Washington – President Donald Trump The Basketball Champion of the NCAA of 2025 at the White House was honored on Wednesday, proclaiming that “the minor teams would have collapsed” during the victory of the game for the title.
“He looked bad,” Trump said, noting that Houston led for up to 12 points in a Florida game recovered to win 65-63 in San Antonio in April. “Did you think you were going to win?”
Florida (36-4) He delivered four arrival victories in the madness of Six March.. The gators led the end for a total of 64 seconds, including The last 46 ticks of a contest that was in Limbo until the final sequence.
Trump told Alijah Martin making two free throws to put the gators to keep 46.5 seconds, and asked Martin if he was nervous.
“The minor teams would have collapsed,” said the president.
Florida assured the third title of the Basketball program, and Trump said it is the only school that has a trio of NCAA titles in that sport and in football. When the GATORS basketball team won consecutive titles of the NCAA in 2006 and 2007, President George W. Bush visited in the White House.
The Eastern Wednesday Ceremony had the main leaders of the Trump Administration of Florida, including Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Secretary of State Framework Rubio. Mentioning Rubio, Trump said “he is not a bigger fan in Florida.”
Florida Sens. Rick Scott and Ashley Moody were also available, as well as the variety of members of the State Representatives Chamber and the former Florida football prominent, Tim Tebow. Trump described Tebow “as a university player, maybe the best” and said he was a great admirer despite the fact that Tebow had spent part of his professional career with the New York Jets of the NFL.
The team gave Trump an autograph basketball and a T -shirt No. 47 with his name on the back. The president also praised the 39 -year -old coach of the Gators, Todd Golden, as “great” and “young” while joking: “Chico, I would like to be his agent.”
Last year, President Joe Biden sustained Joint ceremony Honoring the winners of male and female basketball of the NCAA of 2024, in honor of South Carolina and Connecticut.
Since he assumed the position in January, Trump has organized a series of championship teams, including the Super Bowl winning philadelphia eagles. His April ceremony at Rose Garden with the football champion of the NCAA, Ohio State Buckeyes scrambled The team championship trophy.
