Year-by-Year Record Lone Star Conference overall Conference Postseason Year W-L Record Finish Tournament Coach Captain(s) 1946 10-4 8-2 FIRST NAIB Alden Pasche Guy V. Lewis, Willie Wells 1946-47 15-7 11-1 FIRST NAIB Alden Pasche Guy V. Lewis, Willie Wells 1947-48 11-11 6-6 fourth Alden Pasche Louis Brown 1948-49 11-11 7-5 second Alden Pasche Louis Brown, Bill McPhail Totals 48-33 32-14 Gulf Coast Conference overall Conference Postseason Year W-L Record Finish Tournament Coach Captain(s) 1949-50 16-7 6-0 FIRST Alden Pasche Richard Berg, Marvin Reichle Missouri Valley Conference overall Conference Postseason Year W-L Record Finish Tournament Coach Captain(s) 1950-51 11-17 2-12 eighth Alden Pasche Lloyd Hendrix 1951-52 7-14 3-7 fifth Alden Pasche Robert Bradford, Royce Ray 1952-53 9-13 5-5 second Alden Pasche Elton Cotton, Jack McNutt 1953-54 11-15 3-7 fifth Alden Pasche Jackie Bell, Jim Hatton 1954-55 15-10 3-7 fifth Alden Pasche Jim Hatton 1955-56 19-7 9-3 FIRST NCAA MW Regional Alden Pasche Jack Foster, Lupe Lopez 1956-57 10-16 5-9 fifth Guy V. Lewis Dan Dotson, Andy McElveen, Dean Evans 1957-58 9-16 4-10 sixth Guy V. Lewis Russell Boone 1958-59 12-14 6-8 fifth Guy V. Lewis Bernie Kapner, Jack Welch 1959-60 13-12 6-8 fourth Guy V. Lewis Ted Luckenbill, Gary Phillips Totals 116-134 46-76 Independent overall Postseason Year W-L tournament Coach Captain(s) 1960-61 17-11 NCAA Sweet 16 Guy V. Lewis Ted Luckenbill, Gary Phillips 1961-62 21-6 NIT Quarterfinalist Guy V. Lewis Jack Thompson 1962-63 15-11 Guy V. Lewis Lyle Harger 1963-64 16-10 Guy V. Lewis Chet Oliver 1964-65 19-10 NCAA Sweet 16 Guy V. Lewis Jack Margenthaler 1965-66 23-6 NCAA Sweet 16 Guy V. Lewis Rich Apolskis, Joe Hamood 1966-67 27-4 NCAA Final Four Guy V. Lewis Gary Grider, Leary Lentz 1967-68 31-2 NCAA Final Four Guy V. Lewis Don Chaney, Elvin Hayes 1968-69 16-10 Guy V. Lewis Theodis Lee, Ken Spain 1969-70 25-5 NCAA Sweet 16 Guy V. Lewis Melvin Bell, Tom Gribben, Ollie Taylor 1970-71 22-7 NCAA Sweet 16 Guy V. Lewis Dwight Davis, Poo Welch 1971-72 20-7 NCAA MW Regional Guy V. Lewis Dwight Davis 1972-73 23-4 NCAA MW Regional Guy V. Lewis Jerry Bonney, Steve Newsome 1973-74 17-9 Guy V. Lewis Sidney Edwards, Donnell Hayes 1974-75 16-10 Guy V. Lewis Louis Dunbar, Maurice Presley Totals 308-112 Southwest Conference overall Conference Postseason Year W-L Record Finish Tournament Coach Captain(s) 1975-76 17-11 7-9 sixth Guy V. Lewis Otis Birdsong, David Marrs 1976-77 29-8 13-3 second NIT Finalist Guy V. Lewis Otis Birdsong, Jim Perry 1977-78 25-8 11-5 third NCAA MW Regional Guy V. Lewis Cecile Rose, Charles Thompson 1978-79 16-15 6-10 sixth Guy V. Lewis Ken Ciolli, George Walker 1979-80 14-14 8-8 fourth Guy V. Lewis Byron Gibson, Kenneth Williams 1980-81 21-9 10-6 second NCAA East Regional Guy V. Lewis By Game 1981-82 25-8 11-5 second NCAA Final Four Guy V. Lewis Eric Davis, Lynden Rose 1982-83 31-3 16-0 FIRST NCAA Finalist Guy V. Lewis David Bunce, Larry Micheaux, David Rose, Bryan Williams 148
overall Conference Postseason Year W-L Record Finish Tournament Coach Captain(s) 1983-84 32-5 15-1 FIRST NCAA Finalist Guy V. Lewis Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Young 1984-85 16-14 8-8 fifth NIT Guy V. Lewis Eric Dickens, Reid Gettys 1985-86 14-14 8-8 sixth Guy V. Lewis Alvin Franklin, Renaldo Thomas 1986-87 18-12 9-7 third NCAA SE Regional Pat Foster Greg Anderson, Rickie Winslow 1987-88 18-13 10-6 third NIT Pat Foster Rolando Ferreira, Richard Hollis 1988-89 17-14 8-8 fourth Pat Foster Richard Hollis 1989-90 25-8 13-3 second NCAA SE Regional Pat Foster Chris Morris, Craig Upchurch 1990-91 18-11 10-6 third NIT Second Round Pat Foster Darrell Mickens 1991-92 25-6 11-3 FIRST NCAA MW Regional Pat Foster Derrick Daniels, Craig Upchurch 1992-93 21-9 9-5 third NIT Pat Foster Charles Outlaw, Derrick Smith 1993-94 8-19 5-9 sixth Alvin Brooks Rafael Carrasco, Anthony Goldwire 1994-95 9-19 5-9 sixth Alvin Brooks Jessie Drain 1995-96 17-10 10-3 second Alvin Brooks Kirk Ford Totals 416-230 203-122 Conference USA overall Conference Postseason Year W-L Record Finish tournament Coach Captain(s) 1996-97 11-16 3-11 fourth, White Division. Alvin Brooks Damon Jones, Anthony Knox 1997-98 9-20 2-14 fifth, National Division. Alvin Brooks Shamahn McBride, Galen Robinson 1998-99 10-17 5-11 sixth, National Division. Clyde Drexler Gee Gervin, Roy Spears 1999-00 9-22 2-14 sixth, National Division. Clyde Drexler Gee Gervin, Roy Spears 2000-01 9-20 6-10 fifth, National Division. Ray McCallum George Williams 2001-02 18-15 9-7 second, National Division. NIT Ray McCallum George Williams 2002-03 8-20 6-10 fourth, National Division. Ray McCallum Louis Truscott 2003-04 9-18 3-13 13th Ray McCallum Marcus Oliver, Andre Owens 2004-05 18-14 9-7 sixth NIT Tom Penders Andre Owens, Lanny Smith 2005-06 21-10 9-5 fourth NIT-Second Round Tom Penders Brian Latham, Lanny Smith Totals 122-172 54-102 Year-by-Year Record All-Time Cougar Head Coaching Records Alden Pasche 1946-56 Guy V. Lewis 1956-86 Pat Foster 1986-93 Alvin Brooks 1993-98 Clyde Drexler 1998-00 Ray McCallum 2000-2004 Tom Penders 2004-Present Postseason overall Conference tournaments Years Coach Seasons. Wins Losses Pct Wins Losses Pct ncaa NIT 1946-56 Alden Pasche 10 135 116.537 63 55.534 1 1956-86 Guy V. Lewis 30 592 280.679 134 98.578 14 4 1986-93 Pat Foster 7 142 73.660 70 38.648 3 3 1993-98 Alvin Brooks 6 54 84.391 25 46.352 1998-00 Clyde Drexler 2 19 39.327 7 25.219 2000-04 Ray McCallum 4 44 73.376 24 40.375 1 2004- Tom Penders 2 39 24.563 18 12.600 2 Overall Totals 61 1025 689.598 332 306.520 18 9 149
Game by Game Results Alden Pasche H o u s t o n s f i r s t coach, Alden Pasche led the Cougars to a 135-116 record and f o u r c o n f e r e n c e championships in his 11 seasons as head coach. UH won league titles in the Lone Star, Gulf Coast and Missouri Valley Conferences. Pasche also guided Houston to the 1956 NCAA Tournament. Lone Star Conference Champions NAIB Tournament 1946 Season Record: 10-4 Lone Star Conference: 8-2 (1st) Head Coach: Alden Pasche Captains: Guy Lewis, Willie Wells J 10 W *North Texas 62 35 J 17 L *Sam Houston State 40 41 F 2 W *Texas State 62 57 F 4 W at Southwestern 42 40 F 8 L *at Sam Houston State 39 40 F 9 W *at Stephen F. Austin 45 38 F 16 W *East Texas State 54 51 F 19 L Southwestern 57 58 F 20 W *at Texas State 62 55 F 23 W *Stephen F. Austin 65 39 M 1 W *at North Texas 61 56 M 2 W *at East Texas State 61 54 M 11 W High Point (N.C.) 63 34 M 13 L Indiana State 43 62 *Lone Star Conference game; NAIB Tournament Lone Star Conference Champions NAIB Tournament 1946-47 Season Record: 15-7 Lone Star Conference: 11-1 (1st) Head Coach: Alden Pasche Captains: Guy Lewis, Willie Wells D 7 L Loyola-NO 39 51 D 11 L at Tulane 49 62 D 12 L at Loyola-NO 48 53 D 16 W Southeast Oklahoma 63 56 D 17 W Southeast Oklahoma 47 44 D 20 L Pepperdine 61 73 D 21 L Stephen F. Austin 43 54 D 28 W Texas A&M 62 41 J 6 W *at Texas State 55 39 J 7 W *at Trinity 74 37 J 17 L *Sam Houston State 55 59 J 29 W *at Sam Houston