What a team that was that fell a tad short in two title attempts.
Posted on 03/25/2019 3:29:24 AM PDT by C19fan
Houston's fans chanted "Sweet 16" in the final minute of the Cougars' NCAA Tournament win over Ohio State. The celebration was long overdue -- it's been 35 years since the Cougars have made this trip.
"I saw a lot of proud Cougars up there behind us tonight," Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said, "and the ones I was happiest for were the guys that's been supporting this program since those days."
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That team brought me memories.
The fact that Sampson is being considered for coach of the year after his history of recruiting violations says a lot about the NCAA.
One can watch the whole Final 4 game between Louisville and Houston on YouTube. I watched part of the 2nd half where Houston went full Phi Slama Jama. Hard to think of any other college game where both teams fielded such athletes.
Somewhat off-topic:
The NCAA Bracket Challenge tracks tens of millions of bracket entries from ESPN, Yahoo, CBS and the NCAA’s own Bracket Challenge Game.
...Through 48 of the 63 games of the 2019 NCAA tournament, there is just one perfect bracket left across all major online bracket games: “Center Road”, entered in our Bracket Challenge Game.
By reaching the Sweet 16 unblemished, “Center Road” now owns the longest streak of correct bracket picks we have ever seen, shattering our reported record of 39 games, which happened in 2017...
What a team that was that fell a tad short in two title attempts.
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