The Volunteers were seeking their first trip to the Final Four in men's basketball history, and have an uphill climb after setting a record they'd like to forget.

No. 1 seed Houston (34-4) defeated No. 2 seed Tennessee (30-8), 69-50, in the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Tournament Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Tennessee now holds the record for the fewest first-half points by a top-2 seed in any NCAA Tournament game. The 15 points are also the fewest by team in the Elite Eight, according to CBS Sports.

It’s Tennessee Vols vs Houston Cougars in the March Madness bracket. Here’s our prediction, pick for the 2025 NCAA Tournament basketball game.

Updates from Indianapolis as the Kentucky Wildcats play the Tennessee Volunteers for a spot in the Elite Eight.

The key talking points after Mark Pope and the Wildcats’ defeat against Rick Barnes and the Volunteers in the Sweet 16.

Texas coach Vic Schaefer got the tense battle he expected between his defensive-minded Longhorns and the highest-scoring team in the country in Tennessee. In the end, the Longhorns edged their Southeastern Conference foe with the same approach they've had all season — relying on swarming defense and the shot-making of SEC Player of the Year Madison Booker.

Bryanna Preston came to the rescue. When things looked their bleakest and the No. 1 seeded Texas women’s basketball team found itself tied at 50 in a back-and-forth game with fifth seed Tennessee, Vic Schaefer turned to a precocious freshman guard who had never started a game all season and totaled only four points in his team’s first two NCAA Tournament games.

Madison Booker scored 17 points and No. 1 seed Texas outlasted fifth-seeded Tennessee 67-59 in a tight battle Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament