Seven-win seasons don’t tend to create much belief. They tend to produce frustration, roster turnover, and promises that next year will be different. Houston experienced plenty of the first two after going 7-23 and winning just once in 18 Big 12 games during Matthew Mitchell’s first season as head coach. Yet ask the players what Mitchell built in that first year, and the answers have little to do with the final record. Kayla King saw development. Justice Carlton found encouragement.