Who will win the NCAA men's crown following epic semifinal comebacks?

Both the men's and women's NCAA basketball championships have been showcases for the best teams in the country

No Cinderella's, no massive upsets, no debates. Just the best teams deciding on the court who enters the history books

The UConn Huskies certainly did just that. After a nine-year drought, Gino Ariema's gang made a statement, winning a record 12th national title with an 82-59 blowout of South Carolina Sunday

As he fud and Sarah strong finished with 24 points each and Paige Beckers who carried the

team throughout the tournament had 17 to cap her five-year career in style. The natty was the only

trophy still outstanding not anymore. An overwhelming sense of gratitude for everything that's happened

through the ups and downs I wouldn't trade it for the world to be able to be shaped to be the person

that I am today and the team that we are today and obviously you feel like on the other side of a

hard time is a really big blessing and we we stuck to it we kept the faith and to be rewarded with

something like this uh you can't really even put it into words florida and houston hope to have that

gratitude monday night when they meet in san antonio for the men's national championship

the gators trail by nine in the second half but came back to knock off sec rival auburn in the

first final four semi-final saturday walter clayton jr once again carried the day for florida

scoring 34 points. That comeback was nice but Houston had one for the ages

against Duke. Down 14 with under eight minutes to play the Cougs finished with

an 11 to 1 run to beat the Blue Devils 70 to 67 Duke was in complete control of the game until they weren Houston held Cooper Flagg the AP Player of the Year and his teammates to a grand total of one field goal over the last

10 and a half minutes. That defense is what keeps Florida head coach Todd Golden awake at night

Yeah, I mean, their defense worries me a lot, absolutely, you know, and you know, you look at

a guy like Tugler, you know, Roberts, they have incredible length and athleticism and physicality

inside the paint. And they just, they wear you down. They make it really, really hard on you

And so, yeah, I mean, it definitely concerns me. I think we're going to have to have

a couple different ideas and a couple different, you know, pitches for lack of a better term to

throw at them late in the game. As for Houston, well, they know who they are and they will not

change, which is why they've been so successful. Other teams have to adapt or like Duke, they go

home. We have to find different ways to impact winning and find ways to get second shots when

the first shots ain't falling. So I feel like when you get offensive rebounds, second chance points

points off turnovers, I feel like that can get you back in the flow of the game if you're having

a bad shoot night. So when we approach certain games, I mean, we know we're not a first shot team

So I think that's why we crashed the board so hard and trying to get second and third shots

It's the classic matchup, offense versus defense. How close will it be

Many sports betting sites have Florida as just a one-point favorite. TV ratings for the Final Four on Saturday were the best in eight years

and Monday should follow suit. Tip-off at 8.50 p.m. Eastern Time. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Chris Francis