Houston vs. Auburn - Second Round NCAA tournament extended highlights

Houston pulled away late to survive a scare from Auburn and advance to the Sweet 16 of the 2023 NCAA tournament. Watch the extended highlights from the Cougars' second round victory here.
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[@sports3117]

Tramon Mark was the star tonight with Sasser and Shead playing with foul trouble. This Houston is deep and talented enough to win a national championship

[@carsonc29]

aye, if Houston wins the NC, can the B12 claim it LOL..IJS, they technically half B12 already LOL

[@rl8571]

@@carsonc29 AAC is claiming the UConn titles as UConn was AAC back then.

[@carsonc29]

@@rl8571 I have no doubt that they are LOL

[@fin8glr]

I hope the Cougars bring home the Natty. I'm pulling for them. Houston is arguably the best program never to win a title in spite of legendary talent such as: Elvin Hayes Akeem "The Dream" Olajuwan Clyde "The Glide" Drexler and the rest of Phi Slama Jama I'm a Maryland Terps fan. We had to wait 101 years to get our first and only championship. So I can relate.

[@lindaanderson2681]

@@rl8571 nln 2:47 2:53 😂 never how do you sure I’m no

[@louie115]

Houston could win it all in their hometown. never been done before, and they have the team to do it!

[@GeoAce777]

I have Houston winning it all although UCONN looks FIERCE! *CCNY Beavers won it all in 1950 in New York with a bunch of NY City dudes 🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫

[@mrr1p]

it has i remember the announcers saying something in the md vs.wv game

[@markgiordonello6710]

GO COOGS!! EAT EM UP!!

[@garyaugustus690]

@GeoAce69 .... I got 'Bama for it all, but somehow playing UConn. I'm thinking the better, more entertaining game is these guys and 'Bama for the natty. Incidentally, the 2nd best game of the tourney will be these guys against Texas, and the 3rd best game is 'Bama vs Tennessee.

[@markgiordonello6710]

HOUSTON COUGARS WINNING IT ALL AT HOME FOR THE 1ST TIME. IT'S FOR GUY LEWIS, ELVIN HAYES, PHI SLAMMA JAMMA I.E. HAKEEM OLAJUWON, CLYDE DREXLER, MICHAEL YOUNG, LARRY MICHEAUX, OTIS BIRDSONG AND BRINGING IT BACK TO H-TOWN, CLUTCH CITY AND THE 713!!

[@spartan7911]

Had Mark and Sasser played last year, Houston easily would have played in the Final Four

[@jaymoreno7677]

Sasser is the X factor. When he’s on the floor they are an elite team.

[@jet8301]

2 wins down! 4 to go! Stay focused and stay healthy Coogs!!

[@walterlv01]

After sleepwalking past Northern Kentucky in the first round and getting run off the court by Auburn's athleticism in the first half tonight, to come back with a dominant 50-23 second half shows some serious championship caliber mettle for Houston. Didn't know they had it in them.

[@jacob45415]

It’s auburn lol

[@TK-466]

@@jacob45415 Typical, anyone can be a threat in the tournament.

[@martyklestadt6766]

@@jacob45415 Well, I was concerned. Going into this game, Sasser had been re-injured and Auburn had a home-state advantage. But thankfully, Sasser seems to have recovered and now will have more recovery time before the Sweet 16. And the Coogs got it done in the second half! Eat 'em up Coogs! \ n / /

[@ville6515]

@@jacob45415 “it’s Princeton, how bad could it be. It’s Fair Dickinson, how bad could it be”

[@jacob45415]

@@TK-466 fairleight Dickinson got lucky they won’t win tomorrow

[@alexolds9840]

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@gonzalo4658]

Miami will have them in both halves SHLING fruit ninja.

[@martyklestadt6766]

@@gonzalo4658 Miami still has to get past Indiana. And then to "have (Houston) in both halves"? I don't think your comment will age well.

[@earnestray7921]

​@@martyklestadt6766 facts

[@raz1739]

@@gonzalo4658 Miami is wack

[@ronaldcervantes1959]

They never had their car

[@nicolasjones410]

HOUSTON IS FINALLY PLAYING GOOD

[@pukaseek]

Finally? Where you been?

[@verde7595]

@@pukaseek did you not watch the NKU game? or the Memphis game? or the ECU game? They've looked shaky for a week or two now

[@pukaseek]

@@verde7595 they won 2 of those. And no shame in losing to Memphis which is a very good team. Mentally tough teams win. Witness Purdue. Witness Arizona. Witness Virginia. Witness Kansas.

