It all comes down to this.
The Final Four in the men's NCAA Tournament is set, with all four No. 1 seeds -- Duke, Florida, Houston and Auburn -- winning their respective regions and advancing to San Antonio this weekend.
This is only the second time in tournament history that the Final Four will involve all top seeds. The last time was in 2008, which ironically was when the Final Four was also held in San Antonio.
The four teams then included two future NBA MVPs in Memphis' Derrick Rose and UCLA's Russell Westbrook, a National Player of the Year in North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas' Mario Chalmers, who notably hit a game-tying three pointer over Rose to tie the national championship game with 2.1 seconds remaining and force overtime, where Kansas held on for a 75-68 victory with Chalmers earning most outstanding player of the tournament.
Who is favored to win March Madness 2025?
In 2025, the favorites to win are Duke, with the Blue Devils scoring at least 85 points in each of the first four rounds, and Cooper Flagg -- the projected No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft -- being the focal point of the offense, scoring at least 14 points in each game, including a dominant performance against Arizona where he tallied 30 points, seven assists, six rebounds and three blocks in the 100-93 Sweet 16 win over the Wildcats at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Will Flagg and the Blue Devils prevail to win the school's first national championship in a decade, or will it be one of the other three No. 1 seeds that reach the mountain top?
Here are our staff picks for the Final Four, and our predictions on which program will be the last one standing and win the 2025 NCAA Tournament on Monday night.
Bert Bainbridge
Final Four: Auburn over Florida; Duke over Houston
Championship: Duke over Auburn
Dave Rivera
Final Four: Florida over Auburn; Duke over Houston
Championship: Duke over Florida
Art Stapleton
Final Four: Florida over Auburn; Duke over Houston
Championship: Duke over Florida
Steve Edelson
Final Four: Auburn over Florida; Duke over Houston
Championship: Auburn over Duke
Zach Miller
Final Four: Auburn over Florida; Houston over Duke
Championship: Houston over Auburn
Tom McGurk
Final Four: Florida over Auburn; Houston over Duke
Championship: Houston over Florida
Chris Iseman
Final Four: Auburn over Florida; Duke over Houston
Championship: Duke over Auburn
Jerry Carino
Final Four: Auburn over Florida; Duke over Houston
Championship: Duke over Auburn
Brian Marron
Final Four: Florida over Auburn; Houston over Duke
Championship: Florida
Bob Jordan
Final Four: Florida over Auburn; Houston over Duke
Championship: Houston
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