Houston fights the urge to look ahead to possible Florida rematch, focuses on 1st round vs. Idaho
Houston could eventually go back home for a rematch of last season's national championship game it lost to Florida. The South regional final would be played at the Toyota Center in Houston, just a few miles from the Fertitta Center where the Cougars play their home games. Both have to win three games before that would happen, and Houston isn’t getting ahead of itself.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Houston could eventually go back home for a rematch of last season's national championship game it lost to Florida . The South regional final would be played at the Toyota Center in Houston, just a few miles from the Fertitta Center where the Cougars play their home games. Though Florida is the top seed, the Gators might need to fight through a road environment against No.
2 seed Houston to get to the Final Four. Both have to win three games before that would happen, and Houston isn’t getting ahead of itself. The Cougars open South Regional play against No.
15 seed Idaho on Thursday night in Oklahoma City. “I mean, we got Idaho,” Houston's guard Emanuel Sharp said. “(Playing in) Houston is not promised.
We’re focused on what’s directly in front of us. You know, we have a good Idaho team that we have to play, and we’re going to use that game to win, get better, move on to whoever we play after that. ” Florida coach Todd Golden has voiced his displeasure about the site of the potential game against Houston down the road.
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