All of the basketball games he had won and lost -- the games his teams had squandered and salvaged -- over a career that spans more than four decades taught him the lesson that saved Houston's season and led the program to its third national title game Monday night after a miraculous,

Houston rallied from a 14-point deficit and erased Duke’s title hopes Saturday in a 70-67 stunner at the Final Four. The Cougars will play Florida on Monday night for the championship.

Houston’s suffocating defense wiped away a 14-point deficit over the final eight minutes and erased Cooper Flagg and Duke’s title hopes Saturday in a 70-67 stunner over the Blue Devils at the Final Four.