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Florida basketball vs Houston: Todd Golden, Kelvin Sampson coaching matchup in NCAA final

SAN ANTONIO — Todd Golden will become the youngest coach in 42 years to win a national championship or Kelvin Sampson will take the crown as the oldest coach to cut down the nets.

Golden, 39, and Sampson, 69, will be on opposite sidelines at the Alamodome as Florida (35-4) and Houston (35-4) play Monday (8:50 p.m., CBS) in the national championship game of the Final Four.

If Golden’s Gators get it done, he would be the youngest coach to win the title since N.C. State’s Jim Valvano did it at age 37 in 1983 against Houston.