Houston bounces No. 1 Arizona to get back to Elite Eight

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Jamal Shead scores a career-high 21 points and Houston leads throughout in a 72-60 victory, moving the Cougars within one win of their second straight Final Four.

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After quick consecutive layups by Dalen Terry got Arizona within 64-58 with just over two minutes left, Edwards settled things for Houston with a 3 -pointer from the right wing. The American Athletic Conference champion Cougars became the second former Southwest Conference team to knock a No. 1 seed out of this NCAA Tournament in a matter of hours. Top overall seed Gonzaga lost, 74-68, to Arkansas, which went to the SEC in 1991, five years before the SWC’s final season.

 

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