Houston vs. Texas A&M - Second Round NCAA tournament extended highlights

THEY WENT 9-9 IN S.E.C. PLAY, BUT THEY COME INTO THIS GAME RED-HOT AND FULL OF CONFIDENCE. THEY'VE WON SIX OF THEIR LAST SEVEN. AND THEY GET RIGHT TO WORK WITH OBASEKI. >> Jim: HE'S COMING OFF A THEY'LL RESET TO CRYER. >> Jim: THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE STICKING ON CRYER. HE'S LIKE LIGHTNING AND CAN STICK IT WELL. >> Spero: SHARP AGAIN, SPLASH. HE GIVES HOUSTON THEIR FIRST POINTS. ON THE OFFENSIVE END. >> Spero: HOUSTON COUGARS, 31 WINS ON THE SEASON. FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON NUMBER TWO IN THE AP POLL. SHARP BURIES ANOTHER TRIPLE! >> Jim: I DON'T THINK HE GETS ENOUGH ATTENTION. OBVIOUSLY HE'S NOT GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION RIGHT NOW ON THE OFFENSIVE END. >> Spero: RADFORD BOTTLES UP, GETS IT BACK, AND HE CLEANS IT UP. >> Jim: VERY GOOD GOING TO HIS LEFT. POSITION TO BEGIN WITH. >> Spero: KELVIN SAMPSON TOUCHED ON ABOUT THIS TEXAS A&M TEAM, HE SAID THE ONE THING DIFFERENT, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND HOW THEY WANT TO PLAY OFFENSIVELY. THEY HAVE A PLAN, AS RADFORD IS CASH MONEY WITH THAT MID-RANGE J. BEEN THREE-POINTERS. OBASEKI IS GOING TO RESET. TAYLOR. LOOK AT THAT. >> Jim: OH, LOOK AT THAT, TOO. >> Spero: SHEAD OFF THE DEFLECTION, OBASEKI. CRYER IS THERE. IT IS HIS FIRST AND FIFTH TEAM FOUL AGAINST THE COUGARS. HERE COMES RADFORD, THE HESITATION, AND HE LAYS IT AND IN. >> Jim: HE'S A LEFTY. I KNOW THAT'S SIMPLE, BUT CAME OUT, THE FIRST TIME ON THE FLOOR, LET HIM GO BY HIM. FORCE HIM TO THE RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH RADFORD HAS ONE OF THE BEST SPINS FROM THE RIGHT TO LEFT. I'M SURE WE'LL SEE THAT AT SOME POINT. >> Spero: ROBERTS, PRETTY DROP STEP, AND HE GOES GLASS. >> Jim: LIKE TO MIX IT UP. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THE AGGIES ONE AND DONE AS HOUSTON KEEPS HIM OFF THE OFFENSIVE GLASS. DAMIAN DUNN HAS CHECK IN. THIS IS SHEAD. WILSON OUT FRONT. THIS IS SHARP. BACK TO SHEAD, THE FAKE. TWO TO SHOOT. WILSON WILL LET IT RIP, AND THE MISS. >> Jim: PRETTY GOOD EXECUTION BY HOUSTON. THEY USE THE CLOCK AND NOT RUSH THROUGH A FORCED SHOT. >> Spero: OBASEKI SLINGING IT. SPLASH! >> Jim: I JUST LIKE THE LOOK BY GARCIA JUST KICKS IT TO THE PERIMETER. >> Spero: OBASEKI SHOOTING AT A 50% CLIP HIS LAST SEVEN STARTS. SHEAD GOING HIGH OFF GLASS. A SHORT FIGHT FOR IT AND SHARP CLEARS. >> Jim: YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO READ TEXAS A&M'S DEFENSE. >> Spero: LOOK AT SHEAD. THEY'RE GOING TO GET A GOALTEND. VARIOUS POINTS OF THE SEASON. HE MENTIONED SOME OF THE THAT WAS ALL SHEAD. DAZZLING WITH THAT HANDLE. THINNESS WITH THEIR FRONTCOURT, A HUGE LOSS OF JOSEPH TUGLER. A BEAUTIFUL PASS HERE, GARCIA! A SERIES OF FAKES, AND HE COMES UP WITH THE DEUCE. >> Jim: RADFORD LIKES TO SHOOT INDICATE THAT. I THINK HE'LL WANT TO SAVE HIM FOR THE SECOND HALF UNLESS THEY GET DOWN EIGHT OR TEN. >> Spero: THIS IS WILSON. THEY LEAVE HIM OPEN AND HE HITS. BIG SHOT FOR THE COUGARS. >> Jim: THEY FINISH