The American Athletic Conference’s reigning champs’ trophy case got a little bit bigger on Wednesday night as top-ranked Houston pounded Tulane 89-59 to clinch at minimum a share of the league’s regular-season title, the Cougars’ fourth in the last five years.
Back at No. 1 in the AP poll for the third time this season, UH (26-2, 14-1 AAC) brought the fireworks for a record Fertitta Center crowd of 7,763, breaking the previous attendance high set just three days before.
Minutes after UH used a 7-0 run to gain some separation midway through the first half, the Cougars went into blitzkrieg mode.