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Seven of its men’s basketball coaches picked Houston, not Memphis and its No. 1 recruiting class, to win the AAC this year. Only four tabbed the Tigers as the conference favorites. The two teams were tied for first atop the AAC’s preseason poll. Even though Memphis is ranked as high as No. 6 in the country in some preseason polls by national media. Even though Memphis is the only AAC team ranked in every single one of those national preseason polls.“Normally, you don’t lose four starters and get picked first in the conference,” Houston coach Kelvin Sampson told reporters Monday morning at AAC media day in Philadelphia.He, apparently, was just as shocked as everyone here in Memphis.