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On Tuesday’s present: So shut…and but up to now. The Houston Cougars fell two factors brief of a males’s school basketball nationwide championship Monday night time, falling 65-63 to the Florida Gators.
In a near-reversal of Saturday’s come-from-behind win of their Closing 4 matchup towards Duke, this time it was the Coogs who led many of the method. They constructed a 12-point second-half lead solely to see the Gators cost again to take a last-minute lead and cling on.
Kris Gardner of Houston Roundball Evaluate recaps the sport for us. And Houston Public Media’s Mark Norris describes the ambiance as College of Houston followers descended on the Alamodome. Among the many followers in attendance was sportscaster and UH alum Jim Nantz. We revisit our 2023 dialog with him about how his alma mater formed his profession.
Then, to maintain the basketball theme going, we hear from Cynthia Cooper, retired star of the WNBA’s now-defunct Houston Comets and herself a former school basketball coach.
Plus, we discuss with attendees of a current convention devoted to serving to girls begin and additional their careers in STEM industries.
And we hear from political activist Nadya Tolokonnikova, the creator of Pussy Riot, the feminist protest and artwork motion, who’s talking at an occasion on the College of Houston on April 17.
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