USA TODAY NETWORK
Kelvin Sampson and Houston have taken their two years in the Big 12 by storm and are one win away from reaching the mountaintop of college basketball because of it.
But the Cougars' dominance in college basketball precedes their arrival to the Big 12, as they were also one of the top teams in the country as a member of the American Athletic Conference.
The Cougars are currently in a tightly knit 45-41 game with Florida in the national championship game of the NCAA Tournament in San Antonio at the time of this writing.