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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4660253, member: 1329"] Houston has finished ahead of Texas every year for 7 straight years on KenPom. Historically they have double the number of FInal Fours and more Sweet 16s. Houston is a good program now with a bright future. It's in a fertile recruiting area with 2 strong periods of history and the same number of Final Fours as us. It's bankrolled by a billionaire basketball fan that owns an NBA team. And when I say bankrolled, I don't mean like "he likes the program and donates occasionally", I mean he's the Chairman of the Board of Regents for the University. His name is on the arena courtesy of the renovation they did 6 years ago. The facilities are top notch. Officially, they spend a similar amount on basketball as us. Unofficially, they got a nice transfer haul this year including a top 5 transfer. Houston has shown that when they're not banished into Conference USA due to the Southwest conference breaking up, they're a good program. The city's population has doubled in the last 30 years. They're in the #7 media market. 38k undergrads. They're a very good addition to a basketball league with eyes on the now and the future. In the short term, they're going to be better than Texas (I don't think Terry is all that great), and it's not like they have a high bar to clear to equal Texas' impact historically. We're not talking about replacing Duke or Kentucky here. Before this past year, Texas hadn't made a Sweet 16 in the last 14 years. [/QUOTE]

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