Partial AAC vs. SEC challenge?

[WuShock Reaper]

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Cougars-Mailbag-UH-men-should-contend-for-NCAA-13823862.php

"...Coach Kelvin Sampson confirmed on Andy Katz's podcast that the Cougars will be amng the four teams from the American Athletic Conference to be showcased in a two-year, home-and-home scheduling alliance with the Southeastern Conference that begins in the 2019-20 season.

In addition, Sampson teased on the podcast that UH will play in a "huge preseason tournament that a lot of people would love to be in." The Preseason NIT perhaps?"

[WuShock16]

If Houston is playing in Diamondhead Classic, I don't know how they could be playing in another MTE like the Preseason NIT. It's either for a future year or maybe an early season EVENT like what WSU did in Annapolis (cannot remember what it is called without looking it up).