[@oluyomifadipe5634]

Yo...Houston got some BALLERS. 🤯🤯

[@uhcoogsfan42]

What a comeback! Amazing 2nd half, that was Coogs 🏀 Oh, how sweet it is #Sweet16 here we come #GoCoogsGo 🐾

[@geordiejones5618]

Absolutely dominated that 2nd half my god

[@seemfotu8561]

C'mon Houston cougars let's make things happen this year.

[@gonzalo4658]

Houston is Cinderella Team

[@gonzalo4658]

Theyre not going to NRG theyre just going

[@gonzalo4658]

Going to the championship means they’ll have to face JORDAN HAWKINS/UCONN , nba player

[@seemfotu8561]

@@gonzalo4658 will cee cuz I love their recruiting scouts.

[@ACNPCC]

@@gonzalo4658 sasser and Jarace Walker are nba players too next year 😂

[@cowboyschad5x778]

Phi Slamma Jamma is back 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@GeoAce777]

they BEST not! that squad fell 40 yrs ago

[@djay8786]

Nope they lost

[@garyaugustus690]

That kid Sasser is the whole package, and a couple of handfuls...quick, smart, strong, fast, handles, can dish and shoot.

[@SuperHtownswag]

Dude is like damian lilliard

[@natecruz7114]

You can tell who’s a championship material and who’s really not just by how they carry themselves during the game. Auburn players were showboating and celebrating after almost every single basket they made. Meanwhile, Houston was all business and didn’t get rattled a single time even when they down 10. You just knew they were going to win from that

[@mikerodgers7620]

Houston one of these games will lose if they trail like that. They were fortunate this time. Fortune runs out eventually.

[@austinhernandez3808]

@@mikerodgers7620 fortunate? we had players step up in the clutch and battled foul trouble. as well as having a 22 fouls called on us, it's not fortune, it just being mentally sound and having a good group of players who are willing to fight.

[@mikerodgers7620]

@@austinhernandez3808 They were fortunate. Fortunately fortune runs out. Trail the right team. They're going to looooose.

[@williamhouse8791]

​@@mikerodgers7620 scrub talk

[@gonzalo4658]

@@austinhernandez3808 nah, if they trail like that, they’re not having remotely the luck they had this game. Houston is the real cinderella squad this tournament

[@breskinner]

Outscored them 50-23. Offense wins games, Defense win championships...... they balled out that 2nd half 💪🏾

[@rsvp1473]

When one Cougar gets hot, so does the rest of the team and you can see it. If they continue to play like they did in this second half going forward and make their free throws, no one can beat them.

[@justinmanalac5944]

As long we dont lose Sasser we got this Coogs!!!

[@jtjtrs8806]

LETS GO H,TOWN !!!

[@dbeatdano498]

Free throws matter and this game highlighted that. Good game by Houston!

[@samo3096]

Love from Korea.

[@Hubalubalu]

love the 10 pt jump..... @7:10

[@muddywaters92]

Happy to see where this Houston basketball team is at. When they lost Drexler and Hakeem they completely fell off the map.

[@gonzalo4658]

Houston sinking underwater so there’s that

[@ronaldcervantes1959]

Politics did that

[@jgneolardo8875]

They didn't fall from lack of talent. As previously stated, it was politics.

[@spacecityrecords2595]

A) You are an old head B) You haven’t been paying attention to other teams in the tournament Houston has been in every NCAA Tournament consistently since 2018. That’s 5-6 years in a row, which is enough to say this isn’t something recent.

[@trew1061]

two words James harden

[@ChristianRodriguez-wr7mn]

Dude was so pumped at 6:11 😂

[@shakiemjeanjoseph428]

#1 Houston will face the winner of Miami (FL)-Indiana on Friday at Kansas City for the Midwest Region

[@spartan7911]

Texas will face the winner of Xavier-Pittsburgh and hoping for a Elite 8 Texas showdown.

[@GeoAce777]

Give Houston Indiana!

[@salvadorperez2450]

I can watch the Coogs D all night Tiger really tamed down the stretch ver y respectable showing by Auburn no fear came with fierce UH mentality physical play mature guards She'd played mature last year just has it

[@ronaldmczee2552]

It was a back and forth ball game at First but Houston stuck with the game plan and grinded this game out for win.

[@williamhouse8791]

Shut em up... hard! Go Coogs!

[@dlyroadrunner]

what a game!

[@welbyroberto6581]

Remember Huston against UCLA in the final. Big E , Elvin Hayes against Lew Alcinder aka Kareem

[@martyklestadt6766]

Uh, not quite. It was Houston against UCLA in the semifinal round (Final Four). And it was Lew Alcindor. But I got the gist of what you said.

[@charlesf4428]

Can be Game of the Century 2.0..UH vs UCLA..lets go COOGS

[@scottpalermo9304]

Getting to be less and less that can remember that

[@Summitclym]

Skipped the best run Houston had.

