Florida men's basketball team celebrates championship in front of massive home crowd

Florida men's basketball head coach Todd Golden celebrating the team's championship win in front of fans back home (2025)
Florida men's basketball head coach Todd Golden celebrating the team's championship win in front of fans back home (2025)James Gilbert/Getty Images for ONIT/AFP
The Florida Gators men's basketball team returned to The Swamp to celebrate their NCAA Tournament championship win in front of 60,000 fans on Saturday.

Florida defeated Houston in a 65-63 thrilling win - marking the program's third tournament championship. 

En route to their win, Florida took down two No. 1 seeds in Auburn and Houston, No. 3 seed Texas Tech, No. 4 seed Maryland, No. 8 seed UCONN, and No. 16 seed Norfolk State

The team finished the season with a 36-4 record, winning both the NCAA tournament championship and the Southeastern Conference championship. 

Florida head coach Todd Golden (39) became the youngest coach in NCAA tournament history to win the men's championship since the iconic Jimmy Valvano (37).

"To be able to put something like this together on kind of short notice and do a great job honoring our players in front of our fans, which to me is the most important thing," said Golden. "People that have been supporting us really all year got to see these guys together again one last time. It was special."