Category: NCAA Basketball

The Cougars' record in Big 12 play is 22-1, and their record is 13-3 in non-conference games. Houston leads college basketball at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 58.5 points while holding opponents to 38.2% shooting. The Gators' record in SEC action is 18-4.

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and former Big 12 Player of the Year Marcus Morris Sr. react to the Cougars’ 14-point comeback in the second half to eliminate the Blue Devils and advance to Monday’s title game.

Cedric Dempsey, the former NCAA president who helped turn Arizona into a national power as athletic director before leading the national organization through key years of transition and growth, died Saturday in San Diego, the NCAA said. Dempsey was revered as an administrator on campus.

The Blue Devils star and head coach both spoke following the team’s 70-67 loss to Houston in the national semifinal.

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L.J. Cryer, J’Wan Roberts and Kelvin Sampson spoke about the Cougars’ comeback from a 14-point deficit to beat Duke in Saturday’s national semifinal.

One more time, Duke built a lead and walked a tightrope through some late-game drama. The Blue Devils blew what was a nine-point lead with 125 seconds left and lost 70-67 to Houston on Saturday night in the Final Four at the Alamodome. Houston (35-4) will play Florida on Monday night in the national championship game.

Former Duke star and current Lakers head coach JJ Redick feels Duke freshman standout Cooper Flagg is a truly special player.

Florida has gone from being picked to finish sixth in the rugged Southeastern Conference to pushing all the way to the final Monday night of the season. Now the Gators face a Houston team that just pushes teams around with its suffocating defense. Big 12 champion Houston and Florida will meet in the national championship game in the Alamodome to wrap up only the second NCAA Tournament when all the No. 1 seeds made it to the Final Four.

A controversial foul call on Cooper Flagg allowed Houston to get the go-ahead free throws in a Final Four loss to the Cougars

The Florida Gators are favorites against Houston in the men's national championship game Monday.

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Up by double figures in the second half at the Final Four, closing in on the chance to play for yet another national championship, Duke was right where it had worked all season to be. Up 14 with 8 1/2 minutes left, the Blue Devils improbably faded down the stretch, done in by Houston's relentless fight to stay in a game that had frequently seemed on the verge of getting away. By the final horn, the Cougars had scored the game's last nine points in the last 33 seconds for a 70-67 victory Saturday night in the second semifinal.

There's no defending a team after such a choke job, but Duke does have one legitimate gripe with the refs.

Duke made a grand total of one field goal over the last 10 1/2 minutes of this game. Their last attempt was a desperation heave by Tyrese Proctor that caught nothing at the buzzer.