Duke's March Madness run ended on Saturday at the Final Four, and what an ending it was. Despite the best efforts of Cooper Flagg, the Blue Devils blew a double-digit lead against Houston and crashed out of their most promising NCAA tournament run in years.

Cooper Flagg and his Duke teammates appeared to be cruising into a meeting with Florida in Monday’s NCAA championship game -- and then the unthinkable happened. Duke blew a 14-point lead with 8:04 remaining and scored just 9 points in the final 10 1/2 minutes and lost to Houston,

Two of the best teams in the country, Duke and Houston, both No. 1 seeds in the tournament, will meet in the Final Four on Saturday night. With a potential voyage to the national championship on the line, the game will air live from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, with tip-off projected to be at 8:49 p.m. ET.

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The Florida All-American has repeatedly come up big in late-game situations and did so again on Saturday to lead the Gators to a 79-73 win over Auburn in the Final Four. Clayton hit multiple big 3s in the second half and helped seal the win with an and-1 layup and free throw with 1:33 to extend Florida's lead to six.

The field for the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament is set and for just the second time ever, all four No. 1 seeds are in the national semifinals with Auburn, Duke, Houston and Florida headed to San Antonio to try and win the national championship.

Several projected first-round picks for the upcoming NBA draft will be playing in San Antonio in the Final Four.