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Houston basketball star Jamal Shead is making the jump to the next level after a gut-wrenching injury in the Sweet 16. The standout guard announced Thursday that he will declare for the 2024 NBA Draft. Via KPRC 2: ”I feel like it’s my time to move on. It’s time to go and chase my dreams,” […]

With the NCAA Tournament complete, it is time to focus on the action in the transfer portal. Top players like Tucker DeVries (Drake to West Virginia) and Zeke Mayo (South Dakota State to Kansas) have already committed, while Wisconsin’s AJ Storr and Utah State’s Great Osobor are still in the portal. As we start to […]

The Houston basketball team fell short of a Final Four run once again. The Cougars saw their season end against Duke in the Sweet 16 in a hard-fought game that was overshadowed by the injury to Jamal Shead. But, despite the unfortunate turn of events in March Madness, the future looks bright for Kelvin Sampson […]

The Houston basketball team had a terrific first season in the Big 12 this year as they won the regular-season title, and they earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Their run unfortunately ended earlier than they were expecting as they lost to No. 4 seed Duke in the Sweet 16. Houston star […]

Jamal Shead, Houston basketball’s star player and leader, severely sprained his ankle during the Cougars’ NCAA tournament matchup with Duke on Friday, forcing the senior to miss the final 26 minutes of a game his team would end up losing. While driving to the basket in the first half, Shead rolled his right ankle and […]

Houston basketball’s best player suffered a troubling injury at about the worst possible. Cougars star Jamal Shead was forced to exit his team’s Sweet 16 matchup with Duke after twisting his right ankle with 6:50 left in the first half. The injury occurred as Shead tried to plant on two feet and rise for a […]

The Sweet 16 brings out some of the best basketball of the season. It also brings heavyweight matchups and that’s exactly what Duke basketball’s game against No. 1 seed Houston basketball is on Friday night. The Blue Devils are fresh off consecutive blowout wins during the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament and are hoping […]

45 years ago, Kelvin Sampson got his first crack at coaching as a graduate assistant at Michigan State. From there, Sampson’s coaching career took him to Montana Tech, Washington State, Oklahoma, and Indiana before he took half a decade detour as an assistant coach in the NBA following allegations of NCAA recruiting violations. In 2014, […]

The Sweet Sixteen begins to draw to a close as the second-last game of the slate pits the Duke Blue Devils against the Houston Cougars. The winner of this game will take on the victorious team from the NC State-Marquette matchup. The possibility of an ACC Elite Eight meeting is intriguing for college basketball fans, […]

Many storybook moments come to fruition during March Madness, but there are countless ones that do not get to be written or told in front of a national audience. They play out at practice and in film sessions, unbeknownst to the legions of fans who partake in the annual extravaganza known as the NCAA Tournament. […]

The Texas A&M Aggies nearly had it. They were so close to becoming the first team to knock out a No. 1 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, as Texas A&M basketball put the Houston Cougars to the test Sunday night, but things just did not go the Aggies’ way in overtime, resulting in a […]

The No. 1-seed Houston Cougars entered the 2024 NCAA Tournament with many believing the program could go deep in the Big Dance. Houston basketball’s run nearly came to a crushing end Sunday night when they had to sweat it out against the No. 9 Texas A&M Aggies in what ultimately resulted in a 100-95 overtime […]

March Madness is in full swing as the Texas A&M Aggies will face the Houston Cougars on Sunday at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. We’re here to share our college odds series, make a Texas A&M-Houston prediction, and pick for this Round of 32 matchup. The Aggies defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 98-83 on Friday […]

The Big 12 finalists are gearing up for the big dance. Following Houston basketball’s upset loss during the Big 12 finals, the team now moves on to its first March Madness game against Longwood basketball on Friday. And ahead of the matchup, the injury-depleted Cougars are receiving a pair of updates that would get any […]

Arguably the best sporting event of the year just got started with the First Four in Dayton, Ohio as March Madness is now officially under way, but the intensity is about to ramp up. The first round will get started in just a couple of hours on Thursday afternoon. The regular season and every conference […]

March Madness is in full swing as the Longwood Lancers face the Houston Cougars in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. We’re here to share our college basketball odds series, make a Longwood-Houston prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch. The Lancers defeated the N.C. Asheville […]

Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson is fired up. His team just won the regular season in the Big 12 conference, as a first-year member of the league. The Cougars are also a no. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, and Sampson is trying to make the most of it. “We’re going to ride this train […]

With Selection Sunday complete and NCAA Tournament games imminent, the bracket permutations begin. While what we put on paper can become quickly irrelevant, picking Final Four teams correctly is often the difference-maker in bracket pools. Which teams have the easiest roads to the Final Four? Find out here: UConn Earning the number-one overall seed comes […]

The first draft of this editorial had eighteen questions in total, but in order to not take up more of your day than I already was planning to, I decided to scale it back to ten total. March Madness generally offers far more than just ten important questions — or eighteen for that matter — […]

The 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket is here. Yes, March Madness is back in full force as fans get ready to predict their champion. It was a wild weekend of conference tournaments with some stunning upsets. As such, the projected field changed from everybody’s bracketology (including ClutchPoints own version). Here are the No. 1 seeds for […]

