Reminder – We are still in March Madness.
Houston finished a valiant return against Duke to win his trip to the National Championship against Florida.
Cooper Flagg, the choice n ° 1 potential of the NBA draft if he decided to leave, missed a potential winning shot with less than eight seconds, and the cougars escaped with a 70-67 victory.
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Duke Blue Devils Cooper Flagg (2) and Duke Blue Devils Tyrese Proctor (5) react against the Houston Cougars in the Male Final Final of the NCAA 2025 tournament at Alamodome. (Images Robert Deutsch-Imagn)
Duke led by no less than 12 in the first half, but Houston was able to cut it to six, because none of the teams obtained it in a fairly offensive way.
But the second half was all duc at the start. While the Blue Devils came out with a 14 -point lead, Houston had a duration where they missed seven of their eight shots.
After that, however, Houston made a 10-0 race to reduce it to six with a little less than five minutes to travel, while DKE made a seven-minute section not to hit a shot. But, the wooden prize winner, Flagg, drained a three with just over three minutes to make a nine points match.
Jewan Roberts # 13 and Mylik Wilson # 8 of the Houston Cougars react during the second half of the final match of the four of the NCAA male basketball tournament against the Duke Blue Devils at Alamodome on April 05, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas. (Images Jamie Squire / Getty)
The former NBA star who went first as a whole says that Cooper Flagg should return to Duke
The cougars were not absent, however – in fact, they made an 11-1 during the last 1:14 to end it.
Emanuel Sharp of Houston overturned three with 32.4 seconds to reduce their three -point deficit. Then, outside the entrance, Duke turned the ball, and Houston obtained a dunk from putback to make a match at one point.
Tyrese Proctor of Duke then missed a One and One, and an excessive fault on Flagg led Houston to the line. I Wan Roberts hit both to take the lead.
After Flagg missed a shot that would have given Duke an advance with less than 10 seconds to play, Duke stolen, and LJ Cryer overturned the two free throws to increase three points. Duke missed a last blow to the buzzer who would have sent them to overtime, sending Duke to the match for the national title.
Houston scored eight points in the last 33 seconds at Duke zero to finish the wild return.
Duke Blue Devils Sion James (14) caretaker catches a rebound against the Houston Cougars Terrance Arceneaux (23) goalkeeper in the second half in the semi-final of the Male Final of the 2025 NCAA 2025 tournament in Alamodome. (Images Scott Wachter-Imagn)
The two teams shared the sequences of the longest victories in the NCAA to participate in the competition – Houston is now at 18, while Duke’s was broken at 15.
Flagg finished with a summit of 27 points, but his last possible shot in Duke uniform will be the one he would soon like to forget.
Houston faces Florida Friday evening for the national title.
