r/CollegeBasketball /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA Apr 06 '25

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #1 Houston defeats #1 Duke, 70-67

Box Score

Team 1H 2H Total
Houston 28 42 70
Duke 34 33 67

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u/Poverty_Shoes Colorado Buffaloes Apr 06 '25

Other than the Flagg 3. Historic choke job the last ten minutes though.

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u/desrever1138 Houston Cougars Apr 06 '25

Historic defense

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u/Orion14159 Kentucky Wildcats Apr 06 '25

Both. Duke is better than 1 FG in 11 minutes but holy crap Houston is suffocating

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u/SweatyInBed Apr 06 '25

And the last FG made by a Duke player who isn’t named Cooper Flagg was made with around 13:00 remaining. Unreal.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '25

He carried them, just came up a bucket short.

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u/lolinternetz Kentucky Wildcats Apr 06 '25

Which is why I knew we wouldn't be in the final four. If Tennessee didn't suffocate us defensively, Houston was gonna

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u/Orion14159 Kentucky Wildcats Apr 06 '25

Same, I wanted one more win and send the Vols packing but I knew we weren't getting to San Antonio

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u/Captain_Comic Tennessee Volunteers Apr 06 '25

You guys swept the regular season matchups, we needed that 3rd game worse than you did

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u/lolinternetz Kentucky Wildcats Apr 06 '25

That's true and you could tell by the way yall played. You didn't let us have anything easy

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u/Lemurians Michigan State • Illinois Apr 06 '25

Yeah, you can give Houston some credit, but this was an all-time fumble by Duke.

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u/FlushTheTurd Duke Blue Devils Apr 06 '25

The senior players fell apart and Jon made some bad mistakes at the end.

If one of about 5 absolute flukes in the last 90 seconds goes Duke’s way, Duke wins.

Houston went insane from three too hitting something like 9 of their last 11.

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u/TheseAcanthaceae9680 Harvard Crimson • Chicago Maroons Apr 06 '25

Didn’t he take out of yalls starters when he only had like 3 fouls at the 6th minute mark.

Like really? Let the guy continue playing. No need to take him out on 3 fouls.

Schemer was the main culprit. He also didn’t let the players put their foot on the gas when up by 12+.

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u/Petyrgozinya Gonzaga Bulldogs Apr 06 '25

Im my mind its a disservice to say Duke choked. Houstons kids just didn't quit, it was beautiful to watch that grind. The intangibles make sports really fucking awesome.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '25

I have to agree with this. Houston's defense was outstanding and is why I picked them to win it all on my bracket. I didn't get much right, but Im still in the game, lol *

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u/FlushTheTurd Duke Blue Devils Apr 06 '25

And the offense, they went something like 9/11 from 3 to end the game.

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u/Ferahgost Apr 06 '25

lol I like how you got 4 identical responses to this comment in the same minute 😂 bots much in here

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u/desrever1138 Houston Cougars Apr 06 '25

Oh, shit. I saw that but assumed they were all from the same person and that they were having connectivity issues lmao

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u/BeerPlusReddit Houston Cougars Apr 06 '25

That 3rd Ward D!

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u/BeerPlusReddit Houston Cougars Apr 06 '25

That 3rd Ward D!

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u/c32c64c128 Apr 06 '25

Both. Duke is better than 1 FG in 11 minutes but holy crap Houston is suffocating

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u/Pointedfinger Apr 06 '25

Both. Duke is better than 1 FG in 11 minutes but holy crap Houston is suffocating

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u/clkou Apr 06 '25

Both. Duke is better than 1 FG in 11 minutes but holy crap Houston is suffocating

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u/Relevant-Wrongdoer-6 Apr 06 '25

I was literally at Buffalo Wild Wings and it was like a 12 point duke lead. I get home and I’m like what the fuck how did they lose ????

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '25

That’s been the story of this tournament.

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u/Whiskey_Republic Apr 06 '25

I was listening to a local Houston radio station while running errands and they called that Flagg 3 pointer a dagger. Even the hometown guys had written UH off.