State 49 48 F 1 W *East Texas State 65 61 F 8 W *Trinity 68 34 F 14 W *North Texas 70 53 F 15 W *Texas State 98 60 F 1 W *at Stephen F. Austin 67 61 F 22 W *Stephen F. Austin 60 57 F 28 W *at East Texas State 60 51 M 1 W *at North Texas 57 55 M 11 W Montana 60 58 M 12 L Northern Arizona 42 44 *Lone Star Conference game; Houston Intercollegiate Tournament; NAIB Tournament 1947-48 Season Record: 11-11 Lone Star Conference: 6-6 (4th) Head Coach: Alden Pasche Captain: Louis Brown D 2 W Abilene Christian 54 31 D 4 W at McMurray College 42 39 D 5 L at Abilene Christian 41 48 D 8 L Southeast Oklahoma 33 37 D 10 L at Louisiana-Lafayette 34 43 D 11 L at Loyola-NO 38 54 D 12 L at Loyola-NO 49 62 D 19 W East Texas Baptist 63 40 J 6 L *Sam Houston State 44 46 J 13 W *Texas State 61 49 J 16 L *at East Texas State 43 47 J 17 L *at North Texas 47 71 J 26 W Oklahoma City 40 28 J 28 L *East Texas State 37 50 J 30 W *North Texas 55 51 F 2 W *at Trinity 57 50 F 3 L *at Stephen F. Austin 49 51 F 10 W at East Texas Baptist 70 52 F 13 L *at Sam Houston State 40 67 F 16 W *Trinity 55 50 F 20 W *at Southwest Texas State 61 60 M 3 W *at Stephen F. Austin 52 40 at Shreveport, La.; *Lone Star Conference game 1948-49 Season Record: 11-11 Lone Star Conference: 7-5 (2nd) Head Coach: Alden Pasche Captains: Louis Brown, Bill McPhail N 29 L Shur-Start Battery 50 51 D 1 L at Centenary 39 46 D 3 L at Oklahoma City 44 50 D 4 L at Oklahoma City 37 46 D 11 L Centenary 46 53 D 16 W Loyola-NO 58 45 D 17 W Loyola-NO 44 43 J 3 W Shur-Start Battery 66 51 J 5 W Brooke Medical Center 53 49 J 10 L *Sam Houston State 64 66 J 15 W *North Texas 64 57 J 17 W *East Texas State 67 46 J 21 W *at Texas State 53 52 J 22 W *at Trinity 72 52 J 25 L Oklahoma City 41 46 F 5 W *Stephen F. Austin 59 47 F 7 L *at Sam Houston State 51 55 F 10 L *at East Texas State 60 66 F 11 W *at North Texas 75 59 F 14 L *at Stephen F. Austin 44 67 F 19 L *Trinity 52 57 F 21 W *Texas State 71 68 *Lone Star Conference game Gulf Coast Conference Champions 1949-50 Season Record: 16-7 Gulf Coast Conference: 6-0 (1st) Head Coach: Alden Pasche Captains: Marvin Reichle, Richard Berg D 1 W Hardin Simmons 48 36 D 2 W Loyola-NO 57 33 D 6 L at Bradley 57 73 D 8 W at Loras College 65 51 D 9 L at Beloit College 56 70 D 10 L at Marquette 65 69 D 13 L at Creighton 47 52 D 20 L at Texas 44 46 D 30 W Wichita State 72 66 J 3 W Pepperdine 47 46 J 5 W at Sam Houston State 58 52 J 7 W *at Trinity 67 62 J 11 W *Midwestern 63 38 J 13 W *at North Texas 66 58 J 14 L at Oklahoma City 51 60 J 21 W Oklahoma City 52 45 F 1 W Sam Houston State 85 57 F 4 W Stephen F. Austin 62 55 F 6 W *North Texas 65 55 F 8 W *Trinity 80 49 F 11 W at Stephen F. Austin 55 51 F 17 W *at Midwestern 68 40 F 25 L at Loyola-NO 50 58 *Gulf Coast Conference game 1950-51 Season Record: 11-17 Missouri Valley Conference: 2-12 (8th) Head Coach: Alden Pasche Captain: Lloyd Hendrix D 2 L *at Bradley 73 94 D 5 L *at Saint Louis 44 71 D 8 W Sam Houston State 63 57 D 12 L *Saint Louis 63 71 D 13 W at Stephen F. Austin 53 52 D 19 W Texas A&M 52 45 D 23 W *Wichita State 86 74 J 1 L *at Drake 60 66 J 2 W *at Drake 77 67 J 4 L at Missouri 48 66 J 10 W Oklahoma City 53 51 J 13 L at Midwestern State 53 54 J 16 W at Trinity 72 63 J 18 W at Sam Houston State 67 48 J 20 W North Texas 54 46 J 27 L *at Wichita State 68 69 F 3 W Midwestern State 58 36 F 6 L *Bradley 47 60 F 10 L *Tulsa 45 50 F 13 L *at Detroit 61 70 F 14 L *at Detroit 73 93 F 21 L *Oklahoma State 52 61 F 23 L at North Texas 57 60 F 24 L at Oklahoma City 54 57 F 27 W Trinity 72 61 M 2 L at Texas A&M 46 55 M 5 L *at Tulsa 44 60 M 7 L *at Oklahoma State 39 57 *Missouri Valley Conference game 150
1951-52 Season Record: 7-14 Missouri Valley Conference: 3-7 (5th) Head Coach: Alden Pasche Captains: Robert Bradford, Royce Ray D 8 W at Texas A&M 38 29 D 15 L Oklahoma City 39 42 D 19 L Murray State 65 67 D 21 L *Detroit 56 73 D 22 W *Detroit 74 71 J 2 L *Saint Louis 57 64 J 4 W *Tulsa 42 41 J 11 L *at Oklahoma State 44 71 J 19 W Sam Houston State (OT) 60 57 J 25 W Texas A&M 52 44 J 30 W at Sam Houston State (OT) 67 62 F 1 L *at Tulsa 52 55 F 2 L at Oklahoma City 46 51 F 11 L *at Wichita State 49 70 F 12 W *at Wichita State 54 53 F 18 L at Bradley 47 74 F 20 L *at Saint Louis 55 63 F 27 L Bradley 50 54 M 1 L Drake 47 76 M 3 L Drake 68 82 M 8 L Oklahoma State 43 57 *Missouri Valley Conference game 1952-53 Season Record: 9-13 Missouri Valley Conference: 5-5 (2nd) Head Coach: Alden Pasche Captains: Jack McNutt, Elton Cotton D 2 W Hardin-Simmons 67 54 D 10 L at Texas A&M 59 65 D 16 W *at Detroit (OT) 72 69 D 17 L *at Detroit 64 74 D 19 W at Murray State 70 66 J 3 L *at Wichita State 68 86 J 5 L at Oklahoma City 52 68 J 6 L *at Tulsa 60 91 J 12 L *Saint Louis 68 86 J 21 W Sam Houston State 66 56 J 24 W *Tulsa 61 56 J 26 L at Baylor 62 77 J 28 W *at Saint Louis 71 70 J 30 L at Drake 66 88 F 2 L Pittsburgh 63 66 F 7 L Oklahoma City 58 64 F 17 L at Texas 65 79 F 18 W *Oklahoma State 50 46 F 21 W Texas A&M 48 44 F 25 W *Wichita State 75 62 M 2 L Drake 64 73 M 5 L *at Oklahoma State 48 68 *Missouri Valley Conference game 1953-54 Season Record: 11-15 Missouri Valley Conference: 3-7 (5th) Head Coach: Alden Pasche Captains: Jim Hatton, Jackie Bell D 4 W at Sam Houston State 89 88 D 8 W Texas A&M 62 56 D 12 L at Texas 64 68 D 15 W Lamar 78 65 D 18 W *Detroit 77 62 D 19 W *Detroit 71 63 D 29 L Western Kentucky 61 91 D 29 W Siena 81 60 D 30 L Villanova 66 73 J 7 L *at Wichita State 64 78 J 9 L *at Oklahoma State 61 76 J 13 L Oklahoma City 62 70 J 16 W *at Saint Louis 69 66 J 18 L at Bradley 71 86 J 23 W at Lamar 82 69 J 25 L *Oklahoma State 48 64 J 27 W Murray State 69 62 J 30 L Texas 79 80 F 1 L *Saint Louis 79 80 F 6 L *Tulsa 57 59 F 13 L at Missouri 62 96 F 17 W Sam Houston State 81 66 F 22 L *Wichita State 81 86 F 24 W at Texas A&M 52 51 F 27 L *at Tulsa 57 73 M 1 L at Oklahoma City 54 58 *Missouri Valley Conference game; Kentucky Invitational 1954-55 Season Record: 15-10 Missouri Valley Conference: 3-7 (5th) Head Coach: Alden Pasche Captain: Jim Hatton D 2 W at Texas A&M 85 63 D 6 W Sam Houston State 102 89 D 11 W at Texas 79 58 D 13 W Texas A&I 92 65 D 17 W *at Detroit 77 69 D 18 L *at Detroit 80 83 D 20 L Oklahoma City 65 72 D 21 L Wichita State 87 91 D 22 W Oklahoma State 57 48 D 23 W Missouri (2 OT) 84 76 J 6 L *at Saint Louis (2 OT) 84 85 J 8 L *at Wichita State (OT) 67 78 J 12 W Oklahoma City 75 63 J 15 W Texas A&M 107 66 J 24 L *Tulsa 64 67 J 26 W *Oklahoma State 60 58 J 29 W Texas 59 52 F 1 W at Murray State 91 65 F 5 W Bradley 64 55 F 7 L at Oklahoma City 49 65 F 12 W *Wichita State 82 79 F 17 W at Sam Houston State 108 100 F 19 L *at Oklahoma State 49 58 F 21 L *at Tulsa 59 69 F 28 L *Saint Louis 87 90 All-College Tournament at Oklahoma City; *Missouri Valley Conference game MVC Champions NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinalist 1955-56 Season Record: 19-7 MVC: 9-3 (1st) Head Coach: Alden Pasche Captains: Jack Foster, Lupe Lopez D 1 W Sam Houston State 77 55 D 7 W Texas A&I 86 59 D 9 L Valparaiso 80 84 D 10 W TCU 101 58 D 14 W at Texas A&M 78 44 D 16 W *Detroit 89 76 D 17 W *Detroit 86 84 D 21 W Kansas State 86 79 J 2 W *Wichita State 82 77 J 7 L *Saint Louis 73 76 J 9 W Oklahoma City 78 64 J 12 W *at Tulsa 69 60 J 14 L *at Oklahoma State 44 63 J 23 W *Tulsa (OT) 71 62 J 25 W at Miami-Fla. 95 77 J 28 W Trinity 104 62 J 30 W at Sam Houston State 87 59 F 4 W Texas A&M 105 74 F 9 W *at Bradley 82 70 F 11 W *at Saint Louis 67 66 F 18 W *Oklahoma State 62 60 F 20 W *Bradley 68 53 F 25 L *at Wichita State 72 82 F 27 L at Oklahoma State 67 76 M 16 L SMU 74 89 M 17 L Kansas State 70 89 at Birmingham Classic; *Missouri Valley Conference game; NCAA Tournament at Lawrence, Kan. The first seven-foot center at Houston, Don Boldebuck, led the Cougars to their first NCAA appearance in 1956. Game by Game Results 151
