Tilman Fertitta hosted the Houston Cougars basketball team at the university's Fertitta Center on Wednesday to celebrate the school's second trip to the Final Four during the Kelvin Sampson era. Fertitta attended Houston in the 1970's.
While celebrating the Cougars, Fertitta, who is also the U.S. ambassador to Italy, told a story about a recent White House visit where he spoke with the president and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni about the Cougars for "at least a minute and a half."
