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,

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,

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.

UH defeated Kansas on Monday to extend its winning streak to nine games. The Cougars will finish the season with a 16-1 record on home court.

In Houston’s inaugural season of Big 12 Conference play a year ago, the Cougars claimed the regular-season championship. However, in the conference tournament t