After two exciting weekends of the action of the NCAA tournament, the final field of 2025 is defined. The support started with 68 teams earlier this month, and the land has since been reduced to a simple quartet before which should be a historic finale next weekend. For the first time since 2008, the four seeds n ° 1 reached the Final Four.
The seeded n ° 1 DUKE, led by the national candidate of the player of the year Cooper Flagg, will face himself against the seeded n ° 1 of Houston, while the seeded n ° 1 Florida will face the n ° 1 Auburn in the national semi-finals. Florida will have its first appearance in the Final Four since 2014.
All the large teams, but only one can cut the nets in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday, April 7.
The theme of the NCAA tournament during the first weekend was chalk. Although this feeling was brought in the second weekend, the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight provided electrical finishes. Florida had to overcome a 10 -point deficit with just over 5 minutes to play against Texas Tech to become the first team to hit its ticket for the Final Four. On the other side of the support, Duke won a two-digit victory on the head n ° 2 of the Alabama to reach the Final Four for the first time in the post-Micike Krzyzewski era.
The seeded n ° 1 Houston has reached the Final Four for the second time since 2021 with a 69-50 victory on Tennessee n ° 2.. The theme of serial heads n ° 1 dominating the NCAA tournament continued in the last match Elite Eight on Sunday while Auburn beat Michigan State n ° 2 from the head of Michigan Behind a great performance by Star Big Man John Broome.
Here is the early gaze of what awaits us for the Final Four 2025. All time is
Date: Saturday April 5 | Time: 6:09 p.m.
Location: Alamodome – San Antonio, Texas
TV: CBS | Streaming: March Madness Live
If you have not already met him, let me introduce you to Walter Clayton Jr., who was probably the best goalkeeper in the country this season and throughout the NCAA tournament. Clayton, a selection of the very first All-American team, is the head of the serpent of the seeded n ° 1 in Florida. Not only is Clayton a star, but he also has the clutch gene that helped Florida escape the upset offers against the national Uconn champion in the second round and against Texas Tech in the Elite Eight. The companion of the Clayton rear area, Alijah Martin, will become the first player in the history of university basketball to start two different programs in the Final Four. Martin was transferred to Florida in the last season to consolidate one of the best rear currents in the country.
Alijah Martin in Florida makes the story of March Madness after transmitting the meeting with Dusty May in Michigan
Cameron Salerne
But what happens if I told you the Florida Star Star area was not even its greatest strength? Indeed, the depth of the front area of Florida is among the best in sport. Starters Alex Condon and Rueben Chinaeru constitute an area before bruising capable of posing opposing team problems. The depth of the Gators outside of Condon and Chinaeru is also an elite. Thomas Haugh and Micah Handlogten are beginners on most of the programs in large numbers, but instead, these are key reserve parts on the n ° 1 seed in the West region. The Gators rank n ° 5 as a percentage of offensive rebound (38.9%), and part of the reason is due to the physicity and the depth of the front area.
Auburn was the best university basketball team for the majority of the season before a late shift in the section. The Tigers have lost three of their last four games entering the NCAA tournament and took slow start against the state of Alabama n ° 16 in the first half before moving away. Auburn was dragging 10 points against the seeded n ° 5 of Michigan in Sweet 16, but used a huge race in the section to move forward. Bruce Pearl’s team has made its first appearance in the Final Four since 2019 while the program has been watching its first national championship.
Winning the national title will be in Broome at its best. The player of the year of the SEC and one of the best candidates to win the national player of the year had trouble in the first two games of the Auburn NCAA tournament before rebounding with a declaration of declaration (22 points, 16 rebounds) against the Wolverines. Broome was briefly released against the state of Michigan with apparent ankle and elbow injuries but returned. Auburn ranked in the top 10 in adjusted offensive and defensive adjusted efficiency and was one of the best sports teams to block photos.
Date: Saturday April 5 | Time: 8:49 p.m.
Location: Alamodome – San Antonio, Texas
TV: CBS | Streaming: March Madness Live
Duke enters the last weekend of the university basketball season as a team to beat. Blue Devils have the perfect mixture of size, experience, star power and depth, which makes them the most difficult in the NCAA tournament. Flagg, the overall choice n ° 1 provided for the NBA 2025 draft, is indeed the headliner of this team, but it is not alone. Blue Devils have the highest basketball team in division L, and the shortest player in his starting range is 6-inch and 220 pounds Sion James. Flagg, James, Tyrese Proctor, Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach complete the starting formation.
According to Kenpom, Duke is classified n ° 1 in adjusted and fourth offensive efficiency in adjusted defensive efficiency. Blue Devils rank in the top 15 as a percentage of goals in the field in 2 points (58.5%), percentage of 3 points (38.6%) and in percentage of free throws (79%). Duke Jon Scheyer coach helped his team reach the Elite Eight last season and will appear in the Final Four as Durham leader after taking over from Mike Krzyzewski in 2022. Duke reached the Four Four in 2022 and lost in the north of Caroline, which ended the Krzyzewski era and in the Schyer era.
Jon Scheyer was the perfect choice to succeed coach K and made the unthinkable: redo Duke in his own image
Matt Norlander
The identity of any Houston team trained by Kelvin Sampson is the defense. The cougars were exceptional at this end of the floor this season and ranked n ° 1 in adjusted defensive efficiency by Kenpom. The great surprise of this Houston team this season was its effectiveness of the 3 -point line. Houston ranked n ° 1 as a 3-point team percentage (39.8%) and just under 33% of its total points this season came beyond the arc.
The Houston rear area of LJ Cryer and Milos Uzan is one of the best in the country. Uzan, the former Oklahoma off competition, played an essential role by helping Houston to improve the classified team of the 133rd percentage of 3 points to the best. Uzan draws 45.2% beyond the arc, while Cryer connects to 42.4% of its triplets. Houston was one of the most coherent teams in the country under Sampson and only had two victories to win a national title for the first time in the history of the program.
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