Villanova Wildcats vs Houston Cougars

Men's Basketball Championship - South Region - Elite 8

32-6

Final

	1	2	T
Houston HOU	20	24	44
Villanova VILL	27	23	50

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30-7

Houston Cougars

starters
Josh CarltonJ. Carlton#25
Jamal SheadJ. Shead#1
Kyler EdwardsK. Edwards#11
Taze MooreT. Moore#4
Fabian White Jr.F. White Jr. #35
bench
J'Wan RobertsJ. Roberts#13
Ramon Walker Jr.R. Walker#3
Reggie ChaneyR. Chaney #32
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
14	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	5	0	4	0	2	1	4	3
38	9	4-13	0-5	1-2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1
39	4	1-12	0-8	2-4	4	4	1	0	0	0	4	2
35	15	6-21	1-5	2-2	10	1	2	3	0	5	5	1
27	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
26	7	2-2	0-0	3-4	8	0	0	3	2	4	4	2
9	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
	44	17-57	1-20	9-14	39	7	10	6	4	15	24	14
		30%	5%	64%

Villanova Wildcats

starters
Eric DixonE. Dixon#43
Brandon SlaterB. Slater#3
Jermaine Samuels Jr.J. Samuels#23
Justin MooreJ. Moore#5
Collin GillespieC. Gillespie#2
bench
Chris ArcidiaconoC. Arcidiacono#4
Caleb DanielsC. Daniels#14
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
25	6	2-6	0-0	2-2	9	0	1	0	1	5	4	3
32	2	0-4	0-4	2-2	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	0
33	16	6-10	1-2	3-3	10	0	3	0	0	3	7	1
37	8	2-10	2-4	2-2	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	1
36	6	1-6	0-4	4-4	5	1	1	0	0	1	4	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
35	12	4-16	2-7	2-2	6	2	2	1	0	1	5	3
	50	15-52	5-21	15-15	38	6	10	3	2	12	26	12
		29%	24%	100%

Game Information

San Antonio, TX

Referee:Kipp Kissinger

Referee:Mike Reed

Referee:Jeffrey Anderson

NCAA Division I

Big 12 Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Arizona	16-2	-	36-3
Houston	14-4	2	30-7
Iowa State	12-6	4	29-8
Kansas	12-6	4	24-11
Texas Tech	12-6	4	23-11
TCU	11-7	5	23-12
BYU	9-9	7	23-12
UCF	9-9	7	21-12
West Virginia	9-9	7	21-14
Cincinnati	9-9	7	18-15
Colorado	7-11	9	17-16
Arizona State	7-11	9	17-16
Oklahoma State	6-12	10	20-15
Baylor	6-12	10	17-17
Kansas State	3-15	13	12-20
Utah	2-16	14	10-22

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	30-7
UConn	17-3	1	34-6
Villanova	15-5	3	24-9
Seton Hall	10-10	8	21-12
Creighton	9-11	9	16-18
DePaul	8-12	10	16-16
Butler	7-13	11	16-16
Providence	7-13	11	15-18
Marquette	7-13	11	12-20
Georgetown	6-14	12	16-18
Xavier	6-14	12	15-18

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