Houston can essentially wrap up a Big 12 Conference regular-season championship Monday night. The Cougars also go for their 13th straight road victory as they t

The Texas Tech basketball team, down two of its top 3 players, couldn't get another miraculous finish in a narrow loss to Houston.

They only bested Iowa State by nine points Saturday, despite being 12.5-point favorites against a Cyclones team missing star guards Keshon Gilbert and Curtis Jones. Houston turned the ball over 17 times in that game, but offset the giveaways by shooting 58.8 percent from 3-point range.

Believe it or not but by the end of this week, conference tournament action will have started at the mid-major level. That means, before we know it, teams will have started punching their tickets to the “Big Dance.

Outside of this, Houston typically has some notable defensive advantages in the halfcourt. Tech remains somewhat reliant on transition scoring, with one of the highest percentiles nationally in such areas. The problem with Houston is it is tough to speed up and get those transition opportunities.

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