With the regular season nearing its end, Houston still has a chance to get to the top come Selection Sunday. The Cougars move up one spot from last week, going from No. 4 to No. 3 in the latest USA Today coaches poll after winning two more games last week,

Recently crowned Big 12 regular season champ Houston is heavily favored in a rematch of a double-overtime win over Kansas back in January.

At the top of the list for Monday is Kansas visiting Houston looking to get revenge for the loss the Cougars hung on the Jayhawks at Phog Allen Fieldhouse in January. Kansas has been slowly sliding down the bracket and is currently a No.

Houston garnered the outright Big 12 Conference regular season title. The Cougars also continued their winning ways and are now even closer t

The Houston Cougars have won eight games in a row and enter Monday’s 8 p.m. game against KU as back-to-back league champions.

The Iowa State defense swarmed the Houston player in the paint, so he passed it out to Cryer at the top of the key. Cryer then passed it to Milos Usman, who canned a 3-pointer before the Iowa State defender was able to fully contest.