By JAKE FENNER

For the third time in school history, the Florida Gators have won the national championship.

Florida won this game the same way they won many others in this tournament – by reversing a deficit. After being down double-digits to Auburn in the Final Four, they were down 12 to the Houston Cougars. They pulled off the third-largest comeback in national championship history – tied with Kentucky in 1998.

Nevertheless, they pulled out the win to capture glory for the first time since Billy Donovan clinched back-to-back titles in 2007.

Coach Todd Golden becomes the second-youngest coach to win a national title in NCAA history, only being just two years older than Jim Valvano was when he won the 1983 title with NC State. Incidentally, both Valvano and Golden beat Houston to win their titles.

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