Game by Game Results Guy Lewis After leading Houston to its first two conference championships as a player and first NCAA Tournament as an assistant coach, Guy Lewis was named UH s head coach before the 1956-57 season. During the next 30 seasons, Lewis compiled a 592-279 career record, and ended his career with 27 consecutive seasons without a losing record. He also led Houston to two NCAA championship games, one NIT championship game, five NCAA Final Fours, 14 NCAA Tournament berths, five Southwest Conference Tournament Championships and three SWC regular season crowns. Lewis also was named National Coach of the Year in 1968 and 1983 and the Texas Coach of the Year four times. He also produced 14 All-America players, two National Players of the Year in Elvin Hayes and Hakeem Olajuwon, and 26 players who scored 1,000 career points. 1956-57 Season Record: 10-16 Missouri Valley Conference: 5-9 (5th) Captains: Dan Dotson, Andy McElveen, Dean Evans D 1 L at Kansas State 78 97 D 3 L at Iowa State 73 92 D 6 W Texas A&I 67 59 D 8 L Memphis State 78 82 D 11 W at Sam Houston State 85 83 D 15 W Sam Houston State 95 65 D 20 L Loyola-NO 74 87 D 22 L at Miami-Fla. 63 67 D 28 W Alabama 76 68 D 29 L Kentucky 76 111 J 2 W *at Drake 74 72 J 4 L *at Wichita State 56 74 J 7 L *Tulsa 64 65 J 12 W *Oklahoma State 64 52 J 14 L *Wichita State 53 68 J 17 L *at Bradley 64 81 J 19 L *at Saint Louis 70 85 J 28 W *Drake 86 62 J 30 L *Detroit 81 91 F 1 L *at Tulsa 58 78 F 9 W Trinity 93 71 F 11 W *Detroit 82 72 F 16 L at Memphis State 86 96 F 23 L *at Oklahoma State 62 76 F 25 W *Bradley 88 79 M 2 L *Saint Louis 84 102 Sugar Bowl Tournament at New Orleans, LA; *Missouri Valley Conference game 1957-58 Season Record: 9-16 Missouri Valley Conference: 4-10 (6th) Captain: Russell Boone D 2 L at Oklahoma City 75 85 D 5 W Texas A&I 76 50 D 7 L Oklahoma City 71 78 D 12 L at Dartmouth 64 84 D 14 W at Canisius 77 70 D 17 W *North Texas 76 69 D 21 L *Cincinnati 53 70 J 2 W at Sam Houston State 85 76 J 6 L *Bradley (OT) 73 75 J 11 L *at Bradley 80 116 J 13 L *at Cincinnati 57 93 J 18 W Sam Houston State 64 63 J 25 L *Tulsa 46 50 J 27 W Oklahoma State 70 64 F 1 L *at Tulsa 57 70 F 3 L *Drake 67 77 F 4 L at Texas A&M 74 92 F 12 W *at North Texas 73 70 F 15 L Loyola-NO 71 83 F 17 W *Wichita State 72 70 F 22 L at Oklahoma State 60 73 F 24 L *at Wichita State 65 70 M 1 W *at Saint Louis 81 76 M 3 L *at Drake (OT) 87 88 M 8 L *Saint Louis 76 83 *Missouri Valley Conference game 1958-59 Season Record: 12-14 Missouri Valley Conference: 6-8 (5th) Captains: Jack Welch, Bernie Kapner D 1 W Texas A&I 80 59 D 3 W Sam Houston State 95 63 D 5 L at Texas A&M 45 57 D 8 W Arizona State 101 68 D 12 L at Washington 62 68 D 13 L at Washington 55 59 D 16 L at Santa Clara 68 73 J 1 W McMurry College 87 52 J 3 W *Wichita State 78 75 J 5 W *Tulsa 84 66 J 10 L *Cincinnati 54 62 J 12 L *Bradley 50 60 J 17 L at Oklahoma City 67 94 J 24 L Texas A&M 64 71 J 26 W *North Texas 88 58 J 31 L *at Saint Louis 47 71 F 2 L *at Drake 63 69 F 7 W Oklahoma City 80 63 F 9 L *at North Texas 56 62 F 12 W Loyola-NO 71 54 F 14 W *at Tulsa 68 56 F 16 L *at Wichita State 63 65 F 21 W *Saint Louis 64 57 F 23 W *Drake 77 66 F 28 L *at Cincinnati 66 78 M 2 L *at Bradley 60 74 *Missouri Valley Conference game 1959-60 Season Record: 13-12 Missouri Valley Conference: 6-8 (4th) Captains: Gary Phillips, Ted Luckenbill D 1 W Lamar 89 66 D 2 W West Texas A&M 105 60 D 5 W McMurry College 92 51 D 7 L at Texas A&M 49 67 D 9 L Miami-Fla. 63 72 D 14 W *North Texas 88 59 D 17 L Texas A&M 62 64 J 2 L *Wichita State 63 69 J 4 W *Tulsa 68 62 J 7 L *at Saint Louis 46 76 J 9 W *at Drake 56 55 J 16 W Oklahoma City 80 73 J 23 W at Miami 88 79 J 25 L at Loyola-NO 61 63 J 30 L *at Wichita State 65 74 F 1 W at Oklahoma City 80 69 F 4 W Sam Houston State 92 53 F 6 L *at Cincinnati 55 67 F 8 L *at Bradley 57 78 F 13 L *at Tulsa 58 59 F 15 W *at North Texas 86 64 F 20 L *Cincinnati 47 57 F 22 W *Bradley 63 58 F 27 L *Saint Louis 57 78 F 29 W *Drake 89 70 *Missouri Valley Conference game NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinalist 1960-61 Season Record: 17-11 Captains: Gary Phillips, Ted Luckenbill D 1 W at North Texas 73 53 D 6 L at Texas A&M 61 66 D 8 L at Sam Houston State 52 55 D 10 W at Lamar 68 64 D 15 L Oklahoma 51 55 D 16 W Oklahoma State 56 54 D 17 W at Oklahoma City 78 65 D 28 L Wichita State 68 71 D 29 W TCU 85 72 D 30 W Oklahoma City 86 82 J 3 W Lamar 100 73 J 5 L at Cincinnati (OT) 71 74 J 12 W Bradley 60 59 J 14 W Saint Louis 75 69 J 19 W Texas A&M 89 85 J 21 L at Miami-Fla. 78 89 J 28 W Loyola-NO 92 56 J 31 W Pacific 101 66 F 2 W at Tulsa 88 73 F 9 W North Texas 86 57 F 11 W Oklahoma City 107 78 F 16 L at Bradley 74 90 F 18 L at Saint Louis 62 73 152
F 23 L Cincinnati 80 85 M 4 W Tulsa 89 65 M 15 W *Marquette 77 61 M 17 L Kansas State 64 75 M 18 L Texas Tech 67 69 Lion s Club Tournament at Sam Houston Coliseum; All-College Tournament; *NCAA Tournament at Delmar Gym; NCAA Tournament at Lawrence, Kan. NIT Quarterfinalist 1961-62 Season Record: 21-6 Captain: Jack Thompson D 1 W UC Davis 95 47 1,750 D 5 L at Texas A&M 49 64 4,700 D 7 W at Lamar (OT) 72 70 3,700 D 12 W TCU 75 71 2,300 D 15 L Seattle 63 66 2,100 D 16 W Portland 67 55 2,500 D 20 W Mississippi (2 OT) 63 62 1,500 D 22 W UCLA 91 65 4,156 D 23 W Auburn 54 49 4,010 D 26 W *TCU 82 76 5,000 D 28 W *Utah State 51 46 5,000 D 29 L *Bowling Green 45 47 5,000 J 3 W at North Texas 57 44 2,500 J 5 W at Loyola-NO 68 57 2,500 J 11 W at Tulsa 69 61 2,800 J 15 W Lamar 86 64 2,101 J 25 W at TCU 61 56 2,056 J 30 W Texas A&M 73 69 7,500 F 1 L Cincinnati 52 60 5,100 F 5 W Florida State 84 76 2,000 F 8 W Miami-Fla. 80 69 2,341 F 10 W North Texas 105 75 2,267 F 16 L at Cincinnati 47 59 7,337 F 20 W Tulsa 98 71 1,881 F 23 W USC 56 51 3,268 F 24 W USC 76 68 3,155 M 17 L Dayton 77 94 12,308 City of Roses Tournament in Portland; Lions Holiday Classic; *All-College Tournament; - NIT 1962-63 Season Record: 15-11 Captain: Lyle Harger D 1 W Texas A&I 86 52 2,500 D 3 W Nebraska 68 61 2,000 D 8 W Baylor 70 61 4,200 D 10 W at TCU 76 69 1,475 D 13 W North Texas 76 69 2,000 D 15 L at Texas A&M 67 69 4,800 D 17 W Missouri 75 61 3,000 D 21 L Michigan (4 OT) 88 90 4,600 D 22 L LSU 73 74 4,000 D 28 W Miss. State (OT) 79 76 5,286 D 29 L Auburn (OT) 69 71 6,000 D 31 L at Minnesota 68 87 5,003 J 2 L at Cincinnati 56 79 7,816 J 5 W Oklahoma City 91 80 2,200 J 12 W Loyola-NO 66 59 1,800 J 24 L at Miami-Fla. 70 71 3,400 J 26 L at Florida State 69 76 4,000 J 29 W TCU 87 71 1,657 J 30 W Texas A&M 58 57 7,063 F 2 W at North Texas 68 62 3,000 F 9 L Tulsa 69 76 2,200 F 13 W Texas Wesleyan 125 74 1,257 F 16 W Trinity 99 46 1,267 F 23 L Loyola-Chicago 58 62 2,638 F 28 L at Tulsa 80 88 3,140 M 1 W at Oklahoma City 75 73 4,000 Holiday Classic; Sugar Bowl Tournament 1963-64 Season Record: 16-10 Captain: Chet Oliver D 2 L Minnesota 58 60 2,100 D 5 L at Texas A&M 58 61 3,600 D 7 W Pacific 73 64 1,850 D 9 L at TCU 59 65 1,000 D 11 W at North Texas 58 56 3,000 D 12 L at Colorado 61 72 5,500 D 14 W at Nebraska 64 58 2,000 D 19 W Mississippi State 69 61 3,000 D 20 W Oklahoma City 72 62 3,000 D 23 L at Ohio State 62 79 9,228 D 26 L Wyoming (OT) 72 75 D 27 W Idaho 76 61 D 28 W Montana State 56 55 J 2 W Air Force 64 63 2,000 J 4 W Yale 81 59 2,500 J 13 W Southwestern 93 64 1,500 J 23 W TCU 83 63 2,000 J 25 W Baylor 61 60 3,600 J 28 W Texas A&M 73 65 7,700 J 30 L North Texas 65 66 1,800 F 8 W Trinity 74 57 1,800 F 10 L Cincinnati (OT) 59 66 3,950 F 13 W Miami-Fla. 93 83 2,000 F 15 L at Loyola-Chicago 68 98 7,000 F 20 W Texas Wesleyan 105 77 1,800 F 26 L at Loyola-NO 54 64 Bluebonnet Classic; All-College Tournament NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinalist 1964-65 Season Record: 19-10 Captain: Jack Margenthaler D 1 L at Wisconsin 65 76 3,765 D 5 W Texas A&I 94 71 2,200 D 7 L Ohio State 69 77 3,800 D 9 L at North Texas 48 60 2,800 D 10 W at TCU 67 62 2,086 D 14 L at Texas A&M 67 74 3,500 D 16 W Auburn 50 48 3,000 D 17 W Texas A&M 59 49 3,000 D 19 W Colorado 70 61 1,200 D 26 W Rhode Island 74 68 2,200 D 28 L Penn State 57 59 D 29 W Valparaiso 84 81 J 2 W Trinity 116 79 1,500 J 4 W Oklahoma City 61 54 2,300 J 9 L Notre Dame 80 110 5,300 J 13 W Southwestern 89 64 1,235 J 16 W North Texas 117 83 2,400 J 18 W TCU 108 87 2,400 J 28 W Baylor 80 78 3,667 J 30 W Texas A&M 79 74 5,300 F 6 W Loyola-NO 104 80 2,500 F 9 W at Trinity 139 87 F 13 W Centenary 95 84 2,500 F 16 W Texas Wesleyan 122 105 2,000 F 20 L at Miami-Fla. 91 103 4,958 F 27 L at Oklahoma City 79 85 3,500 M 8 W *Notre Dame 99 98 4,500 M 12 L Oklahoma State 60 75 21,500 M 13 L SMU 87 89 21,500 Bluebonnet Classic; Motor City Classic; *NCAA Tournament at Lubbock, Texas; NCAA Tournament at Manhattan, Kan. NCAA West Regional Semifinalist 1965-66 Season Record: 23-6 Captains: Rich Apolskis, Joe Hamood D 1 L at San Francisco 67 75 4,975 D 4 L at BYU 82 111 10,253 D 9 L at Texas A&M 88 93 5,200 D 11 W Wisconsin 82 57 5,100 D 15 W LSU 111 87 4,500 D 16 W Texas A&M 90 85 5,411 D 18 W at TCU 132 102 2,130 D 20 W Providence 102 89 5,200 D 29 L Maryland 68 69 5,000 D 30 W Auburn 89 76 5,500 J 8 W Trinity 95 52 2,600 J 13 W at Centenary 108 84 1,425 J 15 W at Tulsa 72 71 5,636 J 17 W St. Mary s -Texas 109 53 2,350 J 26 W Baylor (OT) 92 91 5,000 J 27 W TCU 100 79 5,000 J 28 W Texas A&M 97 85 5,650 F 2 W Lamar 112 84 2,200 F 5 W Tulsa 97 77 5,200 F 7 W Centenary 125 96 2,500 F 12 W Southwestern 140 87 2,500 F 17 W Miami-Fla. 111 96 5,200 F 22 W Texas Wesleyan 152 108 2,500 F 24 L Dayton 69 71 11,620 F 26 W Portland 109 84 2,500 M 1 W at Loyola-NO 103 77 1,500 Game by Game Results 153
Game by Game Results M 7 W *Colorado State 82 76 9,045 M 11 L Oregon State 60 63 10,106 M 12 W Pacific 102 91 7,250 Bluebonnet Classic; Sugar Bowl Classic; at Madison Square Garden; *NCAA Tournament at Wichita, Kan.; NCAA Tournament at Los Angeles. NCAA Final four 1966-67 Season Record: 27-4 National Rankings: 7th AP, 6th UPI Captains: Leary Lentz, Gary Grider D 1 W New Mexico 96 84 5,100 D 3 W at Minnesota 86 75 6,503 D 5 L at Michigan 75 86 2,500 D 8 W Louisiana-Lafayette 89 81 4,500 D 10 W Hawaii 93 59 4,500 D 12 W St. Mary s (Calif.) 90 74 3,750 D 14 W Centenary 97 66 5,100 D 15 W Idaho State 111 85 5,700 D 17 W San Francisco 90 75 5,276 D 20 W Washington 87 65 5,100 D 28 W Kent State 85 73 4,200 D 29 W Arkansas State 68 58 6,500 J 2 W Tennessee Tech 95 69 4,500 J 5 W at Lamar 82 62 3,700 J 14 W West Texas A&M 103 72 5,400 J 28 L at Washington 78 81 4,500 J 31 W at UNLV 103 83 7,500 F 9 W Hardin-Simmons 92 85 5,000 F 11 L at Notre Dame 78 87 3,385 F 13 W at Creighton 87 80 5,412 F 15 W St. Mary s -Texas 122 58 4,800 F 18 W at Miami-Fla. 105 86 3,962 F 23 W at West Texas A&M 120 76 2,450 F 25 W Creighton 87 73 5,300 F 28 W Loyola-NO 106 64 5,250 M 4 W at Air Force 90 80 2,000 M 11 W *New Mexico State 59 58 4,020 M 17 W Kansas 66 53 16,250 M 19 W SMU 83 75 17,000 M 24 L UCLA 58 73 18,889 M 25 W North Carolina 84 62 17,755 Bluebonnet Classic; Holiday Tournament; *NCAA Tournament at Ft. Collins, Colo.; NCAA Tournament at Lawrence, Kan.; NCAA Final Four at Louisville, Ky. NCAA Final four 1967-68 Season Record: 31-2 National Rankings: 1st AP, 1st UPI Captains: Elvin Hayes, Don Chaney D 2 W Sacramento State 110 79 5,400 D 4 W Abilene Christian 90 75 4,400 1967 NCAA Final Four Front Row(left to right): Howie Lorch, team manager, Vern Lewis, Niemer Hamood, Gary Grider, Leary Lentz, Elliott McVey, Don Chaney and Bobby Smith, trainer. Back Row (left to right): head coach Guy V. Lewis, Don Kruse, Melvin Bell, Ken Spain, Andrew Benson, Theodis Lee, Elvin Hayes and assistant coach Harvey Pate. D 7 W N. Dakota State 121 88 4,600 D 9 W at Illinois 54 46 7,605 D 13 W George Washington 86 61 4,500 D 14 W Montana State 113 67 5,200 D 16 W BYU 102 69 5,400 D 18 W Minnesota 103 65 5,000 D 22 W at Arizona 81 76 4,100 D 23 W at UNLV 94 85 6,300 D 28 W Bradley 69 52 7,430 D 29 W Marquette 77 65 6,345 D 30 W North Texas 45 43 7,131 J 2 W Michigan 91 65 5,400 J 6 W Centenary 118 81 5,400 J 13 W West Texas A&M 98 53 4,400 J 20 W UCLA 71 69 52,693 J 27 W Lamar 112 79 5,400 J 29 W Fairfield 108 76 5,400 F 1 W Marshall 102 93 8,606 F 10 W at Centenary 107 56 4,987 F 15 W Miami-Fla. 106 64 5,600 F 17 W Air Force 106 82 5,600 F 22 W Texas-Arlington 130 75 5,100 F 24 W Valparaiso 158 81 5,400 F 26 W at Hardin-Simmons 105 82 3,500 M 2 W Virginia Tech 120 79 5,200 M 4 W at W. Texas State 107 76 3,088 M 9 W *Loyola-Chicago 94 76 5,800 M 15 W Louisville 91 75 11,004 M 16 W TCU 103 68 11,004 M 22 L UCLA 69 101 15,472 M 23 L Ohio State 85 89 15,472 Bluebonnet Classic; Rainbow Classic; *NCAA Tournament in Salt Lake City; - at Astrodome; NCAA Tournament in Wichita, Kan.; NCAA Final Four at Los Angeles. 1968-69 Season Record: 16-10 Captains: Ken Spain, Theodis Lee N 30 W Southern Miss 92 71 5,300 D 2 W Pepperdine 80 60 5,000 D 5 W Arizona 85 64 5,000 D 7 L at USC 64 65 2,100 D 13 L Santa Clara 50 75 5,100 D 14 W BYU 98 75 5,100 D 16 W Kansas State (OT) 87 84 5,100 D 21 L Illinois 84 97 5,200 D 23 W Bowling Green 91 80 5,000 D 27 W Portland 94 66 5,400 D 28 W San Francisco 87 67 5,495 D 30 L Iowa (OT) 87 95 5,000 D 31 W Western Kentucky 87 66 5,600 J 4 L West Texas A&M 76 86 5,000 J 11 W Centenary 82 64 4,660 J 13 L at Lamar 65 71 4,200 J 18 L at UCLA 64 100 12,896 J 25 L at Centenary 66 73 1,935 J 28 W Texas A&M 85 71 5,300 F 1 W Notre Dame 89 82 15,038 F 6 W UNLV 118 97 4,800 F 8 W Texas-Arlington 82 65 4,750 F 13 W St. Mary s (Texas) 91 70 4,200 F 20 W Lamar 95 71 5,300 F 22 L Seattle 66 69 4,800 M 1 L at Virginia Tech 68 74 7,500 at Astrodome; Cable Car Classic; Sugar Bowl Classic; Bluebonnet Classic NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinalist 1969-70 Season Record: 25-5 Captains: Ollie Taylor, Melvin Bell, Tom Gribben D 1 W UL-Lafayette 89 72 7,000 D 4 W Texas-Arlington 88 70 4,200 D 6 W Centenary 70 64 5,625 D 12 W Nebraska 112 82 7,175 D 13 W Kent State 74 66 8,225 D 15 W Loyola-Marymount 116 91 4,500 D 17 W Santa Clara 91 76 9,478 D 20 W USC 77 73 10,220 154
1968 NCAA Final Four AP, UPI Wire Service Champions Front Row (left to right): Howie Lorch, team manager, Larry Anderson, Billy Bane, Vern Lewis, Niemer Hamood, Bobby Van Landingham and Tom Griben. Back Row (left to right): Bobby Smith, trainer, Kent Taylor, George Reynolds, Don Chaney, Elvin Hayes, Ken Spain, Theodis Lee, Larry Cooper, Melvin Bell and head coach Guy V. Lewis. D 22 W Long Beach State 76 69 8,176 D 29 L Santa Clara 63 85 6,500 D 30 W UC-Santa Barbara 98 85 6,000 J 3 W at Hawaii 116 84 3,420 J 10 W West Texas A&M 91 83 7,274 J 24 L at St. Mary s (Texas) 66 76 6,066 J 27 W at Seattle 92 88 5,100 J 30 W at Montana State 82 69 4,600 J 31 L at Utah State 84 91 5,374 F 5 W St. Mary s (Texas) 118 77 10,238 F 7 W Creighton (2 OT) 78 77 9,627 F 12 W Hardin-Simmons 109 92 7,312 F 14 W Miami-Fla. 118 98 10,345 F 19 W Loyola-NO 99 80 8,968 F 21 W at Centenary 97 72 2,411 F 26 W at Texas-Arlington 102 84 2,500 F 28 W South Alabama 128 90 10,489 M 2 W at West Texas A&M 96 80 4,000 M 4 W at Creighton 62 58 8,000 M 7 W Dayton 71 64 5,825 M 12 L Drake 87 92 10,200 M 14 L Kansas State 98 107 8,400 Bluebonnet Classic; UNLV Invitational; NCAA Tournament at Lawrence, Kan. NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinalist 1970-71 Season Record: 22-7 Captains: Dwight Davis, Poo Welch D 3 W Northwestern 81 68 7,000 D 5 L at Tennessee 58 79 12,700 D 7 W at Florida 61 60 3,300 D 11 W Tulane 91 60 6,325 D 12 W Oregon 81 68 8,314 D 18 W #Villanova 99 84 8,100 D 19 L #Kansas 73 89 10,700 D 21 W Auburn 79 76 7,131 D 29 W Tennessee 68 65 5,391 D 30 L USC 64 77 6,568 J 4 W Dayton 106 80 7,003 J 6 W Creighton 83 76 9,051 J 9 W West Texas A&M 90 71 10,178 J 13 W at Lamar 106 88 4,200 J 16 W at Centenary 80 69 6,678 J 20 W UNLV 130 73 9,025 J 23 W at Kansas State 73 71 11,000 J 25 W Centenary 80 69 6,678 F 4 W at Long Island 81 75 3,219 F 6 W Seattle 93 92 10,497 F 13 L at Loyola-NO 89 92 2,000 F 20 W at Miami-Fla. 99 93 830 F 22 L at South Carolina 71 88 12,571 F 25 W Lamar 93 74 6,112 F 27 W Jacksonville 83 82 10,112 M 1 L at West Texas A&M 77 86 4,500 M 13 W New Mexico State 72 69 10,514 M 18 L Kansas 77 78 10,550 M 20 W Notre Dame 119 106 10,550 Bluebonnet Classic; #Jayhawk Classic; Trojan Classic; NCAA Tournament at Hofheinz Pavilion; NCAA Tournament at Wichita, Kan. NCAA Tournament 1971-72 Season Record: 20-7 Captain: Dwight Davis D 1 W at Stanford 87 67 3,624 D 2 L at California 81 82 4,800 D 4 W Tennessee 67 65 10,050 D 6 L at UL-Lafayette 88 97 9,037 D 10 L Arizona State 97 98 6,015 D 11 W Arizona State 88 76 6,285 D 20 W Washington State 84 73 5,673 D 27 W LSU 100 66 D 28 W Michigan State 106 73 6,224 J 3 L at Dayton 69 73 J 6 W Colorado 70 66 5,850 J 8 W #Rice 101 73 7,140 J 16 L at Florida State 79 86 4,000 J 17 W at Southern Miss 115 84 3,195 J 27 W Southern Miss 102 63 5,680 J 29 W Long Island 104 79 7,551 F 4 W Florida State 94 86 10,483 F 7 W Denver 98 69 5,431 F 10 W Centenary 100 83 5,182 F 14 W Loyola-NO 104 86 4,674 F 17 W at Centenary 93 82 2,602 F 19 W South Carolina 95 85 10,114 F 24 W Corpus Christi St. 105 81 5,008 F 26 W Houston Baptist 96 79 8,554 F 28 L at Jacksonville (OT) 108 110 4,955 M 4 W at Denver 94 91 2,183 M 11 L Texas 74 85 4,336 Later won by forfeit; Bluebonnet Classic; #Played in Astrodome; NCAA Tournament at Las Cruces, N.M. NCAA Tournament 1972-73 Season Record: 23-4 National Rankings: 13th AP; 18th UPI Captains: Jerry Bonney, Steve Newsome Date opponent UH Opp. Att. N 24 W LSU-New Orleans 92 71 8,460 N 27 W Southern Miss. 104 77 4,884 D 1 W at Washington State 72 60 5,000 D 2 L at Seattle 61 65 3,300 D 4 W at Colorado 77 71 1,428 D 9 W Xavier 114 73 6,301 D 11 W St. Mary s (Texas) 59 47 4,499 D 16 W California 79 75 3,200 D 28 L Indiana 72 75 5,000 D 29 W SMU 115 102 5,000 J 5 W West Texas A&M 130 84 7,100 J 6 W Texas A&M 114 85 10,131 J 10 W Baylor 86 82 6,110 J 16 W at Rice 96 77 6,000 J 27 W UNLV 104 94 7,093 F 1 W Centenary 89 85 6,835 F 2 W Cincinnati 90 85 5,009 F 8 W Houston Baptist 96 75 6,047 F 10 W UL-Lafayette 82 80 9,856 F 15 W Corpus Christi St. 82 70 5,015 F 17 L at Creighton 77 78 3,379 F 22 W Trinity 116 57 5,078 F 24 W Jacksonville 76 75 10,472 F 26 W Samford 94 75 4,521 M 2 W at Centenary 90 89 3,442 M 5 W Rice 116 72 6,138 Game by Game Results 155
Game by Game Results M 10 L *UL-Lafayette 89 102 6,389 Sun Bowl Classic; Bluebonnet Classic; *NCAA Tournament; Later won by forfeit 1973-74 Season Record: 17-9 Captains: Sidney Edwards, Donnell Hayes Date Opponent UH Opp Att. D 1 L at North Carolina 74 97 12,937 D 3 L at Louisville 81 87 10,011 D 6 W Wabash College 119 71 4,815 D 8 W Florida 97 73 5,483 D 10 L Texas Tech 73 75 7,136 D 21 L at USC 78 92 3,560 D 22 W at Nevada 90 75 5,221 D 26 W Virginia Tech 85 66 4,923 D 28 L Oral Roberts 108 118 6,500 D 29 W Rutgers 95 84 6,500 J 4 W Denver 96 79 6,735 J 5 W Florida State 79 74 7,614 J 10 W Baylor 74 70 6,661 J 12 W at Rice 95 86 1,000 J 17 L at Centenary 83 91 1,000 J 19 W West Texas A&M 88 58 5,091 J 26 W at UNLV 75 72 4,500 F 2 W Lamar 102 81 5,500 F 9 L at Cincinnati 73 84 7,216 F 14 W Biscayne 99 63 3,500 F 16 W UL-Monroe 85 83 5,126 F 21 W Houston Baptist 101 86 5,178 F 23 W Centenary 105 89 7,761 M 2 L South Carolina 86 104 11,505 M 4 L at Jacksonville 80 83 2,000 M 7 W Rice 107 62 5,140 All-College Tournament; Bluebonnet Classic 1974-75 Season Record: 16-10 Captains: Maurice Presley, Louis Dunbar D 2 L Louisville 87 91 8,521 D 7 L North Carolina 87 96 9,665 D 9 W at West Texas A&M 80 71 4,327 D 16 L USC 96 97 8,224 D 21 L Kansas State 90 91 5,835 D 29 L Alabama 88 105 4,100 D 30 L Furman 80 89 2,100 J 3 W Hawaii 105 96 6,860 J 4 W Texas A&M 92 72 8,825 J 6 W Dayton 86 85 5,231 J 11 W Rice 91 70 6,239 J 13 L at Texas Tech 82 86 8,005 J 17 L at St. Mary s (Texas) 74 85 1,539 J 18 W Mercer 99 98 5,006 J 25 W Nevada 103 74 4,139 J 27 W Stanford 74 68 6,803 F 1 W South Carolina 90 84 5,749 F 5 W Texas Lutheran 113 93 3,105 F 8 L Cincinnati 83 103 6,743 F 10 W at Biscayne 99 93 2,836 F 15 W Southern Miss 115 85 3,855 F 19 W St. Mary s (Texas) 90 77 5,541 F 22 W Lamar 103 77 4,242 F 25 W Houston Baptist 117 84 4,741 M 1 L at Bowling Green 101 121 5,078 M 11 W at Rice 82 73 2,311 Sugar Bowl