“Why Supporting the Cougars Feels Like a Leap of Faith: Can Loyalty Survive Doubt?”
If we are comparing the last game that both team’s played, Florida’s win seemed relatively tame compared to that of the game against Duke. For all those complaints about the lack of upsets and everything else, we got some great Elite Eight and Final Four games that made me not care about any of those first round matchups. The majority of teams that were seeded three or lower this season would probably have all lost by 10+ points in the Final Four to any of the Final Four teams. Enough about that, though. Duke was up by double-digits with less than 10 minutes in the game and Houston won. Duke had a lead with less than 30 seconds, and lost. Houston did that to Duke. How did they do it? That’s a good question. Partially Duke went cold, and part of it was that Houston was able to string together stops and turnovers. With 47 seconds left in the game, Houston blocked a Duke shot, then hit a three on the other end. They went from down six to down three. Next possession, another steal for Houston, two point tip in and suddenly in 22 seconds, Houston went from down six to down just one. Tyrese Proctor couldn’t hit the 1-and-1, and Houston got the rebound. After two free throws, Cooper Flagg missed a jumper and that was basically it.Â
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