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SAN ANTONIO \u2014 On a whiteboard in the Houston Cougars locker room inside the Alamodome, Kelvin Sampson wrote down his team\u2019s record: 35-4.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, underneath it: \u201cOne more.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The message was clear: The job isn\u2019t done. <\/p>\n
As remarkable and thrilling and emotional and unbelievable as Houston\u2019s Saturday night victory over favored Duke was, it didn\u2019t end this team\u2019s journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The job isn\u2019t finished.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The crazy rally from 14 down with 8:17 left won\u2019t mean nearly as much if Houston can\u2019t follow it up with a victory over fellow No. 1 seed Florida Monday night for the school\u2019s first-ever national championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to overreact. That wasn\u2019t our championship,\u201d junior guard Emanuel Sharp said. \u201cIt was a great win and it put us in a great position. But we got to know that there\u2019s still one more. We learn to flush it really quick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNew day, new scouting report, new mindset. It\u2019s good to get back focused on a game. The game was won, we beat Duke, all right, onto the next one.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monday night is 11 years in the making. <\/p>\n
In 2014, Sampson arrived at Houston, inheriting a program that hadn\u2019t advanced in the NCAA Tournament since the days of Phi Slama Jama way back in 1984. <\/p>\n
He has turned it into one of the country\u2019s very best. This season has marked the fourth straight 30-win seasons for the Cougars and their second Final Four since 2021. <\/p>\n
It is their third consecutive tournament as a No. 1 seed and the fifth straight time they have produced a top 10 defense in terms of efficiency. <\/p>\n
But the ultimate goal, a national championship, has eluded them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There has been plenty of March heartbreak in recent seasons. <\/p>\n
The Sweet 16 loss to Duke last year, when star guard Jamal Shead was lost to a sprained ankle in the first half. <\/p>\n
The 2023 Sweet 16 setback to Miami. The 2018 second-round loss to Michigan and Jordan Poole at the buzzer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe deserved a break,\u201d Sharp said. \u201cIt\u2019s just been tough, year after year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
For much of Saturday night, it looked like Houston was headed for more disappointment. But the Cougars refused to lose, stunning Duke and projected No. 1 NBA draft pick Cooper Flagg.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monday night won\u2019t be easy. Florida may have the best player on the floor in Walter Clayton Jr., and a big frontcourt that will tower over Houston\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDuke had size over us, too,\u201d J\u2019Wan Roberts said with a smile. \u201cFind a way to win.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A key to Houston\u2019s success \u2014 continuity \u2014 is a rarity in the sport these days. Four of their starters a year ago returned. <\/p>\n
While leading scorer L.J. Cryer is a transfer from Baylor, this is his second season as a Cougar. <\/p>\n
Sharp, Roberts, Joseph Tugler and key reserves Terrance Arceneaux and Ja\u2019Vier Francis have never played for another school. They have all been developed by Sampson and his staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not the same as other programs. We\u2019ve got a culture that not many guys want to leave,\u201d Sharp said. \u201cWe win a lot every year and we\u2019re always in a position to be a great team because of the coaching staff and how we work every day. Not a lot of guys leave here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A win Monday night would be for all those players who fell short, who helped Sampson make Houston into an annual March threat. Many of them will be in attendance at the Alamodome.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like there\u2019s only one way for us to go out,\u201d Roberts said, \u201cand that\u2019s to win a national championship.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic SAN ANTONIO \u2014 On a whiteboard in the Houston Cougars locker room inside the Alamodome, Kelvin Sampson wrote down his team\u2019s record: 35-4.\u00a0 Then, underneath it: \u201cOne more.\u201d\u00a0 The message was clear: The job isn\u2019t done. As remarkable and thrilling and emotional and unbelievable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-266620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266622,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266620\/revisions\/266622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}