This year’s The Big Dance men’s basketball Final Four witness ways to history since 1939 as Houston entered the final again since 1984, beating Duke by just three points, Duke 67 vs Houston 70 to face Florida in the final on April 8 by 1:50. Florida won over Auburn by 73–79 to reach the final.
As history is always a good guide for the future, it is possible for back-to-back winners Florida in 2006/07 to be the champion of 2025 on April 8, but going by the determination of Houston college players and the fact that they have not won the tournament since exiting the tournament and going by the motivation from coach Kelvin. Sampson, the game is going to be an interesting one.
After the Houston game, coach Kelvin said to his boys
‘’No one ever loses anything as long as you don’t quit,” coach Kelvin Sampson said. “If you quit, you’ve lost.” The Cougars, who have never won a national title, not even in the days of Phi Slama Jamma, will play Florida on Monday night for the championship
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Here are the colleges which have won the NCAA men’s basketball championship:
YEAR CHAMPION
2025?
2024 UConn
2023 UConn
2022 Kansas
2021 Baylor
2020 Canceled due
2019 Virginia
2018 Villanova
2017 North Carolina
2016 Villanova
2015 Duke (35-4)
2014 Connecticut
2013 Louisville
2012 Kentucky
2011 Connecticut
2010 Duke (35-5)
2009 North Carolina
2008 Kansas
2007 Florida
2006 Florida
2005 North Carolina
2004 Connecticut
2003 Syracuse
2002 Maryland
2001 Duke
2000 Michigan State
1999 Connecticut
1998 Kentucky
1997 Arizona
1996 Kentucky
1995 UCLA
1994 Arkansas
1993 North Carolina
1992 Duke
1989 Michigan
1988 Kansas
1987 Indiana
1986 Louisville
1985 Villanova
1984 Georgetown
1983 North Carolina State
1982 North Carolina
1981 Indiana
1980 Louisville
1979 Michigan State
1978 Kentucky
1977 Marquette
1976 Indiana
1975 UCLA
1974 North Carolina State
1973 UCLA
1972 UCLA
1971 UCLA
1970 UCLA
1969 UCLA
1968 UCLA
1967 UCLA
1966 UTEP
1965 UCLA
1964 UCLA
1963 Loyola (Ill.)
1962 Cincinnati
1961 Cincinnati
1960 Ohio State
1959 California
1958 Kentucky
1957 North Carolina
1956 San Francisco
1955 San Francisco
1954 La Salle
1953 Indiana
1952 Kansas
1951 Kentucky
1950 CCNY
1949 Kentucky
1948 Kentucky
1947 Holy Cross
1946 Oklahoma State
1945 Oklahoma State
1944 Utah
1943 Wyoming
1942 Stanford
1941 Wisconsin
1940 Indiana
1939 Oregon