The top-seeded Cougars were in enemy territory at Midwest Region games in Indianapolis, but they dominated Tennessee in Sunday’s region final to reach the Final Four.
The Houston is back in the Final Four for the second time since 2021. Their second season in the Big 12 has been good to the Cougars as they put together a 34-4 record, went 19-1 in conference play and entered the NCAA tournament as a No. 1 seed.
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The Purdue basketball team beat 13th-seeded High Point and ... 780 winning percentage, at Houston. The Cougars made one NCAA Tournament between 1992-93 and 2016-17 but has made it in seven of the last eight years. A reporter asked Kelvin Sampson a question ...
The No. 4 seed Purdue Boilermakers (24-11) and the No. 1 seed Houston Cougars (32-4) will meet on Friday in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
Purdue's Braden Smith has been announced as a Naismith All-American. Smith joins the prestigious list of 10 Naismith All-Americans, featuring a couple of college basketball's biggest stars, such as Duke's Cooper Flagg, Auburn's John Broome, Houston's L.J. Cryer and Alabama's Mark Sears.
The Houston Cougars like mixing it up — and turning things ugly. Their hard-nosed defense has been a staple throughout coach Kelvin Sampson's 11-year tenure, and it served them well again in Indianapolis against two teams with much larger fan bases,
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