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Houston under the elite as a NCAA tournament types this week off

Houston continues.

Can the Cougars continue to do what they do for three weeks? We are in the process of finding out.

The Cougars enter the NCAA tournament after winning 26 of their last 27 ball games. As a result, they earned a seed number 1 in the tournament and led up to the Midwest region.

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And in the latest survey by USA Today Coaches. Houston stays in second place, only behind the first -class Duke.

The SEC tournament Florida comes in third place and Auburn is number 4. These teams together with Duke and Houston are number 1 in the four NCAA tournament regions. St. Johns rounds off the top 5.

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Houston is one of two BIG 12 conference teams that were classified in the top 10. Texas Tech took number 9. Other conference teams in the ranking are Iowa State in 14th place, BYU in 17th place and Arizona.

The Cougars (30-4, 19-1) win their first Phillips 66 Big 12 championship and defeat Arizona in the title.

Houston is now on the way to Wichita, Kan.

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Big 12 teams highlighted fat

1. Duke

2. Houston

3. Florida

4. Auburn

5. St. John's

6. Tennessee

7. Michigan State

8. Alabama

9. Texas Tech

10. Wisconsin

11. Louisville

12. Maryland

13. Clemson

14. State iowa

15. Michigan

16. Memphis

17. Byu

18. Texas A & M.

19th Saint Mary's

20. Arizona

21. Kentucky

22. Purdue

23. Gonzaga

24. Missouri

25. Marquette

Others receive voices: Drake 46; UC San Diego 37; Oregon 35; VCU 33; Creighton 33; Illinois 27; Kansas 16; Uconn 12; Baylor 7; Colorado State 6; UCLA 3; Ole Miss 2; Vanderbilt 1; North Carolina 1.