The state of North Carolina will have plenty of Houston fans on Saturday night as the Cougars take on Duke in a highly anticipated Final Four battle between No. 1 seeds. Most of those from the Tar Heel State favoring the team in red will do so as North Carolina fans hoping to see the rival Blue Devils get eliminated.

Madness wager between a pro gambler and an artificial-intelligence site will be decided by the winner of the Duke-Houston game in the Final Four.

Is UH the nation's most accomplished basketball program without a national championship? The case can be made for the Cougars as they eye a breakthrough.

Houston basketball is in the Final Four. So, who are the best players in the program's history? Here are the top five Houston players ever.

Duke basketball's Sion James is arguably among the most underrated players at the Final Four. Here's what he provides for the Blue Devils:

The Cougars have impressed at each stage of March Madness and, to beat Purdue on Friday, another element proved they are worthy of a national champion.

The Coogs are heading to the Final 4 for the second time in Kelvin Sampson's tenure as the head coach. He talked about what it took for the team to have success and get to this moment.

Third-year Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer, who won a national championship as a Blue Devil guard in 2010 and as an assistant in 2015, is now gearing up for his first Final Four at the helm. He enters the weekend boasting an impressive 89-21 overall record as the program's leader, including a 35-3 mark this season.