[@ericstevens8131]

Why would you edit out the part where Houston actually pulls away from Auburn? Duh.

[@scottpalermo9304]

Free throws don't always make the highlight.

[@snakeguy73]

With two of our players under 100% the cougs simply went out there against Aub and played 100% as a team 👍

[@ronaldcervantes1959]

Coogs bot

[@weirdbeard63]

The deck was stacked against Houston. Playing in Birmingham ....crooked refs.....make no mistake, the Cougars were set up by the powers that be to lose.

[@gonzalo4658]

Yeah that goaltend was a lil bit off

[@GeoAce777]

hostile territory

[@bryfunkenstein]

For cougars. ..any territory is hostile territory. You can add the same logic for football. That's what happens when you play with a permanent chip on your shoulder. Especially being the 3rd largest school in the state behind Whatchmacallit and Whoever.....

[@charlesf4428]

Perfectly said..

[@user-ly4bz9fw3k]

coach made right adjustments at halftime....go coogs

[@Booker7]

All I can say is Go Houston Cougars!!!

[@justinthompson5548]

Mark is that dude. What a win coogs 🔥🔥4 more

[@wbgdooda2xx263]

Sasser league ready 👌🏽🔥

[@MrJara1018]

That defense is nasty

[@CutandShoot5x5]

Way to go Cougs!!!!!

[@edwardkimakaballislifekim_578]

Love basketball ❤

[@GhostTrueCapitalist]

Shead said Walker needed to be more aggressive. Welp... Walker stepped up as well as Mark.

[@hidden4time139]

Glad you mentioned Mark. He got the second half rolling in the Coog's direction.

[@alexbrown4426]

​@@hidden4time139 mark was offensively on fire, but more credit should go to how he ran the offense and how he controlled the pace of the game but putting houston on the free-throw line all second half when Shead and Sasser were in foul trouble.

[@deanfleischer6239]

Dear @March Madness, could you please change the photo of the thumbnails and make them neutral, so we don't see who wins the game before watching the video?

[@cowboyschad5x778]

No

[@martyklestadt6766]

All of the sports networks (NFL, MLB, etc.) do that. They want you to pay more money to see the game live. It's best to try to not look at the thumbnail if one is trying to watch these highlights without knowing the result beforehand.

[@deanfleischer6239]

@@martyklestadt6766 Makes sense! Thanks for the reply

[@GeoAce777]

Sideshow and Co. gave Houston a lil' scare, those blocks were phenomenal by the Coogs

[@kevins.hollis6433]

That's Right Coogs Keep it Coming...Sweet 16 With 3 more Brackets to go.....LETS GO COOGS!!...💪💪💪

[@austinhawkins8201]

Outstanding. Sasser was injured too 🔥

[@ostrichwayne]

Houston got it together at the right time.

[@ShaneDouglas713]

*COUGAR PRIDE!!!* 🤘😃🤘

[@guineveregruntle6746]

Houston manhandled Auburn in the second half.

[@willg1315]

6:10 my reaction when mum brings home McDonald's.

[@Guevon_Pajaro]

what an incredible game. this was the peak of the quality bball from the day for me .. holy smokes

[@c0nsci0us_s0ul]

Cougs my title favorite, these are the type of games championship teams win 🏆

[@bfed2831]

#GoCoogs always amazing

[@user-ly4bz9fw3k]

memphis gone....purdue gone....kansas gone....coogs and alabama looking good

[@steveker5084]

Auburn played out of their minds vs. Iowa. Houston , not tonite. See ya, guys.

[@natemup]

Why did they not show any of the 10-1 run late that actually won the game?

[@scottpalermo9304]

Free throws

[@renegomez3061]

GO COOGS!!

[@anthonyz5671]

Man if you didnt know better you would have thought Auburn won. I tell you the HATE for Houston teams continues. GO COOGS!!!

[@Ralphy2028]

I wouldn’t be surprised if walker is a one and done tbh with his defense n talent he settling in freshmen year

[@nathansmith2834]

Walker is a for sure one and done, will be a lottery pick.

[@scottpalermo9304]

One and done from the start

[@MakingItHappenMWC]

Everything equal, nobody beats Houston.

[@snuklens]

Now imagine a fully healthy Houston 👀👀👀

[@snuklens]

@Prentice Jones tramon mark doesn't have a career day if those two don't get injured. Sasser and Shead's injuries slow them down even if they don't want them to and it's very apparent.

