The Florida Gators and Houston Cougars have built two of the best programs in college basketball ,but only one of these schools will reach the mountain top after meeting in the 2025 NCAA Tournament National Championship game on Monday night. Florida is led by the dynamic guard trio of Walter Clayton, Alijah Martin and Will Richard, while Houston's defense has been the best in the nation statistically.

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The Alamodome in San Antonio is hosting this year's Final Four and tipoff for Monday's national championship game is set for 8:50 p.m ET on CBS. The Gators are 1.5-point favorites in the latest Florida vs. Houston odds from SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 140.5.

Before making any Florida vs. Houston picks, you'll want to check out the college basketball predictions from red-hot college basketball expert Bruce Marshall.

Marshall enters this matchup on a 105-73-1 roll (+2384) over his last 179 college basketball picks. Anybody who's followed his picks could be WAY UP!

For Florida vs. Houston, Marshall is leaning Over on the total, and he also found a critical X-factor that has him jumping on one side of the spread. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see these picks before locking in any 2025 NCAA National Championship picks of your own.

So who wins Florida vs. Houston, and which side of the spread should you back? Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Florida vs. Houston spread you need to jump on, all from a red-hot college basketball expert that is on a 105-73-1 (+2384) run over his last 176 college hoops picks!

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