Is this Houston Cougars Team a Final 4 / National Champ Contender?

Welcome to Episode #65 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast.2 convincing wins over FSU & Jackson St, but are the Houston Cougars a Final 4 / National Championship contender this season?  Our Coogs are now 9-1 and ranked #7 in the AP & #10 in the KenPom rankings.  But lots of Twitter/X postings this week around how every National Champion since 2004 has been in the Top 12 of the Week 6 AP Poll.  Does this Cougar Team fit the bill as bona fide contenders compared with the last 2 seasons?Please have a listen as the 3 Old Men break down the games from the past week, as well as provide some thoughts on next week's UNO game.  We then go deep with our perspectives on whether this year's iteration of the Cougars are national title contenders (and if not, can they can bridge the gap to get there)?- No Conference for Old Men is available for free via Spotify / Apple Podcast / SoundCloud & the GoCoogs.com website; we're also available via the Republic of Football Podcast feed from the folks at Dave Campbell's Texas Football as their only basketball-centric offering- Intro / Exit music: Ground Zero provided by FreeBeats.io- Please follow us on gocoogs.com/old-men/