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CBS Sports |
Florida Gators prevailed Monday in a 65-63 thriller over the Houston Cougars in San Antonio.
ESPN |
Florida's comeback victory over Houston in Monday night's NCAA title game was the most-watched men's championship game in six years.
USA Today |
The tournament improved as it progressed. The semifinal games in San Antonio staged magnificent theater.
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L.J. Cryer and Houston shocked Cooper Flagg-led Duke in the Final Four to reach the NCAA final. Updates and highlights from the upset:
Houston uncorked mayhem in the penultimate game of this year's NCAA Tournament with an amazing comeback Saturday to defeat Duke 70-67 in the Final Four. The Cougars erased a 14-point second-half deficit and closed on a 25-8 run to stun the Blue Devils, tying for the second-largest Final Four comeback in the last decade.
Houston has advanced to the national championship for the first time since 1984 and the third time overall after stunning Duke 70-67 in the Final Four. Seeking their first ever national title, the Cougars will face Florida in the final on Monday after the Gators beat Auburn in tonight’s first semifinal.
Duke looked all set to play for the national title in the NCAA men's tournament before an epic meltdown against Houston caused a heartbreaking loss.
The Blue Devils suffered a tough loss to Houston in a game in which they led for the majority of it. The final minute for the Blue Devils was one to forget; heck, the final 33 seconds was one to forget as Duke had a six-point lead that they saw dissipate in 15 seconds.
Houston pulled off a rally so stunning, so jarring, it will take everyone — specifically those in Durham, N.C. — a lifetime to sort out.
So, like Auburn, Houston is eyeing the program's first national title. The Blue Devils have pulled into a tie with the UCLA Bruins for the second-most Final Four appearances in NCAA Tournament history with 18 apiece. Only the UNC Tar Heels have more with 21.
In a Final Four with all No. 1 seeds, Duke was in control for most of the game and was up by nine points with about three minutes left in the second half. But the Cougars went on
"We have a set where it's a stack or gate... We thought if we get Emanuel to shot fake and get downhill... he probably should've shot faked that." — Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson on the final play of the National Championship Game vs. Florida pic.twitter.com/KJx91Tzu1p