All season long, the Houston Cougars have been the top team in the Big 12 Conference. They’ve been ranked No. 1 in the nation for a good portion of the 2023-24 season and they headed in to the Big 12 Tournament as the top overall seed. But the Iowa State Cyclones pulled off a mini-upset […]

The top-ranked Houston Cougars basketball team was not projected as a number one seed according to many pundits despite their 30-3 record heading into Saturday’s action. Coach Kelvin Sampson’s Cougars dropped their Big 12 Tournament matchup to the Iowa State Cyclones leading to a warning shot that was fired by Sampson. The 2024 Phillips 66 […]

Kansas City Chiefs superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ last few months have been incredible, but even a Super Bowl victory can’t shield Mahomes from some college basketball heartbreak. Patrick Mahomes attended Texas Tech University from 2014 to 2017, during which he put up gaudy passing numbers despite the Red Raiders’ relative struggles. The Texas Tech basketball […]

The Iowa State Cyclones will face the Houston Cougars on Saturday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, for the Big-12 Championship. We’re here to share our college basketball odds series, make an Iowa State-Houston prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch. Iowa State defeated Baylor 76-62 on Friday at the T-Mobile […]

Whether one goes by resume, the metrics or the eye test, Houston basketball is one of the best teams in the country. Defending national champion UConn will be a menace for anyone to handle in the NCAA Tournament, but the Cougars’ biggest roadblock might actually be their health. Injuries have hindered them in the past, […]

The No.1-seed Houston Cougars were granted a bye to the quarterfinals and will have to take on No.8-seed TCU after their victory over Oklahoma on Wednesday. Houston faced TCU once this season, and the Horned Frogs handed them one of their three losses by a score of 68-67. It is time to continue our men’s […]

Five teams from the Big 12 are in the AP top 25. But that pales in comparison to the whopping nine projected bids to the NCAA tournament they currently have, far and away the most of any conference. Featuring the number one team in the country right now, Houston, riding a nine-game winning streak, and […]

It is a top-25 Big 12 match-up as Kansas faces Houston. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kansas-Houston prediction, pick, and how to watch. Kansas comes into the game sitting at 22-8 on the year while sitting 10-7 in conference play, which is tied for fourth in the Big […]

The 28-3 Purdue Boilermakers basketball team is No. 3 in the AP Poll behind UConn (26-3) and Houston (26-3), but after a stirring 77-71 upset on the road over Illinois, at least one college basketball analyst thinks that Zach Edey and company should be the No. 1 overall team in March Madness. “Purdue has nine […]

The number-one team in the nation takes the court as Houston visits UCF. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Houston-UCF prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Houston comes into the game sitting at 26-3 on the year while sitting at 13-3 in conference play. That places them in first place in the […]

On Saturday night the #1-ranked Houston Cougars barely escaped with a win at Oklahoma thanks to a last-second Jamal Shead baseline jumper, but even after coming away with the victory, the Cougars didn’t make it through the weekend unscathed. “Houston freshman JoJo Tugler broke a bone in his right foot and will miss the remainder […]

No. 1 ranked Houston basketball continued their winning ways on Saturday night, beating the Oklahoma Sooners at the buzzer thanks to a Jamal Shead game-winner with just seconds left. Shead actually missed a lay-up but managed to collect his own rebound and drain a short jumper. Head coach Kelvin Sampson said the plan was to […]

The Houston Cougars take on the Oklahoma Sooners. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Houston Oklahoma prediction and pick. Find how to watch Houston Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Sooners will be in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Porter Moser, a protege of former Utah Utes head coach Rick Majerus, took Loyola of Chicago to […]

Mattress Mack is back at it again. This time, he put a million dollars of action on Houston basketball’s odds to end up as the last team standing in the 2024 March Madness, as revealed by Ceasars Sportsbook & Casino. .@MattressMack is backing the Houston Cougars to win the NCAAMB National Title this year 👀 […]

The Big 12 takes the stage Tuesday night as Cincinnati faces Houston. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Cincinnati-Houston prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Cincinnati come into the game at 16-11 on the year, and 5-9 in conference play. Still, they have lost four of their last five games. The […]

The Houston basketball team is 24-3 and No. 2 in the nation as they look to earn a top seed in the NCAA Tournament. However, Kelvin Sampson’s team just suffered a crushing injury to Ramon Walker as he recently suffered a torn lateral meniscus and is out for the season. After the news came, Sampson […]

The Houston basketball team picked up a thrilling win over #11 Baylor basketball on the road on Saturday, but the game wasn’t all good. Ramon Walker went down with an injury at practice this week, and Kelvin Sampson announced after the win that he will miss the rest of the season for the Cougars. This […]

Houston basketball continued their winning ways on Saturday, beating rivals Baylor 82-76 in overtime. But, they nearly won the game in regulation thanks to an epic Jamal Shead triple that left his hands a millisecond too late before the buzzer went off. Take a look, via Kyle Boone: Jamal Shead was THIS CLOSE pic.twitter.com/SvOnAx8XJg — […]

For years, the knock on this Houston Cougars basketball team — regardless of how dominant it was — did not play in a good enough conference. Despite the lack of quality competition in the AAC, the Cougars managed to make the Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, and Final over its last three seasons in the conference. […]