Classic; Bluebonnet Classic 1975-76 Season Record: 17-11 SWC: 7-9 (6th) Captains: David Marrs, Otis Birdsong Date Opponent UH Opp Att. D 6 W Cal Poly SLO 74 63 6,001 D 9 W Texas A&I 120 86 4,103 D 13 W St. Mary s (Texas) 87 78 6,479 D 20 W Louisiana Tech 96 72 5,993 D 27 W at Dayton 72 68 12,313 D 29 L UNLV 92 116 6,257 D 30 W LaSalle 90 87 6,257 J 2 W Houston Baptist 78 59 7,979 J 3 W San Francisco 94 73 10,061 J 6 L *at Arkansas 47 92 4,400 J 10 W *Rice 87 59 6,817 J 12 W *Arkansas 72 71 10,060 J 14 L *at TCU 70 88 2,901 J 17 W *Texas 63 58 8,891 J 20 L *at Texas A&M 67 74 7,546 J 24 W *Baylor 79 73 7,106 J 26 L *at SMU 75 87 3,814 J 31 L *Texas Tech 54 57 10,006 F 3 W Houston Baptist 91 71 4,111 F 7 W *at Rice 99 79 2,107 F 10 W *TCU 103 95 5,178 F 14 L *at Texas 86 95 4,300 F 17 L *Texas A&M 80 94 10,007 F 21 L *at Baylor 72 79 6,000 F 24 W *SMU 100 98 5,640 F 26 L *at Texas Tech 85 93 6,782 F 28 W at Baylor 88 86 2,500 M 4 L Texas Tech 69 80 Holiday Classic at Las Vegas; Bluebonnet Classic; *SWC game; - SWC Classic. Cecile Rose hit a jump shot with three seconds remaining to play to lead Houston to a 70-69 victory over Arkansas en route to Houston s first Southwest Conference Tournament championship in 1977-78. NIT Finalist 1976-77 Season Record: 29-8 SWC: 13-3 (2nd) Captains: Jim Perry, Otis Birdsong N 28 W Texas Lutheran 96 69 4,870 D 1 W at Lamar 101 92 2,000 D 3 W Biscayne 104 64 3,825 D 6 L at San Francisco 85 100 4,748 D 11 W Trinity 124 67 3,514 D 13 W Lamar 103 83 3,817 D 17 W Nevada 100 78 6,535 D 18 W UC-Santa Barbara 77 62 7,441 D 27 W #Illinois 69 66 5,000 D 29 W #Hawaii 101 74 5,612 D 30 L #San Francisco 81 86 5,952 J 2 L at UCLA 83 96 9,302 J 6 W Houston Baptist 111 79 3,471 J 8 L *at Arkansas 70 81 6,399 J 12 W *Rice 106 56 6,101 J 15 W *at TCU 78 74 3,112 J 18 W *Texas 95 81 7,764 J 22 W *at Texas A&M 78 71 7,218 J 24 W *Baylor 111 89 6,573 J 27 L *at Texas Tech (OT) 83 84 9,057 J 29 W *at SMU 103 102 8,320 F 1 W *Texas Tech 94 87 8,311 F 5 L *Arkansas 80 82 10,061 F 8 W *at Rice 109 73 2,108 F 10 W *SMU 115 83 4,536 F 12 W *TCU 114 74 3,421 F 15 W *at Texas 95 84 7,000 F 19 W *Texas A&M 116 83 8,674 F 23 W *at Baylor 78 76 3,900 F 26 W *TCU 111 67 3,100 M 3 W Texas A&M 96 77 14,330 M 4 W Texas Tech 94 83 11,998 M 5 L Arkansas 70 84 15,262 M 9 W &Indiana State 83 82 8,201 M 14 W Illinois State (OT) 91 90 9,581 M 17 W Alabama 82 76 11,970 M 20 L St. Bonaventure 91 94 12,451 *SWC game; Bluebonnet Classic; #Rainbow Classic at Honolulu, Hawaii; SWC Classic; &- NIT at Hofheinz Pavilion; NIT at Madison Square Garden NCAA Tournament SWC Tournament Champions 1977-78 Season Record: 25-8 SWC: 11-5 (3rd) National Rankings: 14th AP, 16th UPI Captains: Charles Thompson, Cecile Rose N 28 W Pan American 85 81 3,101 D 1 W at Auburn 88 87 7,200 D 3 W UL-Lafayette 96 72 4,027 156
D 7 W Texas Lutheran 118 69 2,441 D 9 L at Arizona 80 81 11,258 D 10 L at Arizona State 78 79 5,526 D 12 W Southwestern 133 98 1,818 D 16 W Xavier 100 75 5,236 D 17 W North Texas 137 94 6,004 D 21 W at Hawai i 104 68 3,812 D 23 W at Hawai i-hilo 110 83 2,900 J 5 W Houston Baptist 103 51 2,104 J 8 L *at Arkansas 65 84 6,305 J 10 L *Texas 89 100 9,544 J 12 W *at Texas A&M 80 73 4,786 J 14 W *at TCU 79 63 3,275 J 17 W *Baylor 100 89 6,313 J 21 W *Rice 96 74 5,555 J 23 L *at SMU 75 76 4,104 J 28 W *Texas Tech 84 71 6,714 J 30 L *at Texas 72 73 14,122 F 1 W *TCU 93 55 3,216 F 4 W *Texas A&M 94 89 8,468 F 7 L *at Baylor (0:14 fg) 69 70 4,589 F 11 W *at Rice 87 62 2,100 F 13 W *SMU 95 55 5,681 F 15 W *at Texas Tech 81 77 6,901 F 18 W *Arkansas 84 75 10,013 F 25 W *Rice 108 67 3,500 M 2 W &Texas Tech 93 82 15,330 M 3 W &Arkansas (0:03 fg) 70 69 15,330 M 4 W &Texas (0:10 2 ft) 92 90 15,330 M 12 L Notre Dame 77 100 10,575 *SWC game; Bluebonnet Classic; &-SWC Classic; NCAA Tournament at Tulsa, Okla. 1978-79 Season Record: 16-15 SWC: 6-10 (t6th) Captains: Ken Ciolli, George Walker N 27 L Nevada 73 77 3,585 N 30 L at USC 80 88 6,759 D 4 W St. Mary s (Texas) 120 60 1,978 D 6 W Hardin-Simmons 102 86 3,500 D 15 W Pan American 107 95 3,200 D 16 W UL-Lafayette 105 92 3,152 D 20 W at Pan American 89 79 4,650 D 23 W at Alaska-Anchorage 100 85 5,000 D 25 W at Alaska-Anchorage 94 81 5,000 D 29 L #Minnesota 67 80 7,899 D 30 L #BYU 77 84 7,899 J 3 W Texas Lutheran 111 79 1,411 J 6 L *Arkansas 61 62 8,214 J 8 L *Texas 57 75 7,471 J 10 L *Texas A&M 43 69 9,206 J 13 W *TCU 95 66 1,463 J 16 L *at Baylor 77 85 5,850 J 20 W *at Rice 101 75 4,000 J 22 W *SMU 82 78 5,441 J 24 L *at Texas Tech 68 70 7,622 J 28 L *at Texas 53 79 16,000 J 30 L *at TCU 71 77 2,019 F 3 L *at Texas A&M 58 66 7,161 F 6 L *Baylor 77 80 5,813 F 10 W *Rice 75 72 3,800 F 12 W *at SMU 101 94 4,053 F 15 W *Texas Tech 103 89 7,500 F 17 L *at Arkansas 58 78 9,339 F 24 W &SMU 74 67 1,200 M 1 W &Baylor (0:39 1 ft) 83 82 15,449 M 2 L &Texas 65 70 15,449 *SWC game; Bluebonnet Classic; #Pillsbury Classic; &- SWC Classic 1979-80 Season Record: 14-14 SWC: 8-8 (t4th) Captains: Kenneth Williams, Byron Gibson N 30 W Arizona 74 72 4,407 D 3 L Arizona State 65 78 3,667 D 5 L Texas A&I 82 83 2,856 D 11 W Texas Lutheran 126 78 2,801 D 15 W New Mexico (OT) 83 80 5,221 D 16 L Georgetown 75 78 2,718 D 21 W!Niagara 99 89 1,123 D 22 L!USC (OT) 85 86 1,770 D 28 L UTEP 65 78 10,000 D 29 W Alabama 83 75 10,000 J 3 W *Rice 78 70 2,179 J 5 L *at Texas Tech 70 77 4,032 J 8 L *Texas 73 99 6,088 J 12 W *SMU 96 81 3,057 J 19 L *at Arkansas (1:44 2 ft) 57 60 9,137 J 22 L *at TCU (0:43 fg) 69 71 3,012 J 26 W *Baylor 82 71 4,003 J 28 L *at Texas A&M 79 92 6,079 J 30 W *Texas Tech 75 63 3,535 F 2 W *at SMU (0:04 fg) 71 70 7,910 F 4 L *at Texas (0:22 2 ft) 82 84 9,464 F 9 W *Arkansas (3 OT) 90 84 4,866 F 12 W *TCU 87 59 4,293 F 16 W *at Baylor (0:25 ft) 60 58 5,100 F 19 L *at Rice 74 81 4,023 F 22 L *at Texas A&M 72 82 10,000 F 25 W Rice 92 80 3,239 F 28 L Texas 47 67 15,500 *SWC game; Nike Cage Classic;!- Bluebonnet Classic; Sun Carnival Classic; ; - SWC Postseason Classic NCAA Tournament SWC Tournament Champions 1980-81 Season Record: 21-9 SWC: 10-6 (t2nd) Captain: By Game N 28 W Texas A&I 112 86 3,300 D 1 W USC 71 54 3,900 D 6 L at Biscayne 74 76 500 D 9 W Texas Wesleyan 93 84 1,400 D 13 W Pan American 84 70 2,400 D 16 W Pepperdine 94 81 1,400 D 19 W Army 88 58 3,800 D 20 W Wyoming 70 61 5,300 D 23 W Nevada 86 71 3,392 D 27 L at Alaska-Anchorage 78 79 600 J 3 W *at Rice 62 57 4,200 J 6 W *Texas Tech 73 70 6,100 J 10 W *at Texas 91 71 6,205 J 13 L *at SMU (3 OT) 70 72 2,750 J 17 W *Lamar 70 64 10,100 J 19 W *Arkansas 57 54 8,900 J 24 W *TCU 68 59 5,982 J 26 W *at Baylor 53 51 7,250 J 28 W *Texas A&M 76 71 8,000 J 31 L *at Texas Tech 70 81 6,973 F 3 W *SMU 79 64 3,769 F 7 W *Texas 75 59 10,101 F 14 L *at Arkansas 55 70 9,300 F 17 L *at TCU (4 OT) 77 78 2,958 F 21 L *Baylor 68 70 8,269 F 24 W *Rice 63 55 5,500 F 28 L *at Texas A&M 77 78 6,819 1982 NCAA Final Four 2nd Place, SWC 2nd Place, SWC Tournament Front Row(left to right): Lynden Rose, Rodney Parker, Eric Davis, Rob Williams, Eric Dickens and Michael Young. Back Row (left to right): Larry Micheaux, Dan Bunce, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Bunce, Bryan Game by Game Results 157
Game by Game Results M 6 W &TCU 73 53 13,214 M 7 W &Texas 84 59 13,411 M 13 L Villanova 72 90 9,108 *SWC game; First Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Classic; &- SWC Postseason Classic at San Antonio, Texas; NCAA Eastern Regional at Charlotte, N.C. NCAA FINAL FOUR 1981-82 Season Record: 25-8 SWC: 11-5 (2nd) Captains: Lynden Rose, Eric Davis Date Opponent UH Opp Att. N 30 W West Texas A&M 84 73 4,109 D 4 L at Seton Hall (OT) 85 87 10,648 D 6 W Biscayne 106 74 3,580 D 8 W Texas Lutheran 145 78 3,855 D 12 W Texas-San Antonio 105 69 3,870 D 15 W UC-Santa Barbara 74 68 3,552 D 18 W Mississippi State 96 49 7,500 D 19 W Iowa 62 52 8,100 D 28 W Purdue 59 58 6,869 D 29 W LSU 73 69 7,955 J 4 W *Rice 63 61 10,060 J 9 W *at Texas Tech 78 68 8,695 J 12 L *Texas 83 95 10,500 J 16 L *SMU 66 67 6,500 J 23 L *at Arkansas 66 67 9,260 J 26 L *at TCU 82 85 3,818 J 30 W *Baylor 99 78 7,859 F 1 L *at Texas A&M 77 95 6,521 F 3 W *Texas Tech 83 80 6,100 F 6 W *at SMU (OT) 73 71 4,100 F 8 W *at Texas 77 63 11,019 F 13 W *Arkansas 55 53 10,060 F 16 W *TCU 74 65 6,000 F 20 W *at Baylor 78 74 10,650 F 23 W *at Rice 75 69 5,000 F 27 W *Texas A&M 96 93 10,060 Current Board of Regent Lynden Rose scored 16 points to lead Houston to a 79-78 victory over fifthranked Missouri in the 1982 NCAA Tournament. 158 1983 NCAA Finalist SWC Champions SWC Tournament Champions Front Row (left to right): Reid Gettys, Eric Dickens, Alvin Franklin, David Rose, Derek Giles and Renaldo Thomas. Back Row (left to right): Benny Anders, Gary Orsak, Larry Micheaux, Dan Bunce, Hakeem M 5 W &Texas A&M 89 76 17,543 M 6 L &Arkansas 69 84 17,543 M 11 W Alcorn State 94 84 8,680 M 13 W Tulsa 78 74 10,775 M 19 W #Missouri 79 78 18,050 M 21 W #Boston College 99 92 15,627 M 27 L North Carolina 63 68 61,612 *SWC game; Second Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Classic; Sugar Bowl Tournament at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA; &SWC Postseason Classic; NCAA Tournament at Tulsa, Okla.; #NCAA Tournament at St. Louis, MO; Final Four at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA NCAA Finalist SWC Champions SWC Tournament Champions 1982-83 Season Record: 31-3 SWC: 16-0 (1st) National Ranking: 1st AP, UPI Captains: David Bunce, Larry Micheaux, David Rose, Bryan Williams Date Opponent UH Opp Att. N 26 W Arizona 104 63 6,566 N 28 W Lamar 106 72 5,912 D 1 W Mississippi State 74 65 6,116 D 4 W at Biscayne 78 59 1,350 D 8 W Auburn 77 65 8,000 D 11 L at Syracuse 87 92 19,430 D 16 L!Virginia 63 72 5,000 D 17 W! Utah 82 57 5,000 D 27 W at Pepperdine 93 92 3,422 J 2 W Pacific 112 58 5,503 J 4 W *Texas A&M 84 61 9,600 J 8 W *SMU 105 71 10,000 J 10 W UL-Lafayette 79 78 7,651 J 12 W *at TCU 54 51 7,260 J 15 W *at Texas 77 52 10,096 J 17 W *Texas Tech 98 73 6,001 J 22 W *Arkansas 75 60 10,060 J 26 W *at Rice 76 40 3,200 F 2 W *Baylor 86 69 8,480 F 5 W *at Texas A&M 86 66 7,457 F 9 W *at SMU 85 68 6,778 F 12 W *TCU 74 66 10,060 F 15 W *Texas 106 63 7,851 F 19 W *at Texas Tech 84 75 8,816 F 26 W *Rice 86 52 10,060 M 3 W *at Arkansas 74 66 9,512 M 5 W *at Baylor 93 64 4,850 M 11 W &SMU 75 59 17,057 M 12 W &TCU 62 59 12,857 M 19 W Maryland 60 50 15,400 M 25 W Memphis State 70 63 17,038 M 27 W Villanova 89 71 15,112 A 2 W Louisville 94 81 17,327 A 4 L %N.C. State 52 54 17,327 *SWC game; Third Annual Kettle Classic;!Third Annual Suntory Classic at Tokyo; &SWC Postseason Classic at Dallas; NCAA Midwest Regional; NCAA Final Four at Albuquerque, N.M.; %- NCAA Championship Game NCAA Finalist SWC Champions SWC Tournament Champions 1983-84 Season Record: 32-5 SWC: 15-1 (1st) National Rankings: 5th AP, UPI Captains: Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Young Date Opponent UH Opp Att. N 19 L! N.C. State 64 76 8,700 N 26 W Kansas 91 76 9,660 N 30 W at Mississippi State 68 62 8,343
NIT Tournament 1984-85 Season Record: 16-14 SWC: 8-8 (t5th) Captains: Eric Dickens, Reid Gettys Date Opponent UH Opp Att. N 24 W Concordia Lutheran 85 62 5,231 N 26 W St. Mary s (Texas) 69 53 5,735 N 30 L +South Alabama 70 86 5,200 D 1 W +Campbell 73 64 4,000 D 4 W Southwestern 93 81 4,500 D 8 W LSU 81 73 8,000 D 15 L at Kansas 75 87 15,200 D 21 W Portland 88 63 4,000 D 22 W St. Mary s (Calif.) 66 63 4,500 D 28 W BYU-Hawaii 100 77 1,007 J 3 W *at TCU 83 74 4,086 J 5 L *at Texas 58 61 5,956 J 9 W *Texas Tech 83 74 6,001 J 12 L at DePaul 58 69 17,499 Game by Game Results D 3 W Biscayne 69 51 9,660 D 6 W at LSU 100 91 14,444 D 10 W St. Mary s (Texas) 71 55 9,660 D 16 W Stetson 92 71 8,500 D 17 W Princeton 65 40 8,569 D 19 W Texas Lutheran 129 65 9,660 D 21 W at UC-Santa Barbara 89 79 5,921 D 25 W # Louisville 76 73 7,000 D 26 L # Fresno State 61 68 5,000 J 5 W *at SMU 60 59 9,534 J 7 W *TCU 81 67 9,660 J 10 W *Texas 69 58 9,660 J 12 W *at Texas Tech 88 66 9,028 J 14 W *at Texas A&M 70 64 7,086 J 20 W *Rice 72 42 10,060 J 22 L at Kentucky 67 74 23,992 J 28 W *at Baylor 84 58 8,600 F 2 W *Texas A&M 87 65 10,060 F 4 W *SMU 76 57 10,060 F 9 W *at TCU 76 60 5,248 F 11 W *at Texas 74 63 9,548 F 16 W *Texas Tech 78 53 10,060 F 18 W Virginia 74 65 10,060 F 22 W *Rice 70 54 5,421 F 26 W *Arkansas 64 61 10,060 F 29 W *Baylor 80 65 10,060 M 4 L *at Arkansas 68 73 9,438 M 10 W & Rice 53 50 15,000 M 11 W & Arkansas 57 56 15,001 M 17 W Louisiana Tech 77 69 11,200 M 23 W Memphis State 78 71 20,143 M 25 W Wake Forest 68 63 18,652 M 31 W Virginia (OT) 49 47 38,471 A 2 L % Georgetown 75 84 38,471 *SWC game;!hall of Fame Classic at Springfield, Mass.; Fourth Annual Kettle Classic; #First Chaminade Western Airlines Classic Honolulu, Hawaii; &SWC Postseason Classic at The Summit; NCAA Midwest Regional, St. Louis; NCAA Final Four at The Kingdome, Seattle, Wash.; % National Championship Game, Seattle, Wash. 1984 NCAA Finalist SWC Champions SWC Tournament Champions Front Row(left to right): Derek Giles, Marvin Alexander, Gary Orsak and Alvin Franklin. SecondRow (left to right): Jamie Weaver, Eric Dickens, Benny Anders, Rickie Winslow and Stacey Belcher. Back Row (left J 16 W *at Rice 77 73 4,185 J 19 W *Arkansas 78 73 9,500 J 24 W *Baylor 81 71 5,000 J 27 L *at Texas A&M 69 71 6,098 J 30 L *at SMU 78 85 9,007 F 1 L *TCU 80 85 4,500 F 3 L Illinois 76 77 7,000 F 6 W *Texas 94 80 6,500 F 10 L *Texas Tech 80 91 4,639 F 17 W *Rice 96 91 3,500 F 20 L *Arkansas 59 73 9,116 F 23 L *at Baylor 84 88 6,650 F 27 L *Texas A&M 77 81 6,000 M 3 W *SMU 79 76 5,500 M 8 L &SMU 72 84 13,837 M 15 L at Lamar 71 78 8,610 *SWC game; +IPTAY Tournament; Fifth Annual Kettle Classic; &SWC Postseason Classic; First Round NIT at Beaumont, Texas 1985-86 Season Record: 14-14 SWC: 8-8 (6th) Captains: Alvin Franklin, Renaldo Thomas Date Opponent UH Opp Att. N 23 L at Virginia 77 92 6,000 N 29 W Texas Wesleyan 100 73 4,000 D 5 W at UT-San Antonio 104 59 771 D 7 W St. Mary s (Texas) 76 65 4,397 D 12 L DePaul 78 84 4,930 D 14 L Illinois 92 102 15,564 D 18 W BYU-Hawaii 92 82 4,664 D 21 W Long Beach State 96 86 4,660 D 27 L #Toledo 74 80 6,686 D 28 W #Detroit 75 64 2,000 J 2 L *Texas 68 70 6,280 J 4 L *at Texas Tech (OT) 68 69 2,347 J 11 L *Rice 68 71 3,999 J 15 W *Arkansas (OT) 87 85 9,084 J 18 W *at Baylor 79 58 3,700 J 22 W *Texas A&M 76 70 6,596 J 25 W *SMU 71 66 4,401 J 29 L *TCU 49 53 4,497 F 1 L *at Texas 63 79 9,226 F 5 L *Texas Tech (2 OT) 91 92 4,211 F 12 W *at Rice 71 69 2,715 F 15 W *Arkansas 93 83 4,893 F 20 W *Baylor 77 70 3,290 F 22 L Louisville 59 76 5,125 F 24 L *at Texas A&M 75 82 3,448 F 26 L *at SMU 71 78 4,878 M 1 W *TCU (OT) 85 83 7,544 M 7 L &Texas 62 78 11,752 *SWC game; at Landover, MD; #10th Annual Blade Classic at Toledo, Ohio; &SWC Postseason Classic Pat Foster Pat Foster was named Houston s third head coach in 1986-87 when he succeeded Guy V. Lewis. Foster compiled a 142-73 record in seven seasons as Houston s head coach and led the Cougars to one Southwest Conference championship. The Cougars also played in three NCAA Tournaments and four NIT tournaments. 159
