Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

Houston, whose 18-game league winning streak dating to last season is the second longest in Big 12 history, is allowing 55.6 points per game, 2.4 points fewer than the next best defensive team, Drake. Opponents are shooting a national-worst 36% from the field against the Cougars.

West Virginia dropped their third consecutive game with a 63-49 loss to No.6 Houston at home. The Mountaineers end the season series with the Cougars 0-2, dropping both games by double-digit

It's a case that left Houston stunned. In June of 1982, a successful Houston attorney and his wife were shot to death as they slept inside their Memorial-area home. For several years, the case went cold - until their killer began dating an undercover private investigator.

Sixth-ranked Houston is riding a 13-game winning streak behind the stingiest defense in the nation. Houston has made a habit lately out of deflating opponents’ best scorers.

The Astrodome was new then. “The Eighth Wonder of the World” they called it. It was an indoor stadium built in a city that cried out for one; a stadium that kept out the heat and the B-52 size mosquitoes of summer.

Chris Youngblood had a season-high 23 points, including two free throws with 10.9 seconds remaining, to lead No. 4 Alabama to an 88-84 win over No. 14 Mississippi State on Wednesday night.

Big games by former Oscar Smith, Lake Taylor, Warhill and Catholic standouts mark the night in college basketball.

L.J. Cryer scored 17 points and No. 6 Houston never trailed in beating West Virginia 63-49 for the Cougars’ 13th straight win. Joseph Tugler added 12

Will it be another tight game on the road for Houston on Wednesday night? As far as the Cougars are concerned, as long as they are on the right side of the scor

It’s official, West Virginia has a big problem with Houston. More to the point, the Mountaineers — much like everyone else in the country — haven’t solved the Cougars defense. The sixth-ranked Cougars shined in that part of the game Wednesday night inside the Coliseum,

Johni Broome scored 20 of his 26 points in the second half and had 16 rebounds to help top-ranked Auburn beat LSU 87-74 on Wednesday night for its 12th straight victory. Auburn (19-1, 7-0 Southeastern Conference) matched the best 20-game start in school history.