Houston Dominates Tennessee in Midwest Regional Final

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00:00Midwest Regional Final in Indianapolis. A matchup of the top two teams in that portion of the

00:05bracket that play a very similar style of basketball. Elite defensively grind you out,

00:13Houston and Tennessee. And for a second time, Joe, in the last five seasons, Kelvin Sampson and his

00:20Cougs continue their dance all the way to a Final Four. Houston took an early lead,

00:27four-zip over the Vols, and never looked back. From tip to close, all Houston yesterday in the

00:34inside Lucas Oil Stadium. A stifling defensive effort against the Volunteers as Houston wins by

00:4119, 69-50, easily covering as a two-and-a-half point favorite. And again, indications of what

00:48this game would be just in the pregame over-under, closing at 126-and-a-half. It stays well under

00:55because of that Cougar's defense. Listen, Ben, it got steamed, that total yesterday,

01:02because it was down as low as 122-and-a-half, 123. And all of a sudden, the over money,

01:08people going, absolutely not. We're going to get a ton of points. And then Tennessee shows up and

01:13drops a total of 15 points in the first half. And you're going, yep, that's Houston. Not to mention

01:20the amount of Tennessee money that was also steamed late yesterday, Ben, dropping Houston down to what,

01:25two-and-a-half in that game? There were a lot of folks that thought, because, and this is where

01:31recency bias in this tournament comes into play, Ben, which is so dangerous. Everybody watched

01:36Tennessee bulldoze Kentucky and saw, of course, Houston barely get by Purdue, who was playing

01:43in their backyard, by the way. Yeah, what a difference a couple of days makes in the NCAA

01:49tournament, Ben.