The Closing 4 for the 2025 NCAA males’s basketball event is about because of wins by Houston (69-50) over Tennessee, and Auburn (70-64) over Michigan State.
Houston and Auburn now be 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 a few of the largest winners and losers from Sunday’s Elite Eight motion.
Winner: No. 1 seeds
For less than the second time because the NCAA males’s event 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 sport on Sunday.
Houston dominated Tennessee on its solution to a 19-point win, whereas Auburn used a 17-0 first-half run in opposition to Michigan State to leap out to an enormous first-half lead it might by no means quit.
The 2008 event 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 sport in opposition to Houston.
That 15-point efficiency was traditionally dangerous for a staff seeded that top within the event.