IT OFF WITH A SECOND. >> Spero: TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT SHIN INJURY. SHEAD IS GOING TO FIRE. LONG REBOUND, CRYER ELEVATES AND HITS BASELINE. >> Jim: THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTION FOR ROBERTS. PERSONALS. THIS IS WASHINGTON. TEN TO SHOOT, A BACK DOOR HANDLE. CARTER. >> Jim: GARCIA IS FUN TO WATCH, >> Spero: THERE IS A SLICKNESS AND A CLEVERNESS. THAT KID GARCIA. >> Jim: THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SHEAD TO GO ALONG THE BASELINE. >> Spero: DEEP SHOT FOR HOUSTON. EMANUEL SHARP HOT HERE AT THE START. A PUSH AS HE SPUN AROUND. FULL-COURT ACTION ON SHEAD FROM WASHINGTON. >> Spero: HERE COMES THE BALL. WASHINGTON SWALLOWED HIM UP! >> Jim: HE WENT RIGHT BY HIM INITIALLY, BUT WASHINGTON REALLY PUT THE JETS ON. >> Spero: RADFORD SLICING THROUGH THE TEETH OF THE DEFENSE. >> Jim: THEY'RE A BIG BASKET FOR THE AGENTIES. THE PASS STOLEN. IT'S RADFORD. A FOOTRACE TO THE RACK, AND HE LAYS IT UP AND IN. >> Jim: HE'S BETTER AT DELAYING AS WE TAKE A LITTLE PEEK AT OUR AT&T CONNECTED CAM. >> Jim: SPERO, WATCH THE WAY HE HANGS IN THE AIR, UP THERE, DELAYS, AND FINISHES THAT OFF. AND THE ANSWER FROM THE HOUSTON IT'S A TWO-POINT GAME. >> Jim: THEY'RE MAKING A LITTLE RUN RIGHT NOW. MAKE SURE YOU GET A GOOD SHOT. >> Spero: RADFORD HAS COME ALIVE, A TEAM HIGH TEN POINTS. THE PASS DEFLECTED. NICE INTERIOR DEFENSE BY NICE INTERIOR DEFENSE BY FRANCIS. >> Jim: THEY READ THE SPIN. NICE LOOK. >> Spero: WILSON, SHARP LEFT OPEN. HE IS CASH MONEY IN THIS OPENING HALF. SIDE, WATCH OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE FLOOR ON THE DIAGONAL PASS. AND SHARP, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT, MIGHT BE A SHARPSHOOTER, HUH? TAKING THE A&M GIG IS ON THE FLOOR FOR THE AGGIES. OBASEKI HAS TO HURRY. TWO TO SHOOT. FIRES, NO. ANOTHER OFFENSIVE REBOUND. GRS RELENTLESS ON THE GLASS. GARCIA GETS IT BACK, AND HE'S HEADED TO THE LINE! >> Jim: GARCIA JUST MAKING IT OFF THE BENCH. LOOK AT HIM GO AFTER THE BALL. THIS TIME HE KNOWS HE CAN GRAB IT. WHAT DOES HE DO? HE FEEDS IT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR, AND THEY FEED IT RIGHT BACK. THIS IS SOME FINISH TO GET TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOOP. FRANCIS TO THE BENCH, PICKS UP HIS THIRD. HERE'S DUNN. THE TEMPLE TRANSFER CALMLY DOES IT ON THAT BASELINE. >> Jim: INITIALLY DIDN'T FIT IN EARLY IN THE SEASON BUT STARTED TO WORK HIS WAY BACK. >> Spero: OBASEKI WORKING HARD! >> Jim: DEPLETED UP FRONT SO A >> Jim: THE WAY THEY HELP OUT ON THE PICK-AND-ROLL, THEY WEREN'T GOING TO RUN MANY OF THEM BUT THEY ARE. >> Spero: THIS IS SHEAD KNIFING IN. A TOUGH SHOT FROM A TOUGH KID. >> Jim: GETTING IT UP OFF THE INCLUDING THAT 22-POINT GEM IN THE OPENER ON FRIDAY. >> Jim: SPERO, YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE ON THE HOUSTON TEAM, THEY ARE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR GUYS WITH FOUR FOULS OR MORE. THE FOULS ARE REALLY MOUNTING UP. >> Spero: HERE COMES SHEAD, AND HE TAKES CONTACT! WATCH AFTER HE GETS HIT, HE STARTS TO FALL OUT OF