The first half of the 2025 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament’s Elite Eight is done. Let’s see how those games went.
Florida 84, Texas Tech 79
Florida stormed back from a double-digit deficit late to earn its first Final Four appearance since 2014. Walter Clayton Jr. was the hero, scoring 30 points — 22 of them coming in the second half — as he took over the game down the stretch. Texas Tech’s Jalen Bridges, a projected late first-round pick, finished with 18 points but could not close the game as Florida’s defense tightened.