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.

Houston men's basketball dialed up a last-second inbound play that gave Milos Uzan an easy basket vs. Purdue - and sent the Cougars to the Elite Eight

Houston faced a stern test from Purdue Friday night winning 62-60 on a last second driving layup from Milos Uzan. The Boilermakers rallied in the final minutes from a five-point deficit to tie it with under three seconds to play only to see Uzan score two of his game-high 22 points to secure the win for the Cougars.

Houston is 32-4 and has won 15 consecutive games since Feb. 1, including victories over NCAA Tournament qualifiers Arizona (twice), Iowa State, Texas Tech, Kansas and BYU in Big 12 play. The Boilermakers have made the Sweet 16 the past two seasons.

After Purdue tied things with 35 seconds to go, Houston’s Milos Uzan put in a layup with one second left in the second half after a perfectly executed inbound play to send the No. 1-seeded Cougars into the Elite Eight on Friday night.

Houston basketball head coach Kelvin Sampson gave a detailed description on what went right on the game-winning inbounds play against Purdue

All four No. 1 seeds will be present in the Elite Eight after the Tigers and Cougars survived respective scares on Friday