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Houston is no stranger to March success.
The Cougars won two of the last three American Athletic Conference tournaments and won multiple NCAA men’s basketball tournament games in the last three years under Kelvin Sampson.
The Big 12’s top seed has not lost since February 3 at Kansas and it is 14-1 in its last 15 games.
It will take a perfect performance from any of the other top seeds to down Houston in Kansas City.
BYU may be better equipped to beat Houston in the semifinals than Texas Tech since it possesses the seventh-best two-point offense and 28th-best three-point defense, per KenPom.
Baylor and Iowa State may be too worn down by the time they face Houston in the final.
The Bears will likely face Kansas in the quarterfinals, while Texas probably awaits Iowa State in that round.
An Iowa State-Baylor semifinal could be an instant Big 12 tournament classic. Baylor won the first meeting by two points on February 3 in Waco.
Baylor carries the best betting value to win the Big 12 tournament at +800, and if it gets Houston in the final, it will have plenty of motivation to enact revenge after an overtime loss to the Cougars on February 24.
Houston is the most complete team in the Big 12, and if it plays at its best, it will win its third conference tournament in four years.
Prediction: Houston over Baylor
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