Collin Gillespie, Jermaine Samuels and Villanova are back in the city of the Alamo for the first time since winning the national championship there four years ago.
Second-seeded Villanova and No. 11 seed Michigan meet in a South Region semifinal Thursday night at AT&T Center, the home of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs about three miles from the Alamodome that hosted the 2018 title game. The Wildcats were also the 2016 champs, in Houston, about 200 miles away.
The Wolverines alternated wins and losses over their last 10 games before the 68-team NCAA Tournament field was set, and played their last five regular-season games without suspended coach Juwan Howard. They then had to overcome halftime deficits against Colorado State and Tennessee in the NCAA's first two rounds, getting their first back-to-back wins in nearly six weeks.
After big man Hunter Dickinson pointed out Brooks' time at Michigan was a common denominator in the school's five consecutive Sweet 16s, Brooks quickly interjected,"I've only got four of them. I can't take credit for all five." Houston went into this season having to replace four starters from the Cougars' first Final Four team since advancing that far three years in a row during the Phi Slama Jama era from 1982-84.
That allowed the Cougars to adjust from almost solely depending on their guards to being more inside-out with senior posts Fabian White Jr. and Josh Carlton, both first-team American Athletic Conference picks. They still have guards Kyler Edwards, sophomore Jamal Shead and senior Taze Moore.
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