INDIANAPOLIS – The Houston men’s basketball team is heading to the Elite Eight after defeating the Syracuse Orange on Saturday night in the Sweet Sixteen at Hinkle Field House.
With the clock approaching the three-minute mark in the second half, UH senior guard DeJon Jarreau stole a bad pass and had an open lane all to himself. He jumped up and flushed the ball through the rim with two hands and hung on for just a second.
Syracuse called a 30-second timeout, but the UH fans that made the trip up to Indianapolis had started celebrating. After 37 years, UH was going back to the Elite Eight.