Houston heads to NCAA Final Four

The first ticket to the 2021 NCAA Men’s Final Four has been punched. Second-seeded Houston is in the Final Four for the first time in nearly 40 years.

Back in the days of Phi Slama Jama in the early 1980s, Houston made three-straight Final Fours from 1982-84, with back-to-back national championship appearances those final two trips.

Since then, Houston has made the tournament only seven times, but now, they’re back on its biggest stage. Houston dominated Oregon State, the No. 12 seed in the Midwest, for much of the game, leading by as many as 14 points in the second half.

Even after Oregon State rallied to tie the game at 55 late, Houston remained composed enough to control the action down the stretch and pull out a 67-61 victory. They’ll now face the winner of Baylor-Arkansas in a national semifinal on Saturday.

Houston reaches final four

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