For 30-plus minutes in Monday's NCAA title game, Houston's defense flustered a freewheeling Florida offense into playing its own grinding game. But Florida would not be denied. The Gators looked ...

In Houston's stunning comeback win over Duke last weekend in the Final Four, the Cougars trailed by as many as 14 with just over eight minutes remaining in regulation. Monday night, the Cougars ...

Houston basketball trailed 65-63 with under 20 seconds left in the national championship game on Monday night, setting up for a wild finish. The finish was wild not because of a buzzer beater, but ...

SAN ANTONIO — Towels covered the faces of Houston’s teary-eyed players. The locker room was as silent as a library, interrupted only by a scream tinged with agony. The top-seeded Cougars ...

The Houston Cougars made history on Monday night, but not the way they had hoped. In an exciting national championship game against the Florida Gators that went down to the wire, the Cougars ...

Who is favored in March Madness odds for the men's national championship game between Houston and Florida? Here's what you need to know about the NCAA Tournament odds between No. 1 seed Houston ...

Florida took down Houston 65-63 in a thriller, preventing the Cougars from getting a shot off in the closing seconds and denying Houston its first-ever title. This is the Gators' third ...

The Houston Cougars held a 31-28 halftime lead at the Alamodome in San Antonio in the men's national championship Monday night. The final 20 minutes brought the latest moment of heartbreak for ...

For the better part of 40 minutes Monday night, an elusive championship was in Houston's and head coach Kelvin Sampson's grasp. A victory would have have marked a breakthrough for a program and a ...

Appearing in only their third national championship game, the Houston Cougars looked poised to finally secure their first title. A second-half 12-point lead over Florida had them in position ...

Now, they sit on college basketball’s throne. Overcoming yet another first-half deficit, Florida defeated Houston 65-63 on Monday night, scraping by to win its first NCAA championship since 2007.

In a bruising battle that featured 11 lead changes and a wild final sequence, Florida rallied from a 12-point deficit for its third NCAA men’s basketball championship with a 65-63 victory over Houston ...