After 149 Wins Over 6 Seasons, J'wan Roberts Needs 1 More In Last Game For Houston's 1st Ncaa Title

J'Wan Roberts has been at Houston for six seasons and played in 149 wins for the Cougars.

Win one more time in his final game Monday night against Florida , and the Cougars will be first-time national champions.

"It feels great. I can say I've been to the tournament every year since I've been in college, and we've always gotten close, but we always lost," Roberts said Sunday, the day before the 6-foot-8 forward puts on a Cougars jersey for the 173rd time. "So for us to actually get to the national championship, and won like the way we did last night, is kind of crazy."

The Cougars 35-4 overcame a 14-point deficit in the final eight minutes to stun Duke 70-67 in the national semifinal Saturday night. Roberts, a 63 free-throw shooter, calmly made two with 19 seconds left to put them ahead to stay and then defended a final shot by Cooper Flagg, the 6-9 freshman sensation and AP national player of the year.

Roberts went to the line after Flagg was called for a foul with both big men going after a rebound of a missed free throw by Duke. Several times before and after shooting his free throws, Roberts motioned for quiet from the ecstatic Cougars fans in the crowd of 68,522 in the Alamodome.