The Houston Cougars are a little sadistic. I’m starting to think they enjoy putting teams in the torture chamber for 40 minutes a night and only unlocking the door after a team has been battered, bruised and held to 56 points. That’s what they did to BYU last night, holding an offense that averages 81 points per game to 54. Since starting 4-3, the Cougars are 25-1 — and that sole loss came in overtime to Texas Tech.
They have clawed through the Big 12 and are now, unsurprisingly, solid favorites in the conference championship game.
Arizona, meanwhile, was 3-5 down the stretch of the regular season but still earned the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 tourney, and upended Kansas and Texas Tech in pretty impressive fashion…