[@chrisshergie1030]

stop preventing other youtube content creators from showing highlights. they are better at it than you

[@lowt-cityortega490]

Sasser is such a stud

[@hueyriley]

True storytime....I work at a bar, and we play games on 8 TV's. I'm talking to a youth basketball coach. We're talking about the bracket and so forth. He then says, " Hey man you should see Houston." As the words escape his mouth, I look up to see a score, ( this was two days ago) Houston had their foot on some teams neck. The score was like 90- 50 something.. now I see why..

[@The_HouStoner]

you can't do the small gesture to your opponent if you're getting up off the ground but whatever...

[@salvadorperez2450]

Mark kid another monste with Walkerr for Coogs ifI'm a 5 star recruit wanna play for Sampson see the difference PU,AZ, this how u respond when challenge d !!!!!!!!!!

[@lesbridges3040]

That's was a good game

[@danielostrom566]

Awful highlights when it is a close game and quickly doesnt become a close game

[@jinoeshoots2465]

LFG COOGS

[@DelvinTownsend-oz4gz]

Great come back uh

[@tom11zz884]

Might be a Houston vs. Texas showdown. My money is on Texas.

[@jeffbezos6748]

Don't lose your money like that

[@picklerix6162]

I would love to see Texas fans cry again. There’s two reasons why Texas won’t play UH anymore: Run and Shoot and Phi Slamma Jamma.

[@gonzalo4658]

Thats a good bet

[@gonzalo4658]

Houston vs the world: because everybody hates Houston

[@martyklestadt6766]

@@gonzalo4658 Dude, did your UH application get rejected or something? Or are you just a troll?

[@jacobywellmaker639]

sasser tough asl

[@chrisisslick]

Sasser out there looking like Dame $!

[@kirby8539]

Editor needed to cut 30 minutes of Auburn missed free throws

[@paulsmc7041]

What do "extended highlights" have nothing for a period where Houston went from 56 to 66? Unless that was ten straight free throws, that's pretty lame.

[@scottpalermo9304]

Free throw- yes. who ever put this together does not think much of free throws

[@kenalderman40]

Go Coogs!!!

[@kennethwalker3426]

not enough points in the second half

[@Timmie360]

Who is cutting this?? How do you not account for a 10-point run with 7 minutes left??? AWFUL highlight reel JESUS!!! So bad. SO BAD!!

[@Timmie360]

SOOOOOOOOO BAD!!! Please hire me if you're looking for better storytelling. This is pathetic.

[@stevenmccart8502]

I hope Walker is planning what to do with those millions of NBA dollars he's going to be making.

[@Joe-we3gh]

Here because I can hear the boo hooing of all the salty Memphis fans

[@gingerfriendz2898]

i go for walker and labran and tissot buzzer

[@teemack8282]

Bama fan here. I have to say this. That dude for Auburn with all that hair that had not missed any 3's, why tf was he not in the game when they were down? Furthermore, imo he should have been starting instead of mighty mouse.

[@ETBananaTree]

That was my same thought when there were 4 minutes left, like just give him the ball and start launching 3's

[@siuabc]

With Sasser less than 100%, rest of the game will rely on grinding D to push all the way. One game at a time. Go Google!!!

[@deenugent473]

The UH team is missing Hakeem and Clyde, j/k. Go Coogs!

[@beno1999]

Yea T Mark

[@carolyngordin6091]

ALL THREE

[@quintononezine4802]

🤘🏾

[@israeldavila5073]

Houston final 4 bound

[@davidhavard1908]

If they play like this there going to final

[@Shinobi33]

The Canes are gonna have their hands full. These Houston players look and play like NBA vets. But the Canes can score and defend with anybody. And they don't fear the moment

[@aaronlampkin284]

🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@aperxmim]

There are no dominant number 1 seeds

[@niceguy1308]

auburn should be ashamed

[@ardalla535]

How about that, sports fans?

[@ChiefCedricJohnson]

Mark 8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

[@jimothyjimbo8900]

Great free throw contest. Goodness, college basketball officiating has to be the worst of any sport big or small. Just unwatchable. And I’m not salty, didn’t care about this game, terrible both ways and it’s a shame.

[@Unfancymouse]

They took over the game in the second have, for both teams. Houston just hit the free throws and auburn didn’t

[@williamhouse8791]

Then shut up

[@ruthieworldtravels]

Lots of busted brackets!

[@313Orlando]

Ain't gonna lie.....that ball they're playing with look slippery and fake from tv

[@kennysponto6568]

It's like a high school state championship tourney crowd. Weak...

[@arinross523]

Sasser should be a top 5 pick this year. Sasser, B. Miller, Wilson, Flipowski, and Bacot. I would've said Edey but he's an unathletic goon with no versatility or mobility. 2 chokes back to back tourneys

[@carolyngordin6091]

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