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Houston Basketball: 2024-25 season preview for the Cougars

By Jason Burgess

Mar 29, 2024; Dallas, TX, USA; Houston Cougars center Cedric Lath (2) and guard Ramon Walker Jr. (3) react on the bench during the second half in the semifinals of the South Regional of the 2024 NCAA Tournament against the Duke Blue Devils at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
Mar 29, 2024; Dallas, TX, USA; Houston Cougars center Cedric Lath (2) and guard Ramon Walker Jr. (3) react on the bench during the second half in the semifinals of the South Regional of the 2024 NCAA Tournament against the Duke Blue Devils at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images / Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
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The Cougars' schedule

Super conferences have taken over the college sports landscape, and with that has come less of an incentive to build a strong non-conference schedule knowing that the conference slate has more than enough resume-building chances baked into it. Who can blame teams, especially in the Big 12 where every game seems like a quad 1 game? Doing so has hurt teams in the past, especially when it comes to seeding.

Houston doesn't abide by that line of thinking as they have a very strong pre-Christmas portion of their schedule. They welcome Auburn to Houston for the second game of the year. After that, they prepare for Thanksgiving by hosting Louisiana and Hofstra. They head off to Las Vegas for the holiday to take part in the Players Era Tournament, where they have tilts with Alabama, Notre Dame, and Rutgers.

They finish up their non-conference by not leaving the comforts of home. They face Butler in the Big 12- Big East battle and then welcome Troy Toledo and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to town. They will ring in the new year on the road with their Big 12 opener in Stillwater against Oklahoma State. The Cougars will be tested early and often before entering conference play.

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