Final. It was pretty either way but you win and move on and that is what Houston accomplished. They will take on Florida on Monday for the National Championship. A total collapse by Duke.

Yes!!!!!!!!!

Houston outscored Duke 11-1 in the last 1:37.

I am ABSOLUTELY THRILLED for Kelvin Sampson and Houston! 

What a win for Houston! They were down 15, right?

Whatt a melt down by the Dukes. 

Even when Duke had bigger leads a couple times they couldn’t put Houston away. As much as no one may think it, Duke played out of their element most of the first half until their run before Houston hit their threes to end the half. 
 

And Flagg looked like a deer in the headlights from the time he was called for the foul and to finish at the end. Huge win for Houston. This is very close, if not the biggest upset in tournament history between two #1 seeds playing.

Duke had a season in the weak ACC where the had 1 game in league play that was less than 6 points and they lost it. This season they had 4 games decided by 6 points or less and lost 3 of those 4 and it showed tonight down the stretch. 

In those 4 games their 1 win was a 6-point win over Auburn at home. There 3 losses were too Kentucky, Kansas (on neutral courts) and Clemson at Clemson.

Duke one made FG (a Flagg 3) in last 10 minutes...amazing!

19 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

What a win for Houston! They were down 15, right?

14 points. It was a Houston 11-1 run the last 1:14 to play. Also, Duke only made 1 FG the last 10:38 of the game. Then on top of that Duke was outscored 9-0 in the last :35 seconds of the game.

All time choke job by Duke.  Houston refused to give up though.  I thought when they were called for the technical that they were finished.  

3 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

All time choke job by Duke.  Houston refused to give up though.  I thought when they were called for the technical that they were finished.  

I was right there with ya. At that moment, I prepared myself for a Duke national championship. 

21 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Houston outscored Duke 11-1 in the last 1:37.

Wow.  I didn't get to watch.  But wow!

14 minutes ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Duke one made FG (a Flagg 3) in last 10 minutes...amazing!

Even more wow.  What happened?

1 minute ago, Randy Parker said:

Even more wow.  What happened?

Combination of Duke got comfortable and Houston upped the defense.