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Icon for www.usatoday.comUSA Today · Apr 1, 2025

This Final Four isn't the 2008 March Madness party of No. 1 seeds. Here's why

In that 2008 Final Four, Roy Williams already had won his first national championship at North Carolina, in 2005. Self won the first of his two national championships in 2008. Calipari's national title came in 2012 at Kentucky. From that 2008 group ...
USA TODAY · 23d

Final Four winners, losers: Florida's Walter Clayton Jr., SEC among biggest winners

The championship game followed one of the most exciting, hard-to-believe matchups in Final Four history. In the first national semifinal, Florida overcame a halftime deficit behind another gem from senior guard Walter Clayton Jr. to score a 79-73 win in an all-SEC pairing with rival Auburn.
Icon for www.kens5.comKENS · 25d

Florida soars past Auburn 79-73 to claim spot in National Championship Game

Alijah Martin, who played in the Final Four with FAU two years ago, added 17 points for the Gators. Thomas Haugh had 12. Chad Baker-Mazara, with his left hand partially wrapped because of a thumb ...
Icon for www.si.comSports Illustrated · 29d

The Rare College Basketball Final Four with All No. 1 Seeds

a record Kentucky would tie in both 2012 and 2015, as John Calipari coached all three of those squads. Memphis took down a UCLA team that returned to the Final Four after falling to Florida in the ...
Icon for ftw.usatoday.comUSA Today · 25d

Duke choked

You will not have to wonder if this person is asking about Duke's NCAA tournament loss to Lehigh in 2012, or Duke's NCAA ... You will think of Duke's Final Four loss to Houston on Saturday night ...
Icon for 247sports.com247Sports.com · 20d

March Madness: Most memorable Final Four performances in NCAA Tournament history

This list is limited to Final Four performances ... though we strongly considered Anthony Davis' historic run as a freshman in 2012. Givens totaled 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting and nine rebounds ...
Icon for www.wpbf.comWPBF · 25d

Florida Gators advance to National Championship game, beat Auburn, 79--73

Walter Clayton Jr. scored 34 points and Florida beat Southeastern Conference rival Auburn 79-73 in the Final Four on Saturday night ... title since Kentucky in 2012, the only one since they ...
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · 27d

Auburn and Florida meet in the Final Four as last of the 14 SEC teams that packed March Madness

In a Final Four filled with No. 1 seeds ... league's first national title in men's basketball since Kentucky in 2012. The last before that were Florida's back-to-back championships in 2006 ...
Icon for www.wlwt.comWLWT · 25d

Florida, Houston head to NCAA title game after Final Four victories

The Final Four tipped off in San Antonio Saturday ... chance Monday night to win the SEC's first title since Kentucky in 2012, the only one since they won in back-to-back seasons.
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Clayton scores 34 points to help Florida beat Auburn in Final Four to reach title game

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - — Walter Clayton Jr. scored 34 points and Florida beat Southeastern Conference rival Auburn 79-73 in the Final Four on Saturday ... since Kentucky in 2012, the only one ...
Icon for www.aol.comAOL · 23d

Final Four winners, losers: Florida's Walter Clayton Jr., SEC among biggest winners

Florida claimed the third national championship in program history with an incredibly hard-fought 65-63 win against Houston. The championship game followed one of the most exciting, hard-to ...