As No. 1 Houston gets set to host No. 8 Alabama Saturday, take a look back at Cougars' history in top-10 matchups.
Elvin Hayes and the second-ranked Cougars upset No. 1 UCLA to snap the Bruins' 47-game winning streak. In a showdown of dominant big men, UH's Elvin Hayes outdueled UCLA's Lew Alcindor. Big E finished with 39 points, 15 rebounds and four blocked shots. Alcindor had 15 points on 4-of-15 shooting and 12 rebounds. It was the first college basketball game televised live nationally in prime time. Attendance was 53,693, at the time the largest crowd to ever watch a college basketball game.
1 spot, the Cougars traveled to Fayetteville for a top-five matchup that was billed at the time as the greatest regular-season game in Southwest Conference history. Benny Anders came off the bench for 18 points and Akeem Olajuwon added 15 in the Cougars' win. It was the first victory for UH in eight trips to Barnhill Arena.Michael Young had 25 points and 11 rebounds and Alvin Franklin added 23 points in the Cougars' win.
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