Apr 3, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS — The shot clock hit zero. The horn buzzed. And the Baylor Bears, it seemed, were doomed from the very start.
Victims of Houston’s insufferable defense on the first possession of the game— they couldn’t get a shot off—it could only go up from here.
It went up.
Way, way up.
The Bears were never left holding the ball at that buzzer again, aside from the last second, as the final horn screamed over Lucas Oil Stadium to signal their 78–59 victory over No. 2 seed Houston and their entrance into the men's national championship game for the first time since 1948.