Last Sunday evening, on the Eye On College Basketball Podcast, I predicted that Houston would be the last college basketball team to take a loss this season.
So a ways, so just right.
Kelvin Sampson’s squad stepped forward to 2-0 Saturday afternoon with an 82-50 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi by which the Cougars held the Islanders to 29.7% taking pictures from the box and grabbed 19 offensive rebounds. They stay No. 7 in Sunday morning’s up to date CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 day by day college basketball scores.
“We’re still growing — but I like the potential of this team,” Sampson mentioned. “I think this team can be really good. I really like this team. We have great player-leadership.”
Houston has received its two contests this season — each in opposition to sub-280 KenPom.com fighters, to be truthful — by way of a mean of 42.5 issues. Up subsequent is Monday’s game in opposition to Stetson. After that, the Cougars will head to the Charleston Classic, the place they will open with Towson after which play Utah or Wake Forest sooner than remaining the tournament with a game in opposition to both St. John’s, North Texas, Dayton or LSU.
Regardless of the opponent, the Cougars will be liked in every in their 3 video games in Charleston and, in accordance to KenPom, in each contest between now and after they play at Kansas on Feb. 3. That doesn’t suggest they will in reality take an undefeated report into February, after all. But it must lend a hand illustrate why I imagine Houston will stay a 0 in the loss column longer than another team.
My prediction?
Houston will be 15-0 heading into a Jan. 13 game at TCU. If so, that are supposed to be sufficient to make the Cougars the last undefeated team in the recreation.
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