WATCH: Postgame interviews with Florida players after national title win

SAN ANTONIO — The Gator boys stayed hot on Monday with their 65-63 comeback win over Houston to capture the national championship. The Florida Gators overcame a 12-point deficit in the second half and took the lead in the final minute of the game.

Will Richard led the Florida Gators with 18 points, while Alex Condon scored 12 and Walter Clayton Jr. added 11. Clayton and Richard were both named to the Final Four All-Tournament Team, with Clayton taking home Most Outstanding Player honors.

Checkout postgame interviews in the locker room with Clayton, Richard, Thomas Haugh, Alijah Martin, Rueben Chinyelu and Alex Condon, who spoke with Gators Online on the court of the Alamodome with confetti at his feet.

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Walter Clayton Jr. postgame interview

Will Richard postgame interview

Alijah Martin postgame interview

Rueben Chinyelu postgame interview

Alex Condon postgame interview

Thomas Haugh postgame interview

Florida players Q&A

On Will Richard’s performance, carrying the Florida Gators in the first half:

WILL RICHARD: Yeah, just trying to make plays to help us stay in the game, help us give our ourselves the best chance to win. They were guarding Walter and other guys pretty hard. Will had seven assists. Even when they were guarding him so hard, I feel like he still made plays to help the team win. Just a good job by the team staying aggressive throughout that.

WALTER CLAYTON JR.: Houston was guarding us great. They do a great defense out there. Everyone knows them for that. We have multiple guys on this team that can go. Tonight was one of those nights with Will. He showed it multiple times this year. Never know whose night it’s going to be, and we showed that as a team.

On Florida’s ability to come back in four games out of the six NCAA Tournament games:

WILL RICHARD: I feel like it just goes back to how connected we are as a team. I feel like we all don’t have any quit. I feel like as long as there’s time on the clock, if we take it possession by possession. I just like our resiliency and how we fight through adversity throughout the game.

ALEX CONDON: I think just a great down the stretch, how hard we played defensively. I think we got nine stops towards the end of the game. Yeah, it was just a team effort to get this win. It was crazy.

ALIJAH MARTIN: It goes back to what we did all season. Every stretch down the moment that we been through this year, just prepared for us this moment. We showed up, man. We never blinked. We’re national champs.

On what he saw on the closeout against Emanuel Sharp on the last play:

WALTER CLAYTON JR.: Yeah, I seen a lot going on. Felt like we were going to get something from Cryer or Roberts. Sharp kind of creeped down to the baseline. I seen a back screen. I’m yelling back screen at Do [Alex Condon]. Sharp ended up slipping it, set elevator screens. We work on it in practice, closing out, jumping to the side so you don’t foul the shooter. He pump-faked, threw the ball down, ended up being a good play, Do got on it. We won the game. The feeling, just surreal. It’s a crazy feeling. I can’t even explain it, but it feel good, though.

On he stays motivated after going 25 minutes without scoring:

WALTER CLAYTON JR.: These guys around me. My motto, we all can go. I understand that if it ain’t my night, somebody going to pick me up. We understand we all just picking each other up throughout the year, man. We been doing that all the year. Tonight was nothing different. The way we won tonight, it’s just an exclamation mark on the year. It’s great to win like that, knowing the fact that we’re a brotherhood together, and we’ve been picking each other up all year.

On what was going through his mind when he saw the last play unfolding:

WALTER CLAYTON JR.: Yeah, just go 100%. Honestly, my mind was just a little blank. Trying to get a stop. We ended up getting it, getting the win. Happy we got that done.

On if there’s a compounding effect of confidence when UF gets multiple comeback wins:

WILL RICHARD: I mean, for sure. Definitely pulling out one of those games definitely gives you confidence. Knowing that you can win those type of games going forward. I feel like, like I said, it’s just a testament to who we are as a team. I feel like we’re going to fight till the end and do whatever it takes to give ourselves a chance to win.

ALEX CONDON: I just think we have elite confidence in those situations. We seem to be in those tight situations a lot in this tournament. Yeah, I think we got together in the huddle at one point when we were down, said we’re good. No one is really stressing out too bad. We just have a lot of confidence in each other, knowing that our shot was going to fall down the stretch.

On what was going through his mind on the last play:

ALEX CONDON: Yeah, I think it was a great defensive play by Walter. I was questioning whether I should go out and leave my man. He did a good job of making him. It was going to be a travel if he picked it up. Just diving on it, hearing the buzzer go was a crazy feeling. Didn’t feel real, for sure.