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Sports Illustrated |
The Houston Cougars and Purdue Boilermakers face off Friday night in a Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament matchup in Indianapolis.
Houston Chronicle |
Breaking down Midwest Region No. 1 seed Houston’s Sweet 16 game against No. 4 seed Purdue in the NCAA Tournament.
The New York Times |
Auburn chipped away and eventually exploded on a 31-8 run, setting up a matchup against Michigan State on Sunday.
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Houston is 32-4 and has won 15 consecutive games since Feb. 1, including victories over NCAA Tournament qualifiers Arizona (twice), Iowa State, Texas Tech, Kansas and BYU in Big 12 play. The Boilermakers have made the Sweet 16 the past two seasons.
The Cougars lost a 10-point second-half lead but quieted a Purdue-friendly crowd in Indianapolis with a slick out-of-bounds play.
No. 1 seed Houston advanced to the Elite Eight on a perfectly executed last-second inbounds play that led to a game-winning layup by Milos Uzan on Friday night, as the Cougars outlasted No. 4 seed Purdue 62-60 in a thrilling cap to the Sweet 16.
March Madness 2025 continues on Friday, March 28, with the last four of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Sweet 16 games. Among those teams in action are No. 1 seeds Auburn and Houston, along with Tennessee, Kentucky and Ole Miss from the SEC. Michigan State, Michigan and Purdue also take the court.
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The top-seeded Houston Cougars were 10-0 in road games this season so facing Purdue in Indianapolis is nothing new.