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College basketball rankings: Houston locks up AAC championship while eyeing another Final Four run

College basketball rankings: Houston locks up AAC championship while eyeing another Final Four run

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Houston beat Temple 84-46 on Thursday night to improve to 26-4 overall and 15-2 in the American Athletic Conference. The byproduct of the victory is that the Cougars are now outright AAC champions for the second time — and at least co-champions for the third time — in a four-year span. 

“These guys have worked hard,” said Houston coach Kelvin Sampson. “They’ve listened. They’ve followed instructions. They believe in the culture of our program. They’ve embraced it.”

The only season in which Houston didn’t win at least a share of the AAC title over the past four years was last season. Houston was still clearly the best team in the league, but finished second in…

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