Where Florida basketball's 3 national titles rank among others in 2000s
ESPN ranks this century's NCAA tournament champions, including Florida basketball's three national titles.
The Florida Gators have emerged as a college basketball blue blood since the turn of the millennium, winning three national championships, playing in the title game a fourth time, and making five total Final Four appearances. What was once considered a football school has become a dual threat in two of North America's biggest sports. Now that the dust has settled from the Michigan Wolverines' second-ever NCAA Tournament triumph, ESPN's Myron Medcalf took on the task of ranking every champion of this century — bearing in mind that there was no champion crowned during the 2020 COVID campaign — beginning with the 1999-2000 season.
The author employed "a combination of real data and the eye test" in making his assessment, so these rankings are anything but scientific. Take a look at where the Orange and Blue's three trophy-winning teams landed on the list. 2025 Florida Gators (No.
22) Record: 36-4 How they won: def. Houston 65-63 NCAA tournament margin of victory: 9. 5 PPG KenPom net rating: +36.
46 (third in the nation) Non-tourney achievements: Finished second in the SEC; won SEC tournament championship Best player: Walter Clayton Jr. (AP All-America first team, NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player) "The Gators ended the season as one of the hottest teams in the country after losing just one game after Feb. 1, finishing a game behind the NCAA tournament's No.
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