The Closing 4 for the 2025 NCAA males’s basketball match is about due to wins by Houston (69-50) over Tennessee, and Auburn (70-64) over Michigan State.
Houston and Auburn now be a part of Florida and Duke on this yr’s Closing 4 in San Antonio the place they may play for the nationwide championship.
Listed below are among the largest winners and losers from Sunday’s Elite Eight motion.
Winner: No. 1 seeds
For under the second time because the NCAA males’s match expanded to 64 groups, the Closing 4 will function all 4 No. 1 seeds. Florida and Duke took care of their enterprise on Saturday, whereas Auburn and Houston did the identical on Sunday.
And there was little or no doubt in both recreation on Sunday.
Houston dominated Tennessee on its approach to a 19-point win, whereas Auburn used a 17-0 first-half run towards Michigan State to leap out to an enormous first-half lead it will by no means hand over.
The 2008 match was the one different time all 4 No. 1 seeds superior to the Closing 4.
Loser: Tennessee’s first half
The Volunteers picked absolutely the worst time of the season for his or her offense to desert them, scoring simply 15 factors within the first half of Sunday’s Elite Eight recreation towards Houston.
That 15-point efficiency was traditionally dangerous for a group seeded that prime within the match.
