Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz breaks down the Cougars 69-50 win over the Volunteers in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Video Transcript The forgotten #1 seed is no longer forgotten. We've got to start talking about Houston, especially after they take down Tennessee in dominating fashion in the Elite Eight to head to the Final Four.
That's right, 69, nice to 50 is the final score in this one. LJ Cryer, 17.7 boards a big part of this.
But when I say bad, and I mean historically bad, we Talking about the first half by Tennessee. In fact, 15 1st half points is the fewest first half points by a top two seed ever in NCAA tournament history. They couldn't shoot for anything and they kept trying.
The percentage from 3 was horrific and Houston's defense was ready for it. The fact is, Houston is good on both sides of the ball. We know, we know this.
Houston's defense suffocating. We know this. And now that is.
Carrying Houston to the Final Four, where they get a matchup against Duke, an offense that we know is an incredible offense, a team with amazing balance. We finally get to see the best versus the best and yet again, stop me if you've heard this one before, a #1 seed has advanced to the Final Four, unprecedented yet again, the top of the top are all headed to San Antonio..