SAN ANTONIO ? The miracle endings ran out for John Lucas.

He hit a three-pointer to tie it in the final seconds, but gave up the winning layup to Will Bynum with 1.5 seconds left in Oklahoma State’s 67-65 loss to Georgia Tech in the semifinals Saturday.

It was Lucas’ thrilling, last-second three-pointer in the regional final against Saint Joseph’s that got the Cowboys this far.

He tried to muster magic again, but to no avail. The son of the former NBA standout and coach with the same name finished with 11 points on 4-for-14 shooting. He was 2-of-8 from three-point range.

“I just put all the blame on me,” Lucas said. “Doesn’t matter if I hit the shot. I didn’t do my part on the other end.”

Meanwhile, Eddie Sutton fell short in the Final Four — again.

The nation’s third-winningest active coach still won’t be able to add a national championship appearance to his considerable resume after three tries. But this certainly qualifies as one of the 68-year-old’s best coaching jobs.

Sutton brought together a team of seven transfers — including Lucas, who fled scandal-plagued Baylor last summer — and won Oklahoma State’s first outright conference title since 1965. The Cowboys also became the first Big 12 Conference regular-season champs to win the postseason tournament since Iowa State in 2000.

Sutton made it to his second Final Four in Stillwater since Bryant “Big Country” Reeves led the Cowboys there in 1995.

Alas, Sutton still couldn’t get to the Monday night game.

“About a month from now when I look back on the season we had, it was a marvelous year,” Sutton said. But “yes, when you get here, I thought we could get to the championship game.”

“Part of you feels a little bit bad for him,” Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt said.

Lucas nearly got his coach there a game after hitting a three-pointer with 26.3 seconds left to tie it at 65. It was the first time the Cowboys had been that close since midway through the first half.

The Oklahoma State fans leaped to their feet and filled the Alamodome with cheers, sensing Lucas could summon another special finish to keep their championship dreams alive.

“When he hit that shot, we knew we had a chance to go to overtime,” forward Ivan McFarlin said. “We felt really good.”

Bynum ended all of that by hitting the basket that sent Georgia Tech to its first championship game.

Ultimately, Lucas couldn’t make up for porous defense all game long and several costly errors in the waning minutes.

He shot an airball on an awkward jumper down the stretch, misfired on a three that would have pulled Oklahoma State within a point, missed a free throw with 1:52 to go and mishandled a pass.

Lucas wasn’t the only Cowboy to struggle against the Yellow Jackets’ smothering defense — the nation’s top shooting team made only 39 percent of its baskets. It was Oklahoma State’s third-worst game of the season.

Tony Allen, the team’s leading scorer, scored 13 points on 3-of-5 shooting, committed five turnovers and was in foul trouble for much of the game.

“I can’t really explain that,” Allen said. “I didn’t come ready to play in the first half, I just showed up. The second half I tried to get a little more aggressive, but it just wasn’t enough.”

Joey Graham led OSU with 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Ivan McFarlin added 16 points and eight rebounds.