Houston loses the NCAA Title Championship to the Florida Gators. Details from Correspondent Bernie Bennett. VERBATIM: The end of national championship game was gritty and ugly, just the way Houston usually likes it. Except this time Florida was forcing bad shots and turnovers against Houston when it counted. The Cougars had four turnovers in the […]
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Houston Loses NCAA Tournament
Houston loses the NCAA Title Championship to the Florida Gators. Details from Correspondent Bernie Bennett.
VERBATIM:
The end of national championship game was gritty and ugly, just the way Houston usually likes it. Except this time Florida was forcing bad shots and turnovers against Houston when it counted.
The Cougars had four turnovers in the final 1:21 of their 65-63 loss. The last one ended the game when trying to get off a 3-pointer. Emanuel Sharp could only let the ball fall to the floor after he went up in the air and couldn’t get off the shot with Walter Clayton Jr. running toward him and leaping with his left arm extended.
Florida scrambled for the loose ball as time ran out. Houston fell just short of its first national championship.
Bernie Bennett reporting.