The Houston Cougars’ NCAA Tournament run came to an end in the Sweet Sixteen round for the second year in a row, this time with a 54-51 loss to Duke on Friday, setting up an all-ACC Elite Eight game between Duke and NC State back at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Sunday. The Coogs spent most of the game without First Team All American point guard Jamal Shead, after Shead went down with an ankle sprain midway through the first half. The Naismith and Wooden Award finalist could not return to the game and watched from the bench. Before the start of the postseason, Houston lost Terrance Arceneaux and Jerome Tugler to season-ending injuries, yet a short bench still forced 14 Duke turnovers and still had a chance to tie the game with a buzzer-beater from Emanuel Sharp that fell short. "He's the heart and soul of this team," Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said. "We don't have another Jamal.” Even if the Coogs had won on Friday, Shead’s injury would have kept him out for the rest...