WATCH: Rally in Gainesville after Florida Gators win NCAA Championship

If you are a Florida Gator fan you are not getting sick of hearing, “It’s great to be a Florida Gator!”

The drought is over as the men’s basketball team got the job done on Monday night. On Tuesday afternoon, the team arrived home with the program’s third national championship.

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And they do so in fitting fashion once again in a fight to the finish, beating the Houston Cougars 65-63. The Gators have been great closers all tournament long, and it was no different going up against the Cougars.

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The Gators only led 63 seconds the entire game -- but they led when it mattered most and now Golden and the Gators are national champions.

Gator Nation held a championship rally on Tuesday afternoon. You can watch it on the video below:

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