Houston directs, 14-10, at the waiting time
These offenses are fighting powerfully to put the ball in the basket, combining for 11 of 33 shots with 10:18 to play before part time. The Star Gators Walter Clayton Jr. Guard still has no score, 0 by 3 of the field.
J’wan Roberts Check for Houston
With the remaining 13:12 in the first half, the great man of the Cougars J’wan Roberts receives his first rest of the game after grabbing three offensive rebounds and blocking a shot in his first seven minutes of action of the game. Houston scored shortly after to take an advantage of 12-10.
Star guards still need to settle
After more than eight minutes of play, the Senior star guards of both teams have no score.
Walter Clayton Jr. de Florida and LJ Cryer de Houston have 0 points in a combined shooting of 0 of 6.
It is not the best shooting start
The action has been entertaining, although not particularly clear to begin.
With remaining 15:05 in the first half, Florida and Houston have combined to reach only 7 of their 20 field goal attempts so far, a 35%field goal percentage.
Cougars would probably like this game to maintain a defensive battle.
Houston and Florida are tied after five minutes
This game is tied 8-8 with five minutes in the first half. Alex Condon, who was severely limited in Saturday’s semifinal for Florida, already has four points for the Gators.
Houston winning the battle of fans
San Antonio reports
Definitely more cheers for Houston in the dome tonight, perhaps due to the state advantage of “home.” Houston is just a journey from San Antonio, which means that many of these fans did not have to go far to get tonight.
Houston is my choice
Houston 68, Florida 65
Even Phi Slamma Jamma did not reach the heights that the Coupars made on Saturday while recovering from 14 points down to overcome Duke. That performance imbued Houston with a confidence that will take them to their first national championship.
We are going in San Antonio!
Houston and Florida have advanced in the championship game tonight. Houston had the ball first, but his first shot shot.
Before the national title game, pets face
San Antonio reports
More impressive Four Four Comeback: Houston or Florida?
It was certainly Houston, for two reasons. Although Houston’s defense was classified as the best in the country this season in the permitted field goal percentage and the permitted total points, Duke’s historically efficient offensive presented his most difficult challenge.
The Blue Devils not only attacked offensively in the second half, but also spent more than seven minutes without a field goal, an absurd drought that Duke’s talent gave. Perhaps the even more difficult challenge for Houston, however, was to find enough offense to complete the return.
The score has never been easy for Kelvin Sampson’s teams in recent seasons, and although this year’s team is much more dangerous, it often does not produce points in clusters. Emanuel Sharp will not have to pay a meal for the rest of his life around the Houston campus with the way he shot the ball in the last minutes.
Florida target: 70 points
Houston’s defense led the nation this season by averaging 58 allowed points; Only four teams could score more than 70 points. However, that is an important threshold because the Coupars are 33-0 when they allow 69 points or less but 2-4 when they allow more than 70.
Why does that number matter? It is largely a function of Houston’s offensive that does not match well in a shooting. The Coupars have actually triggered the ball, making 39.9% of their triples, but on average they are scoring about 12 points less per game than Florida. The Gators will want to run to score quickly, while Houston prefers to play methodically.
Cougars coach can make history
With a victory tonight, Kelvin Sampson de Houston, 69, would become the oldest coach to win a male basketball championship in the NCAA. Jim Calhoun was 68 when Connecticut won in 2011.
“When you are pressing 70, you look at things very differently,” Sampson told journalists yesterday. “I received so many text messages last night, I have not returned any, there are too many … but I saw Tubby [Smith] and Rick Barnes and Tom Izzo and [Gregg Popovich] And a lot of older coaches, and everyone had a message similar to me. You know, ‘one wins for the old’ or something. “
‘We are number 1!’
No matter the result tonight, the confrontation of two seeds No. 1 guarantees that by the 26th time since the NCAA tournament expanded in 1985, the national champion will be a seed number 1. of the last 18 champions, including 14, 14 will have been the best seeds.
First meeting of the NCAA tournament
Houston and Florida are playing for the first time in an NCAA tournament, and this is only the third meeting of all time. The last one was in 1973. That was more than a decade before Florida Todd Golden coach, 39, was even born.
