The Houston Cougars opened the Elite Eight action on Sunday with a decisive victory over Tennessee to join a comrade with 1 seeds from Duke and Florida in the Male Four Four next Saturday.
Now, the Auburn tigers will try to retain the Spartans of the Michigan State of Tom Izzo (5:05 p.m.) while this tour ends in Atlanta.
We will follow all the action, so follow that we enter the last section of March Madness.
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Final: Houston defeated Tennessee 69-50
How Houston won: The decisive theme of this university basketball season was the domination of the SEC, which became the first conference to have four teams in each regional final after having set a record with 14 NCAA tournament offers. But Sunday, Houston showed Tennessee and the dry that the Big 12 can always play the role of Bully. The cougars launched a defensive hay in the first half and made the offensive of the flights exceeded and helpless. All the life embers they showed the second half were extinguished by Emanuel Sharp, who struck a 3 key points in the last minutes to prevent Tennessee from reducing the lead to a single figure. Houston goes to his seventh Final Four – his six -national appearances are the largest number of university basketball programs. – Pete Thamel
