2025 NCAA Tournament National Championship Game Betting
There will be a new college basketball national champion in 2025, as the two-time defending champion Connecticut Huskies were eliminated in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament by the Florida Gators. The 2025 National champion will be from a power program, as for the first time since 2008, the Final Four is all No. 1 seeds. The Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Houston Cougars and Auburn Tigers will compete in the 2025 Final Four for a spot in the national title game. The 2025 National Championship game will take place on Monday, April 7th at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on CBS. The 2025 Final Four takes place on Saturday, April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio Texas. The Florida Gators and Auburn Tigers meet in the first Final Four matchup at 6:09 pm Eastern, while the Duke Blue Devils and Houston Cougars meet in the second game at 8:49 pm Eastern. If Duke makes the title game, and they are favored to win the national title heading into the Final Four, they would be playing for their sixth national title. The Florida Gators would be playing for their third title if they make the title game. The Cougars and Tigers will be trying to win their first national title. Duke is listed as the even money favorite in 2025 March Madness odds to win the national title, while Florida is the second choice at odds of nearly 3-1. Houston is next at odds of 4-1, while Auburn is the longshot at odds of 5-1.
NCAA Basketball Betting Lines
2025 NCAA Tournament National Championship Game
Date: Monday, April 7, 2025
Time: 6:50 PM ET
Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
TV: CBS
NCAA Tournament National Championship Game Format
The Final Four is comprised of the remaining teams from the original 68-team field of the NCAA Tournament. After the First Four, the field is divided into four mini-brackets of 16 teams apiece, and the winner of each bracket goes on to reach the Final Four. The NCAA Selection Committee tries to reward the best teams with games closer to home, so that plays a part in the seeding. The brackets are broken up into the East Regional, the Midwest Regional, the South Regional, and the West Regional.
NCAA Championship Game Results (2000)
| YEAR |
CHAMPION |
RUNNER-UP |
SCORE |
| 2024 |
UConn (6) |
Purdue |
75-60 |
| 2023 |
UConn (5) |
San Diego State |
76-59 |
| 2022 |
Kansas (4) |
North Carolina |
72-69 |
| 2021 |
Baylor |
Gonzaga |
86-70 |
| 2019 |
Virginia |
Texas Tech |
85-77 |
| 2018 |
Villanova (3) |
Michigan |
79-62 |
| 2017 |
North Carolina (6) |
Gonzaga |
71-65 |
| 2016 |
Villanova (2) |
North Carolina |
77-74 |
| 2015 |
Duke (5) |
Wisconsin |
68-63 |
| 2014 |
UConn (4) |
Kentucky |
60-54 |
| 2013 |
Louisville (3) |
Michigan |
82-76 |
| 2012 |
Kentucky (8) |
Kansas |
67-59 |
| 2011 |
UConn (3) |
Butler |
53-41 |
| 2010 |
Duke (4) |
Butler |
61-59 |
| 2009 |
North Carolina (5) |
Michigan State |
89-72 |
| 2008 |
Kansas (3) |
Memphis |
75-68 |
| 2007 |
Florida (2) |
Ohio State |
84-75 |
| 2006 |
Florida |
UCLA |
73-57 |
| 2005 |
North Carolina (4) |
Illinois |
75-70 |
| 2004 |
UConn (2) |
Georgia Tech |
82-73 |
| 2003 |
Syracuse |
Kansas |
81-78 |
| 2002 |
Maryland |
Indiana |
64-52 |
| 2001 |
Duke (3) |
Arizona |
82-72 |
| 2000 |
Michigan State (2) |
Florida |
89-76 |
NCAA Championships
| SCHOOL |
TITLES |
YEARS |
| UCLA |
11 |
1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995 |
| Kentucky |
8 |
1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012 |
| UConn |
6 |
1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024 |
| North Carolina |
6 |
1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017 |
| Duke |
5 |
1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015 |
| Indiana |
5 |
1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987 |
| Kansas |
4 |
1952, 1988, 2008, 2022 |
| Villanova |
3 |
1985, 2016, 2018 |
| Cincinnati |
2 |
2006, 2007 |
| Michigan State |
2 |
1979, 2000 |
| Florida |
2 |
1980, 1986 |
| NC State |
2 |
1974, 1983 |
| Louisville |
2 |
1961, 1962 |
| San Francisco |
2 |
1955, 1956 |
| Oklahoma State |
2 |
1945, 1946 |
The impact of John Wooden looms large to this very day. The great UCLA coach won ten national championships from 1962 through 1975. Since then, UCLA has struggled to live up to those impossible standards. That has allowed blue bloods like Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, and Kansas to close the gap a little bit. UCLA has won just one title since 1975.
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