Houston Stuns Duke - Francesa Final 4 Reaction

The Mike Francesa Podcast

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4.8 • 816 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Houston scored the last nine points of the game to shock Duke in the NCAA Final 4. The Cougars were down nine points with 2:15 to go, and went on a 9-0 run in the last 33 seconds of the game to clinch their place in the finals against Florida. Florida advanced after a huge 34-point effort by Walter Clayton Jr. against Auburn.

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0:00.0	It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.
0:04.0	Welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast on the BetRivers Network, the Mike Francesa channel on the network, on YouTube, on this Sunday morning now after what was as good at two games as I can ever remember on Saturday on Final Four.
0:23.8	You know, I was lucky enough to do the Final Four for many years.
0:27.3	I did it for 17 years.
0:29.2	I've been to about 20-something Final Fours.
0:33.6	I can't remember two Saturday games being this good.
0:37.8	We knew we had four very, very talented teams.
0:40.9	A lot of people felt the most talented teams of all time.
0:43.8	We knew that all four of these teams could win the championship.
0:47.5	We said that going in.
0:49.6	Duke deserved to be favored.
0:51.3	But they were not unbeatable.
0:55.9	I thought Florida would win because I thought Clayton would be the difference in the game,
1:03.6	and he was.
1:05.0	But also, what was the difference in the game is they wore Auburn down.
1:09.9	I thought that Houston,
1:12.2	I picked Houston to win the tournament before it started.
1:18.7	I thought they had a very good chance to beat Duke
1:22.3	if they could get them in this type of game.
1:26.9	I have to tell you to be fair.
1:29.5	I did think there were a couple of moments in the game where Houston was beaten.
1:37.3	I thought that right before the technical foul by Gillis, which turned into a six-point play because
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