It wasn’t too long ago that there were concerns about how the Houston Cougars basketball program would adjust to life in the Big 12 Conference. Sure, the Coogs had won five consecutive regular season titles while playing in the American Athletic Conference,

With one more win, the Cougars will become the second program to repeat as outright Big 12 champs, redeeming a coach's pivotal decisions.

Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson held a media session on Thursday in advance of Saturday’s home game against Cincinnati. The Cougars (24-4, 16-1 Big 12) can claim the outright conference title with a win or an Arizona loss at Iowa State,

Kelvin Sampson, the head coach of the Houston Cougars men’s basketball team, has been influential in the program’s rise to national prominence. His leadership has enhanced the team’s performance and strengthened his status as one of college basketball’s top coaches.

However, in the conference tournament title game, they were throttled by Iowa State. No doubt that revenge was on the Cougars’ minds when the two teams faced off Saturday afternoon at the Fertitta Center.

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KU squandered six-point leads in regulation and overtime in a double-OT loss to Kelvin Sampson’s Cougars on Feb. 3 in Lawrence.

Right now, Houston has only clinched a share of the Big 12 regular title, but it would be shocking to see anyone catch the Cougars. Houston has a 3.5-game lead on the next closest team, so if they win just one of their remaining three games, they will win the conference outright.

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L.J. Cryer scored 20 points and No. 4 Houston clinched the outright Big 12 regular-season title for a second straight season with a 73-64 win over Cincinnati on Saturday. Terrance Arceneaux added 10 points for Houston (25-4,

Roughly one month before the Big 12 schedule opened, and after Houston absorbed a pair of overtime losses during a tournament in Las Vegas, another conference title did not appear to be guaranteed.