Houston hasn’t opened with the game’s hardest agenda — proof being that the Cougars’ first 3 video games have been in opposition to groups ranked out of doors of the highest 230 at KenPom.com, and the fourth used to be Thursday night time in opposition to a Towson workforce ranked 136th.
Final ranking: Houston 65, Towson 49.
It used to be the fourth immediately blowout for the Cougars, who’ve gained their first 4 video games by means of a mean of 33 issues. Nobody has performed them nearer than 16 issues.
“It’s still early in the season,” mentioned Houston trainer Kelvin Sampson. “I don’t think anybody’s looking at their teams as finished products.”
Fair sufficient.
But there are already some statistical signs, particularly at the defensive aspect of the courtroom, suggesting that Houston is excellent once more regardless of dropping two first-round NBA Draft selections in Jarace Walker and Marcus Sasser from ultimate season’s workforce that used to be a No. 1 seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The Cougars’ main scorer is LJ Cryer, a switch from Baylor who’s averaging 15.8 issues, 2.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals in 30.0 mins according to sport. He’s a number of the causes Houston is No. 7 in Friday morning’s up to date CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 day-to-day school basketball scores.
Houston’s subsequent sport is Friday in the Charleston Classic and can be offering a extra severe problem than the primary 4 video games supplied. That’s for the reason that Cougars are taking part in Utah, which beat Wake Forest 77-70 on Thursday and moved as much as No. 32 at KenPom. If Houston wins that sport, Sampson’s workforce will advance to the identify sport of the Charleston Classic and play both Rick Pitino’s St. John’s Red Storm or Anthony Grant’s Dayton Flyers.
Top 25 And 1 scores
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