It's the first time I can think of where a top seed (Houston) won and it felt like an upset with all of the Duke hype. Ought to be an athletic final for sure.

    johnnydoom Frankly, it was an upset, of sorts. They committee ranks the one seeds in order. Auburn was the overall number one and Duke was the overall number two.

    So with semifinals produced upsets, one a bit more absurd than the other. Still unclear how you lose a game when you are ahead by six points and have the ball and there are only 37 seconds left to play. Every single thing that could go right for Houston and wrong for Duke happened in that short period of time. If they were to replay that game from that point 100 times, Houston would win maybe 2 or 3 of those games. Duke's chances of victory were 97% by computer calculation.

    One of the craziest last two minutes of college basketball I have ever seen.

    I really think Duke's team was superior, and that if this were a 7-game series, Duke would win it four games to two. But in the NCAA Tournament, it's one game, and crazy things can happen.

        rsvman2 I blame Duke's coach. He never changed the inbounds play. You see your team struggling to inbound the ball and you do nothing? Same thing happened in the Florida game. Florida struggled to inbound the ball twice, had to call timeout. Next time, they change the play to the "line of scrimmage" play and easily inbound the ball twice. What's the definition of insanity?

            garyt1957 Agree. Not to mention that the guy rebounding the ball clearly suffered a concussion earlier in the game. He was never the same after that. Why have a guy who can't think straight throwing the ball in against aggressive pressure?

                Easy call to go long when they are over playing the inbounds!

                rsvman2 Duke's chances of victory were 97% by computer calculation.

                Don’t you just love analytics?!

                  Not many close games in the women's tourney, even among the 1 seeds.

                  rsvman2 Agree. Not to mention that the guy rebounding the ball clearly suffered a concussion earlier in the game. He was never the same after that. Why have a guy who can't think straight throwing the ball in against aggressive pressure?

                  Yes, I was a little surprised when he didn't at least go back to the locker room to be tested. I assumed that was protocol like the NFL has. Why not have Flagg or Mallaouch (sp) come back for the ball and throw it high like a lot of teams do?

                      professor Did you see his fall? People in the crowd could hear his head slamming against the floor. There is absolutely no way he wasn't concussed.

                      Not saying that is the reason Duke lost the game, but the coach should absolutely have had somebody else inbounding the ball.

                          rsvman2

                          Honestly, don’t recall seeing/hearing that one. Thought the reference was to the elbow to the ear. Regardless, am surprised the protocol wasn’t invoked - your saying the impact was audible over the crowd.

                              professor Yes. It was on a drive to the basket. He got slammed into (no call), and fell onto his backside, with his head then slamming into the hardwood. A friend of mine who was there said that the loud sound was audible well up into the stands.

                                professor Texas Tech's physical style of play bothered Florida a lot in the regional final, so I think the Gators really have their hands full in this one.

                                  I think Florida is learning that you can't bully Houston.