The top-seeded Cincinnati Bearcats will take on the third-seeded Houston Cougars for the American Athletic Conference tournament championship on Sunday in Orlando, FL.
Rob Gray scored 33 points in Houston’s upset victory over Wichita State on Saturday to give the Cougars their fifth straight win, and tenth win in their last eleven games. Houston is scorching hot at exactly the right time.
Cincinnati limps into the championship game, barely beating a short-handed SMU team on Friday, and then needing a massive second-half comeback to defeat an inferior Memphis team on Saturday.
This matchup isn’t the one most college basketball fans envisioned when the season started.