Florida basketball is the last team standing in the 2024-25 men’s college basketball season.
Led by Will Richard’s team-high 18 points, clutch shots from Walter Clayton Jr. down the stretch and a stop on the final possession of the game, the top-seeded Gators defeated No. 1 Houston 65-63 in the NCAA Tournament national championship game on Monday in San Antonio at the Alamodome.
It’s the third time that the Gators have cut down the nets in program history, moving them into the top 10 among all Division I programs for most championship titles.
The Gators’ win was historic for third-year coach Todd Golden, who at 39 years old became the youngest coach since NC State’s Jim Valvano in 1983 to hoist the national championship trophy.
The SEC’s 13-year national championship drought also came to an end on Monday with Florida’s win over Houston. The Gators are the first SEC program to win the men’s NCAA Tournament since John Calipari led Kentucky to the national championship in 2012.
Here’s what you need to know on where the Gators’ win Monday rank among most national championship titles in college basketball:
Who has the most March Madness national titles?
UCLA holds the record among Division I men’s college basketball programs for most March Madness national championship titles at 11.
March Madness champions history
Florida on Monday won its third March Madness national championship, moving the Gators into a tie for eighth with Villanova. It’s the first national championship for Florida since they went back-to-back in 2006 and 2007 under former coach Billy Donovan.
Here is a full list of how many teams have won the national championship since 1939, the first NCAA Tournament:
- 1. UCLA: 11
- 2. Kentucky: Eight
- T-3. North Carolina: Six
- T-3. Connecticut: Six
- T-5. Duke: Five
- T-5. Indiana: Five
- 7. Kansas: Four
- T-8. Villanova: Three
- T-8. Florida: Three
- T-10. Cincinnati: Two
- T-10. Louisville: Two *
- T-10. Michigan State: Two
- T-10. N.C. State: Two
- T-10. Oklahoma State: Two
- T-10. San Francisco: Two
* Does not include Louisville’s 2013 national championship, which was vacated by the NCAA