Hey, Eric scary perchage Friday, November 6, 2020. Welcome back to the CBS Sports I own college basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss

Camel fighting and leaky black Matt Norlander is here with me and today we are concluding our series of previews at the top seven

Compatres in college basketball. We've already done the ACC the pick 10 the pick 12 the pack 12 the SEC and the big east

So there's only one left and that one is obviously the American athletic conference the aAC

It's been a top seven league according to Kim Palm for five straight seasons now Houston has won at least a share of the AAC

Tito in each of the past two seasons in Calvin Samson's Cougars

They are projected to do it again this season. We had a panel of five voters at CBS Sports.com and all of us picked Houston first

I have Houston 15th in the top 25 and one seven spots ahead of Memphis

This is Kim Palm has used in 22nd 17 spots ahead of Memphis so Norlander let's start with Houston

The Cougars went 23 and 8 overall 13 to 5 in the AAC last season they finished 14th at Kim Palm

Do you think they'll be better or worse or about the same as they were last season

About the same and this is a really good team doesn't quite get frankly because of it

I think because it wasn't relevant for a long time. It's it plays in the American which is a you know

One of the seven best conferences and

Reliably is putting three four teams into the tournament

But it's just not as prominent the the American doesn't tend to have games in TV slots that are as just front and center

And so because of all of that I think Houston just sometimes will get lost in the middle here and there

But it is a very good team. I have I have Houston firmly as a top 20 team

I got him 16 in my overall rankings there. I do I love Caleb Mills

I love Quentin Grimes

Marcus Sassar is a name that really only probably Houston fans if you're a diehard American fan you're gonna know that name

But they are so reliable defensively and I know that

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