Houston pulled off an All-Time comeback in the second National Semi-final, handing a loss to Duke University that the Blue Devils will wear for a long, long time.

The Cougars Head Coach felt a need to rub salt 🧂into the open wound by taking two shots at Duke, one at Coach, one at team and then a third shot at the Atlantic Coast Conference. No hiding from the breakdown from Duke but it seemed odd to me that Sampson chose to call the ACC the Toy Poodle League.

Fast Forward 48 hours and we find Houston with a 12 point second half lead(16:24) against the Florida Gators. Duke’s lead was 14 against Houston so the numbers were comparable. Houston had plenty of time at the end of game to either go for tie or the win but somehow managed to never get a shot off.

Enter Coach Golden holding the 🎤🎙🎤 as Sampson had done 48 hours earlier and the 39 year old quickly praised the effort of his team, without taking a shot at Houston.

Congratulations 👏👏👏 to the S.E.C  and to the Florida Gators. The final two possessions for the Cougars ended without a shot being taken. Kudos to the winners 🏆and something to think about for Houston.

The last time that this level of Karma from the ACC was on display took place last fall. Florida State University decided to sue their way out of the league but they failed and then proceeded to post a 2-10 mark in Football 🏈🏈🏈. The victories came against Cal and Charleston Southern .

While our beloved league has taken it on the chin here as of late, there’s still some spunk left in the old gal. If you question that at all, just ask Kelvin Sampson or Seminole Football.

Almost felt sad for the 69 year old Sampson last night 🌙 as he stood there with a frozen look on his face as his team could not get a shot off in its final three possessions. Almost, but no, not really.

The moral of the story is this, when with grace and dignity. Own your loses and handle them with Class. Then don’t forget that the ACC, while its wounded, still has Karma on its side.

Chris Graham has an interesting article about Kyle Guy not staying on with the new staff at UVA. Let’s not forget that Guy was the last ACC player to hold the National Championship trophy 🏆back in 2019. Maybe Odom should take note of Karma.

https://augustafreepress.com/news/odoms-first-flub-as-the-uva-basketball-coach-not-retaining-kyle-guy/

UConn routs South Carolina as Bueckers claims elusive title https://thescore.com/wcbk/news/3260202

Paige and Geno roll through Tampa Bay as the Goat 🐐 gets #12 but the first one since Stevie (2016).

Texas and Connecticut claimed the two remaining tickets 🎟 to Tampa last night 🌙 and now we await the Semi-final contests this weekend.

  Southern California versus Connecticut in the Regional Final was quite possibly the most anticipated game in either bracket and it was played last night. But sadly it took place with Ju Ju recovering from surgery. UCONN coasted to a double digit victory over the Trojans for the final spot.

Texas, UCLA , UCONN , and South Carolina will be on display Friday night in Tampa. South Carolina – Texas will be the opener, like the Men one fame will be an All-SEC tilt while UCONN faces UCLA in the nightcap.

  Over in San Antonio, Auburn and Florida will open the show on Saturday evening with Duke versus Houston in the second game.

Both brackets guarantee that we will have a National Championship game between the SEC and the Field.

Duke and Florida were the last two Mens schools 🏫 to win Back 2 Back titles before Connecticut did it last year.

South Carolina will be looking to repeat on the Ladies side.

For three days now, the Country will have to wait for the action 🎬 but something tells me that the final six games will be worth it !

There had only one previous time that all four #1 seeds advanced to the Men’s Final Four and back in 2008 the destination also happened to be down in San Antonio, Texas.

Yesterday, both Houston and Auburn joined Florida and Duke by punching their tickets 🎟 down to the city made famous by the Alamo and its Riverwalk.

The Gators needed a wild 18-4 closeout against Texas Tech to get there while the other three had slightly easier final steps 🚶‍♂️ to secure their trips.

The first two #1 seeds on the Ladies side have already booked travel down to their Final Four in Tampa and later today both Texas and Southern California will attempt to make it a perfect 8 for 8. Ju Ju being out of the lineup will make it a bit tougher for the Trojans to get past Geno and UCONN but one cannot rule it out.

Texas will be represented either way as Texas faces Texas Christian ✝️ in the other game. Birmingham and Spokane are the sites tonight.

Each year a story comes out about the 1972 Miami Dolphins 🐬 opening a bottle of Champagne 🍾 when the final unbeaten team finally loses its first game. Somewhere the folks from the Big East are celebrating the fact that they are still the only conference in the history of the NCAA to send three teams to the same Final Four.

Much has been written about the record 14 bids received by the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the league had one team in each of the four Elite Eight games, leaving a chance at an All-SEC Final Four. Houston and Duke saved Basketball 🏀 for the rest of us by preventing that. Nobody is happier than the folks from the Big East!

If there’s a team to pull for tonight and then in Tampa, give some thought to Geno and Paige. Yes, Geno only trails John Wooden on the list of Natty’s collected, the Huskies legend hasn’t won one since Stewie strung together her four straight.

One final Congratulations 👏 to Kara Lawson and the Duke University Blue Devils. Their season ended yesterday afternoon when the 3-pointer for the win over South Carolina missed its mark.

The Gamecocks grabbed the misfire and then added two late free throws in the 54-50 outcome.

Two games that should prove to be entertaining tonight starting at 7pm with UT – TCU and then 9pm with USC – UCONN..