BOUNDS TOWARDS THE RIGHT AND CAN ADJUST IN A HURRY WITH THE STRENGTH TO >> Jim: HOW ABOUT A LITTLE ZONE LOOK FOR HOUSTON, TOO. DON'T SEE THAT TOO OFTEN. >> Spero: GETS IT TO DROP! THE TWO-MINUTE MARK HERE IN MEMPHIS. >> Jim: HOUSTON USUALLY PLAYS THAT MAN-TO-MAN ALL THE TIME. >> Spero: SHEAD. HE'S JUST TOO GOOD. THE FLOOR. >> Spero: THE SECOND COUGAR IN DOUBLE FIGURES. OBASEKI THROWING A HAYMAKER! >> Jim: I'M NOT SURE IF THE ZONE IS WORKING THAT WELL, SPERO. >> Jim: LOOK AT THE CROSSOVER AND THE STEP ACROSS. WATCH THIS ONE. OBASEKI FINISHING IT OFF. ASSIGNMENTS. TRY TO GET THIS BALL OUT OF SHEAD'S HANDS. >> Spero: GOOD BALL MOVEMENT. THIS IS DUNN, CHISELS INTO THE PAINT AND HE PUTS IT DOWN. OF THE BALL RIGHT NOW. >> Spero: 29 COMBINED FIELD GOALS AND THREE TURNOVERS IN THE FIRST HALF. THE FLICK, RADFORD! THE STORY OF THE GAME HAS BEEN >> Jim: THEY HAVE 11 NOW AND ARE NEARING THEIR AVERAGE. HOUSTON DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB KEEPING THEM AWAY FROM IT. >> Spero: L.J. CRYER GETS THE COUGARS ON THE BOARD. >> Jim: HE'S ONE OF THE GUYS WHO HAS TO GET ON TRACK. WITH OBASEKI TO THE BENCH. WADE TAYLOR, THEIR NUMBER ONE SCORER, IS 0 FOR 7. HE HAS ONE POINT IF YOU JUST JOINED US. CRYER. >> Spero: ANDERSSON GARCIA COMES UP WITH IT. TAYLOR. THEY DESPERATELY NEED HIM TO GET GOING, AND FINALLY THEIR STAR HAS HIS FIRST BASKET OF THE NIGHT. >> Jim: YOU SEE THAT PLAY OUT BLEW RIGHT BY HIM AS THEY SHIFT BACK INTO A ZONE RIGHT NOW. >> Spero: SPLASH! >> Jim: ZONE BREAKDOWN BECAUSE MADE THREES THIS SEASON. HE SCORED THEIR LAST EIGHT. A DEEP THREE. CARTER, DEEP SHOT FOR THE AGGIES. >> Jim: HE CAN LIGHT IT UP ON THIS IS LIKE A TWO-THREE LOOK. NOW IT'S BACK TO LIKE A MATCHUP. >> Spero: SHARP WITH THE PHYSICAL DEFENSE RIGHT IN HIS CHEST. HE NEVER FLINCHED. IN A HURRY, TOO, HAVEN'T THEY? MAKING GOOD DECISIONS. LET'S SEE IF TAYLOR CAN GET STREAKY. THERE YOU GO. >> Spero: THIS KID HAS HAD SOME >> Jim: BACK INTO A ZONE RIGHT NOW. THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR IS WIDE OPEN. NO FLASHES. >> Spero: CRYER, THE LITTLE BUMP, AND HE STICKS IT AGAIN. L.J. CRYER STARTING TO LIGHT UP >> Spero: WADE TAYLOR 2 OF 12 FROM THE FIELD. >> Jim: A GOOD MATCHUP FOR SHEAD TO GO BY. >> Spero: BE ROBERTS EXTENDS AND PUTS IT DOWN! AND HOUSTON HAS ITS BIGGEST LEAD. IT. >> Spero: HERE IS OBASEKI, 4 OF 10 SHOOTING. CROSSOVER DRIBBLE, HERE HE COMES TO THE RACK. FULL EXTENSION. BIG BASKET FOR THE AGGIES. >> Jim: SO SMART. HIS HAND. REALLY PUT A WRENCH IN HIS SEASON. HAS HE PUT IT TOGETHER ON THE BIGGEST STAGE. FRANCIS ON THE CATCH, EXTENDS. A VICIOUS STICKBACK! >> Jim: I HAVE HIM LISTED AT >> Jim: SHEAD MAKING IT HAPPEN. WATCH THE LEFT SIDE. THE BALL BOUNCES, PRETTY NEAT FOR A 6'1" GUY TO FINISH IT OFF WHAT A FINISH ALONG THE BASELINE. >> Spero: JAMAL SHEAD MAKING HIS OWN MARCH MADNESS. >> Jim: GREAT DEFENSE DOWN LOW. >> Spero: THE AGGIES COME UP PART OF THAT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AS A FRESHMAN, TRYING TO DO WHAT NO PLAYER HAS DONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT, WIN IT WITH TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. STRETCH OF THIS GAME. WADE TAYLOR, BY THE WAY, IS 1 FOR 7 FROM THREE. ROBERTS TURNS THE CORNER, LEANS IN, AND HE GOES OFF GLASS. >> Jim: FOR A GUY AT 235 POUNDS, >> Spero: AS CLOSE AS IT GETS. A TOUGH BREAK FOR THE AGENTIES. AGGIES. >> Jim: THEY WERE OFF TO THE RACES. >> Spero: ROBERTS ATTACKS OVER TWO. WHAT A SHOT! CONTINUES. >> Jim: WATCH ROBERTS GO TO >> Jim: THEY FORCED HIM RIGHT INTO A DOUBLE-TEAM. WORK. HE STILL REACTS AND GOES RIGHT OVER GARCIA TO FINISH IT OFF, BUT HE MAY VERY WELL HAVE PICKED UP HIS FOURTH. ONE OR TWO TIMES DOWN THE FLOOR YOU MAY WANT TO CALL TAYLOR'S NAME AND SEE IF HE CAN BURY SOMETHING. YOU NEED HIM ACTIVE. >> Spero: CRYER ELEVATES! BIG SHOT FOR HOUSTON! >> Jim: I'M NOT SURE I AGREE ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC. WHO IS GOING TO GET A HOT HAND? THEY HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY TO GET SOMETHING TO GO DOWN. >> Spero: RADFORD, MASSIVE SHOT FOR THE AGGIES! >> Spero: SAMPSON WILL GO SMALL INSTEAD OF BRINGING IF LATH, THEY GO WILSON. RADFORD TO THE CUP. >> Jim: NOT ONLY THAT DRIVE BUT THE ENTRY PASS. MEMPHIS. RADFORD WILL BE THE INBOUNDER. WASHINGTON SNEAKS IN FOR THE OPEN LAYUP. >> Jim: THAT'S JUST GIVING THEM A FREEBIE. ALLOWS THEM TO SET UP AGAIN. LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN FILL UP DOUBLE BONUS FOR BOTH TEAMS FROM HERE ON OUT. TWO FREE THROWS. >> Jim: A BREAKDOWN. NOT A BAD FOUL, THOUGH, SPERO, WHEN YOU'RE DOWN TEN. >> Spero: THE OFFICIALS MAKE THE CALL WITH THE ASSIST FROM THE AGGIES BENCH. HE'S GOING TO FIRE! HE BURIES IT! >> Jim: I KNEW HE WOULDN'T GO >> Jim: YOU TALK ABOUT GETTING TO A SPOT AND GOTTING A SHOT OFF IN A HURRY, LOOK WHERE HE STARTS, TWO OR THREE STRIDES, HE WENT TO THE LEFT CORNER. >> Spero: RADFORD THROWS IN. THEY GET IT TO TAYLOR. HE'S GOING TO FIRE. NO. TAYLOR THE REBOUND. MISSES. ONE SECOND AND THE OFFICIAL SAYS >> Jim: HERE IS TAYLOR. RACE TO THE CORNER. >> Spero: RADFORD THE INBOUNDER LOOKING TO BOUNCE, GARCIA, GOT IT! WE ARE TIED! AND WE ARE HEADED TO OVERTIME HERE IN MEMPHIS. >> Jim: LIKE I MENTIONED, SPERO, WHOEVER GETS IT, LET HER RIP! OH, BOY. DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THIS TIME OF CRYER. >> Jim: FOULS ON PERSONNEL NOW ARE TOUGH. >> Spero: SHEAD MISFIRES. WATCH OUT. LOOKED LIKE HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS, MAYBE. SHARP FROM DEEP. >> Jim: I THINK HE'S TIED UP OVER THERE. >> Jim: IT'S SHED AGAINST A POINT GUARD WHO IS TALLER. >> Spero: DUNN ON THE LAUNCH. IT'S WALKER! >> Jim: HE'S ONLY PLAYED IN, WHAT, THREE GAMES? WHAT, THREE GAMES? WHAT A BIG-TIME REBOUND. >> Spero: 63 SECONDS. TAYLOR HAS THE ANSWER! >> Jim: THAT'S THE WAY TO COME OFF THE LEFT SIDE, PUT THE BALL UP AND DOWN LIKE A POGO STICK. >> Spero: TEN SECONDS TO SHOOT. 35 LEFT IN OVERTIME. SHEAD, THE HOP, THE FLOATER. JUST MAGNIFICENT! >> Jim: GOT TO GO BY SOMEBODY IF THEY'LL FIRE FROM THE CORNER, THE THREE. HEFNER, NO. TAYLOR LOST IT. AND IT IS OVER! THE HOUSTON COUGARS SURVIVE AND ADVANCE IN A MARCH MADNESS THRILLER HERE IN MEMPHIS.