The Final Four for the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball tournament is set thanks to wins by Houston (69-50) over Tennessee, and Auburn (70-64) over Michigan State.
Houston and Auburn now join Florida and Duke in this year’s Final Four in San Antonio where they will play for the national championship.
Here are some of the biggest winners and losers from Sunday’s Elite Eight action.
Winner: No. 1 seeds
For only the second time since the NCAA men’s tournament expanded to 64 teams, the Final Four will feature all four No. 1 seeds. Florida and Duke took care of their business on Saturday, while Auburn and Houston did the same on Sunday.
And there was very little doubt in either game on Sunday.
Houston dominated Tennessee on its way to a 19-point win, while Auburn used a 17-0 first-half run against Michigan State to jump out to a huge first-half lead it would never give up.
The 2008 tournament was the only other time all four No. 1 seeds advanced to the Final Four.
Loser: Tennessee’s first half
The Volunteers picked the absolute worst time of the season for their offense to abandon them, scoring just 15 points in the first half of Sunday’s Elite Eight game against Houston.
That 15-point performance was historically bad for a team seeded that high in the tournament.
