Houston Cougars head coach Kelvin Sampson comes back onto the "Marching to Madness" college basketball podcast as his Cougars are sitting at No. 1 this week while they lead Iowa State in the Big 12 race by one game. We chat about the toughness and backcourt skills of Jamal Shead, LJ Cryer, and Emanuel Sharp and posts, J'Wan Roberts and Ja'Vier Francis. The Cougars defeated Cincinnati, 67-59, on Monday as they scored 15 points off of 19 Bearcats turnovers.

Topics of discussion include:

• The Cougars as a sustainable basketball team
• The backcourt presence of Jamal Shead, LJ Cryer, and Emanuel Sharp
• Post-play with J'Wan Roberts and Ja'Vier Francis
• The skills of freshman JoJo Tugler, who averages 16 minutes per game