Denny Hamlin felt like Houston.
To be clear, that's Sunday's Goodyear 400 winner describing himself like the Houston Cougars men's basketball team that will play for a national title on Monday night.
In doing so, he really talked a bit of trash about Duke and the Blue Devils' epic collapse.
Here's what The Athletic's Jeff Gluck shared after the race:
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Duke couldn't close it out, and neither could the rest of the drivers at Darlington. Fair enough.
Hamlin, like Kelvin Sampson and the Cougars, will gladly take the victory. Sometimes you just have to outlast everyone else.