Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, basketball analyst Isis ‘Ice’ Young and former Big 12 player of the year Marcus Morris Sr. discuss the Cougars’ mindset after shocking Duke in the national semifinal and now quickly moving forward to Monday’s championship game against Florida.

Duke blowing the lead in their Final Four loss to Houston will take the headlines. However, the Cougars earned this win with their insane commitment to the game.

So, like Auburn, Houston is eyeing the program's first national title. The Blue Devils have pulled into a tie with the UCLA Bruins for the second-most Final Four appearances in NCAA Tournament history with 18 apiece. Only the UNC Tar Heels have more with 21.

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.

The 2025 men's Final Four became the 2025 men's Final Two on Saturday night in San Antonio, Florida defeating Auburn 79-73 in the all-SEC semifinal before Houston stunned Duke 70-67 in the nightcap.

The Cougars started to believe anything was possible in January, then drew upon their biggest win when Duke pushed them to the brink.

Up six on Houston with less than a minute left, the Blue Devils were oh-so-close to a title game berth and a chance to win it all. Instead, they squandered it away in a series of mind-numbing mistakes.