2024-25 college basketball
NCAA Tournament
Monday’s games
Houston vs Florida (-1.5) (@ San Antonio)
Houston (35-4, 19-1. 1st)
KenPom rating: 2
Tempo: 360
Experience: 39
Continuity: 8
Houston won its last eighteen games.
Cougars have #3 eFG% defense in country.
Cougars are forcing turnovers 20.9% of time (#24)
Houston is shooting 39.9% on the arc (#1)
They get only 33.3% of their points on 3’s (#123)
Houston is shooting only 48% inside arc (#292)
Cougars are 12-3 vs teams ranked in top 50.
Houston is 1-2 vs SEC opponents this season.
Cougars lost consecutive national title games in 1983/1984
Florida (35-4, 17-4. 2nd)
KenPom rating: 3
Tempo: 59
Experience: 60
Continuity: 42
Florida won 11 in row, 17 of last 18 games.
Gators are 17-0 outside the SEC
Florida is 19-4 vs teams ranked in the top 50.
Gators have #5 eFG% defense in country.
Florida is #5 team on offensive boards.
Florida is shooting 56.1% inside arc (#29)
Gators won consecutive national titles in 2006/2007
SEC is the #1 league this year, Big X the #3 league.
Last seven years, favorites are 5-2 ATS in the national title game.
Since 2000, favorites are 4-4 ATS when two #1-seeds play in this game.
This is only 5th time in last 15 years two #1-seeds played in national final.
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