{"id":338687,"date":"2025-04-07T13:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=338687"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:03:38","slug":"florida-vs-houston-prop-picks-ncaa-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/florida-vs-houston-prop-picks-ncaa-national-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida vs. Houston NCAA national championship prop picks: Look for LJ Cryer, Walter Clayton Jr. to fill the net"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two of the brightest stars from the March Madness Final Four are the spotlight for my national championship prop bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Florida Gators guard Walter Clayton Jr. has been at his best in clutch moments, and I expect him to continue scoring despite Monday&#8217;s exceptionally tough matchup. On the Houston Cougars&#8217; side, LJ Cryer will likely need a big night from 3-point range to give his team a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best Florida vs. Houston prop picks for the 2025 NCAA college basketball national championship on April 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">Florida vs. Houston prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10530\">Full March Madness Markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/un-bustable-bracket-challenge\">PLAY NOW: Un-Bustable Bracket Challenge<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best Bet: Clayton over 19.5 points (-118)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it square to bet on Florida&#8217;s star player to clear his point total? Maybe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But how can you look at this line and <em>not<\/em> want the over?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clayton has had a hell of a season, and he&#8217;s pulling out his best performances when it matters most. He scored a season-high 34 points in Saturday&#8217;s Final Four victory over Auburn, setting up an epic clash with Houston for the national title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cougars have the No. 1 scoring defence in NCAA Division I (58.5 PPG), which helps explain why Clayton&#8217;s point total is this low amid his heater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And obviously they&#8217;re going to do their best to hound the senior guard. I&#8217;m just not sure it&#8217;ll matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Walter Clayton Jr. was UNREAL tonight \ud83e\udd2f<br><br>His 34-point performance powered <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GatorsMBK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GatorsMBK<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalChampionship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationalChampionship<\/a> game \ud83d\udc0a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarchMadness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarchMadness<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OCVul5he3X\">pic.twitter.com\/OCVul5he3X<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarchMadnessMBB\/status\/1908683565354672498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Clayton has proven during this tourney run that he can hit open shots. He can also hit off-platform 3s over well-positioned defenders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when all else fails, he has the speed and shiftiness to finish at the rim \u2014 or draw contact and put his 87.1% free throw percentage to good use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on his production in the past 10 games, I really like him to cash this bet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>23.0 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>46.4 3PT%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>87.9 FT%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20+ points in 8 of 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Clayton has scored 30-plus points in back-to-back games. He&#8217;s the first NCAA tournament player to do that in the Elite Eight or later since Larry Bird in 1979 (per Fox Sports).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best March Madness props<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Cryer over 2.5 threes<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-118):<\/strong> Houston&#8217;s comeback against Duke wouldn&#8217;t have been possible without Cryer, who was ablaze from 3-point range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fifth-year guard shot 6-for-9 from deep, and he certainly has the chops to put up another productive night on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since the start of February, Cryer has 3+ threes in 13 of 19 games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the season, Cryer has averaged 3.1 threes on 7.2 attempts (42.7 3PT%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is his third year in a row leading the Big 12 in 3PT%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Florida boasts a stellar perimeter defence, allowing just a 29.5 3PT% (sixth in D-I). But each of its past three opponents has had a player cash this bet, and Cryer should be next up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>Florida vs. Houston prop picks made at 12:50 p.m. ET on 04\/07\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the brightest stars from the March Madness Final Four are the spotlight for my national championship prop bets. The pregame narrative: Florida Gators guard Walter Clayton Jr. has been at his best in clutch moments, and I expect him to continue scoring despite Monday&#8217;s exceptionally tough matchup. On the Houston Cougars&#8217; side, LJ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":338670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,75],"tags":[349],"class_list":["post-338687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Florida vs. Houston prop picks: NCAA national championship | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our NCAA Florida vs. Houston prop picks. 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