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All Kelvin Sampson could do was stand there, hands on hips with a blank look on his face, as the ball bounced loose and Houston’s latest chance at a national title bounced away, too.

The Clippers fell behind the Rockets with two minutes left in the second quarter and were never able to recover the ground they lost. Ivica Zubac led the way for Los Angeles with

For Houston, this ending was supposed to be the one that erased all the others. Instead, the Cougars couldn't even get off a shot.

Having dropped 8-7 and 5-3 games to UTSA and Texas State in the past month, can Texas avoid another midweek stumble?

Proctor missed the front end of the one-and-one, and then it got worse. On the rebound, Blue Devils superstar Cooper Flagg got called for a foul, immediately sending J'Wan Roberts to the line because Houston was in the bonus. Roberts made both to give his team the lead for the first time since the 14:42 mark of the first half.

Somehow, against all logic and evidence over 37 minutes of the game, Houston defeated Duke for arguably greatest night in history of proud program.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The $1 million March Madness wager between a pro gambler and an artificial-intelligence site will be decided by the winner of the Duke-Houston game in the Final Four. The Vegas bookies project the gambler, who picked 5 1/2-point favorite Duke, should win.