I was the writer Bet Memphis for the commercial call Journal from 2002 to 2006. So I made several trips to Houston for USA conference clashes between Tigers and Cougars. In my four complete seasons on the rhythm, this is how Houston finished in C-USA:
- 2003: 11th
- 2004: 13th
- 2005: T-6e
- 2006: 4th
While watching the cougars late Monday on Monday, to secure at least a share of the Big 12 title for the second consecutive year with a 69-62 victory in Texas Tech, I couldn’t help but think of what point is improbable Before Kelvin Sampson took over in April 2014. Houston made exactly an appearance of the NCAA tournament at 21 years before the hiring of Sampson and did not have won a conference championship – Not even a C -USA championship! – Since 1992. I remember Hofheinz Pavilion, their house exceeded at the time, being dark and empty each time I visited. Is that where Phi Slama Jama played? It was a little sad to see closely.
But Sampson completely overturned things.
He guided Houston to an American sports conference championship in 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023 – and he would also have done it in 2021 without the unbalanced hours caused by hair cancellations. Then Houston moved to the Big 12, a conference that had always evaluated the best in sport, and immediately started to cross it as if it was the AAC.
Houston went 15-3 in the Big 12 last season and won the conference by several games. Now, the cougars are 16-1 in the Big 12 and in possession of an advance of three games in the loss column of the League classification in the second place of Arizona, which means that Houston is on the point to win a second consecutive title Big 12 by several games. These are really incredible stuff that helped raise the cougars at n ° 3 in the CBS Sports 25 and 1 Basketball Basketball rankings on Tuesday morning, which caused Florida and the Alabama in one place, without fault.
For what it is worth, at 24-4 in total, including 8-4 in quadrant 1, Houston is now the only sports team in addition to Auburn, with at least eight victories in the first quarter and less than five total losses . The cougars will participate in the Saturday match with Cincinnati on a sequence of seven consecutive victories. A victory there will obtain the pure and simple conference championship.
