To the casual observer, there wasn’t a whole lot of drama with Baylor’s 78-59 victory over Houston in the Final Four on Saturday evening.
With the win, Baylor punched its ticket to the national championship game for the first time since 1948. And it did so with a dominant effort. The Bears built a big lead — 45-20 at halftime — and never looked back.
But if you bet on the total, the game came all the way down to the wire. And it came down to a jumper from a seldom-used walk-on to deliver one of the worst beats of the NCAA tournament.