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AAC Basketball Power Rankings: Memphis holds top spot, Cincinnati Struggles

By Ben Andreatta

ORLANDO, FL - MARCH 11: The AAC Championship trophy to be presented to the Cincinnati Bearcats after the final game of the 2018 AAC Basketball Championship against Houston Cougars at Amway Center on March 11, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***
ORLANDO, FL - MARCH 11: The AAC Championship trophy to be presented to the Cincinnati Bearcats after the final game of the 2018 AAC Basketball Championship against Houston Cougars at Amway Center on March 11, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** /
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HOUSTON, TEXAS – MARCH 07: Dejon Jarreau #13 of the Houston Cougars drives to the basket as William Douglas #3 of the Southern Methodist Mustangs and Ethan Chargois #25 defend during the first half at Fertitta Center on March 07, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TEXAS – MARCH 07: Dejon Jarreau #13 of the Houston Cougars drives to the basket as William Douglas #3 of the Southern Methodist Mustangs and Ethan Chargois #25 defend during the first half at Fertitta Center on March 07, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) /

3. Houston Cougars

Cougars were co-favorites to win the AAC in the Coaches Poll but haven’t exactly looked the part to start the season. While they’re sitting at 6-2 with a loss to nationally ranked Oregon and a buzzer-beater to BYU, Houston hasn’t exactly been convincing in the games they should be winning no problem.

Houston doesn’t have any eye-popping wins on their resume and is going to have to play well in conference play. They’ll face Oklahoma State this coming weekend, the Cowboys have been good this year and assuming Likekele plays this would be big for Houston.

Houston is top 35 in the country in points per game and has an impressive five players averaging double figures, Houston is balanced and will only get better over time under Kelvin Sampson. Kansas transfer Quentin Grimes leads the way averaging close to 17 points per game. Freshman Caleb Mills has had a good start and is another guy that’s only going to get better the more minutes he plays. The future of Houston basketball looks very promising with him.

Houston opens up conference play with UCF, all eyes will be on Houston when they face Memphis twice in about two weeks at the end of February. Cougars are still players in this conference despite beating relatively unproven at this point.