reach the NCAA final in March Madness. Here are highlights and stats from the Final Four game.

Next, the Gators will take on the winner of Saturday's Final Four matchup between Duke and Houston. The National Championship game will take place on Monday, April 7th at 8:50 p.m

The Florida Gators’ magical march through the NCAA Tournament will continue. After a thrilling come-from behind 79-73 win Saturday in the national semifinals over Auburn, the overall top seed in the event,

The Final Four delivered in its first matchup — and so did the controversy that followed. For the first time since 2007, the Florida Gators have punched their ticket to the national championship game.

Rioux is listed at 7-foot-9 on Florida's official roster — five inches taller than former Purdue center Zach Edey. Per an ESPN story from November, Rioux is the tallest player in men's college basketball history.

The six returning players - Walter Clayton Jr., Will Richard, Alex Condon, Thomas Haugh, Micah Handlogten and Denzel Aberdeen - from that season account for roughly 60 percent (4,374 of 7,325 minutes) of their minutes that campaign, and all have made a significant impact during the Gators' run to the Final Four.