Kelvin Sampson learned a lot about his Houston team in Saturday's 74-69 loss to Auburn. Now the Cougars get a chance to put those lessons into action when they face Louisiana on Wednesday night. "We could've went and played one of those other games and be 2-0 and people would be running around here slapping us on the back telling us how good we are,

Kansas remained atop the first Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll of the regular season after winning a matchup of basketball bluebloods, while Gonzaga and Auburn cracked the top five after impressive opening-week wins and St. John’s led by Rick Pitino joined the rankings.

Watch Houston Cougars vs. Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns on ESPN+. Houston enters this contest after a 74-69 loss versus Auburn. The Cougars' leading scorer was LJ Cryer, who wound up with 13 points. With a final score of 82-65,