The No. 2 Houston Cougars were left out of the top seed in the latest bracketology originally appeared on Sports news. Add The Sporting News as Favorite source by clicking here.
THE Houston Cougars faced back-to-back losses to Iowa State and Arizona last week. A combination of weakened defense and scoring droughts at critical times led to losses to two of the Big 12’s top opponents, both now ranked higher than the Cougars.
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Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars suffered back-to-back droughts that proved costly. Houston went scoreless in the final five minutes against Iowa State earlier in the week, then suffered an eight-minute drought in the second half against Arizona at the Fertitta Center.
Arizona replaces Houston as the No. 1 seed. The Wildcats bounced back with wins against BYU and Houston. Bill Bender, Sporting News senior editor ranks Arizona as a top seed alongside Duke, Michigan and Iowa State.
The Houston Cougars will face the Kansas Jayhawks tonight at 8 p.m., and all eyes will be on the Cougars’ ability to overcome the major issues that need to be corrected if they hope to go deep in March.