Game by Game Results NCAA Tournament 1986-87 Season Record: 18-12 SWC: 9-7 (3rd) Head Coach: Pat Foster Captains: Greg Anderson, Rickie Winslow N 28 W St. Mary s (Texas) 80 68 3,752 D 1 W Minnesota 86 72 3,257 D 5 W Miss. Valley State 78 69 3,250 D 6 W Arizona State 83 66 3,500 D 8 L at Long Beach State 65 71 1,762 D 13 W New Orleans 83 75 3,605 D 20 L at West Texas A&M 66 68 3,112 D 28 L Villanova 60 63 5,377 D 29 W Vanderbilt 73 72 5,243 J 3 W *Texas Tech 68 45 7,122 J 5 W Pan American 87 37 3,307 J 10 W *at Rice 71 36 2,900 J 17 W *Arkansas 60 55 6,137 J 19 L *at Texas A&M 45 57 7,524 J 21 W *at SMU 75 65 4,200 J 24 L *TCU 56 62 6,714 J 26 L *Baylor 62 67 3,567 J 28 W *Texas 65 59 4,899 J 31 L *at Texas Tech (OT) 55 56 8,174 F 3 W UL-Lafayette 75 51 3,670 F 7 W *Rice 76 62 3,679 F 11 W *at Arkansas 57 54 9,104 F 14 L *at Baylor (OT) 57 63 6,715 F 18 W *Texas A&M 67 46 4,766 F 22 L *SMU 73 79 4,162 F 25 W *at TCU 84 65 7,166 F 28 L *at Texas 64 65 2,282 M 6 W &Texas 59 49 9,527 M 7 L &Baylor 52 54 9,809 M 13 L Kansas 55 66 13,800 Kactus Classic at Tempe, Ariz.; Sugar Bowl Classic; *SWC game; &SWC Classic; NCAA Southeast Regional at Atlanta, Ga. NIT Tournament 1987-88 Season Record: 18-13 SWC: 10-6 (t3rd) Head Coach: Pat Foster Captains: Rolando Ferreira, Richard Hollis N 27 W Sam Houston State 85 71 4,864 D 5 W at Pan American 65 59 4,662 D 7 W Arkansas State 80 72 2,943 D 12 L UNLV 69 89 6,021 D 17 L at Minnesota 60 65 10,011 D 20 W Drexel 91 88 2,888 D 21 W Lamar 71 67 4,739 J 2 L *at Texas 63 65 3,639 J 6 L at New Orleans 64 71 1,668 J 9 W *Texas Tech 72 67 3,780 J 13 L at UL-Lafayette 101 102 4,700 J 17 W *at TCU 77 57 2,916 J 19 L *SMU 65 69 3,864 J 24 W *Texas A&M 67 63 4,586 J 27 L *at Baylor 59 77 5,365 J 30 L *at Arkansas 62 71 9,264 F 3 W *Rice 84 67 3,751 F 6 L at Louisville 69 73 19,461 F 7 W Virginia 81 58 3,666 F 10 W *at Texas Tech 72 68 6,424 F 13 W *Texas 62 51 4,443 F 17 W *TCU 66 47 2,693 F 20 L *at SMU 84 87 3,492 F 24 W *at Texas A&M 73 70 3,041 F 27 L *Baylor 73 88 3,115 M 3 W *Arkansas 82 77 4,344 M 5 W *at Rice 81 65 2,860 M 11 W &Texas 72 57 11,164 M 12 L &SMU 76 98 11,164 M 17 W Fordham 69 61 1,349 M 18 L at Colorado State 61 71 9,749 Spindletop Classic in Beaumont, Texas; *SWC game; &- SWC Classic; NIT Tournament; - Double Overtime Game 1988-89 Season Record: 17-14 SWC: 8-8 (t4th) Head Coach: Pat Foster Captain: Richard Hollis N 26 W at Iowa State 89 82 11,853 N 30 L at Ark.-Little Rock 67 100 6,851 D 3 W Northeastern 69 54 1,550 D 5 W Northwestern State 96 78 1,553 D 10 L at Arkansas State 51 54 8,667 D 14 W Toledo 75 58 5,561 D 17 W Stephen F. Austin 98 74 2,300 D 22 W Alcorn State 112 74 1,377 D 28 L Georgia Tech 78 87 3,173 D 29 L Tulsa 71 75 625 D 30 W Yale 66 64 J 4 W *Rice 90 75 2,917 J 7 W Pan American 72 63 2,546 Craig Upchurch helped lead Houston to the 1990 and 1992 NCAA Tournaments. J 11 L *at Texas Tech (OT) 74 76 6,642 J 14 L *Texas 86 88 6,698 J 18 L *TCU 54 55 3,180 J 21 W *at SMU (OT) 84 83 3,449 J 25 W *at Texas A&M 71 67 2,269 J 28 W *Baylor 81 72 3,253 F 1 L *Arkansas 87 88 4,391 F 5 L *at Rice 66 67 2,106 F 11 W *Texas Tech 71 67 4,289 F 12 W Rhode Island 85 71 2,702 F 15 W *at Texas 105 96 9,623 F 18 L *at TCU 66 82 3,219 F 19 L at Notre Dame 89 80 11,279 F 22 L *SMU 85 88 3,281 F 25 W *Texas A&M 86 82 3,675 M 1 W *at Baylor 75 59 1,681 M 6 L *at Arkansas 79 107 8,418 M 10 L &Texas A&M 70 82 15,758 Rainbow Classic; *SWC game; &SWC Classic NCAA Tournament 1989-90 Season Record: 25-8 SWC: 13-3 (2nd) Head Coach: Pat Foster Captains: Chris Morris, Craig Upchurch N 16 W #at Wichita State 67 66 7,500 N 18 L #at St. John s 69 76 4,960 N 30 W Hawaii (Loa) 102 47 1,860 D 2 W Nevada 109 68 2,923 D 5 W DePaul 65 49 5,440 D 9 L at Virginia 54 72 8,864 D 13 W Stephen F. Austin 69 54 3,163 D 16 L at Toledo 60 62 6,021 D 18 W at Northeastern 72 68 3,189 D 28 W Coastal Carolina 82 79 3,673 D 29 W South Florida 87 78 4,769 J 3 L *Arkansas 78 82 4,926 J 6 W *at Rice 84 69 4,082 J 10 W Iowa State 83 82 3,335 J 13 W *Texas Tech 83 63 3,880 J 17 W *at Baylor 78 74 5,107 J 20 L *at TCU 63 89 4,421 J 22 L *at Arkansas 89 100 9,118 J 24 W *SMU 64 47 3,505 J 27 W *Texas A&M 108 90 3,220 J 30 W *at Texas 102 93 13,891 F 7 W *Rice 84 67 3,715 F 10 W Notre Dame 93 82 7,763 F 14 W *at Texas Tech (OT) 74 71 3,124 F 17 W *Baylor 83 77 3,373 F 21 W *TCU 82 62 4,148 F 24 W *at SMU 71 63 1,415 F 28 W *at Texas A&M 100 81 2,045 M 5 W *Texas 84 79 10,660 M 9 W &Rice 90 81 16,713 M 10 W &Texas 89 86 16,713 M 11 L &Arkansas 84 96 16,713 M 15 L UC-Santa Barbara 66 70 11,287 *SWC game; #Preseason NIT; USF Holiday Classic; &SWC Classic; NCAA Regional in Knoxville, Tenn. 160
NIT Tournament 1990-91 Season Record: 18-11 SWC: 10-6 (3rd) Head Coach: Pat Foster Captain: Darrell Mickens N 24 W California 98 81 5,403 N 26 W at S.F. Austin 84 50 3,481 N 30 W #Iowa State 87 72 22,508 D 1 L #South Carolina (OT) 70 74 20,384 D 5 W at Saint Louis 85 84 6,647 D 8 W North Texas 110 81 2,945 D 15 W Texas Southern 90 78 4,380 D 17 W Centenary 100 57 2,853 D 27 W Illinois-Chicago 96 63 3,244 D 29 L Georgetown 51 63 9,617 J 2 W *at Baylor 87 85 4,085 J 6 L *at Arkansas 79 95 9,362 J 9 W *Rice 80 73 3,629 J 12 L at DePaul 62 76 9,086 J 17 L *at Texas 84 90 15,743 J 19 W *Texas Tech 73 70 3,342 J 23 W *TCU (OT) 91 88 3,923 J 26 L *at SMU 75 81 4,047 J 29 W *at Texas A&M 77 64 2,052 F 2 W *Baylor 86 76 3,908 F 7 L *Arkansas 74 81 7,521 F 10 L *at Rice 69 79 3,280 F 17 W *Texas 82 73 6,152 F 20 W *at Texas Tech 74 59 2,833 F 23 L *at TCU 74 75 3,583 F 27 W *SMU 85 58 3,987 M 2 W *Texas A&M 71 68 4,882 M 8 L &SMU 62 65 16,713 M 13 L at Stanford 86 93 4,700 *SWC game; #Tournament of Champions at Charlotte, NC; at St. Petersburg, Fla.; &SWC Classic; NIT at Palo Alto, Calif. NCAA Tournament SWC Co-champions & Tournament Champions 1991-92 Season Record: 25-6 SWC: 11-3 (t1st) Head Coach: Pat Foster Captains: Craig Upchurch, Derrick Daniels N 23 W Villanova 79 49 4,562 N 27 L North Carolina 65 68 9,860 N 30 W at North Texas 89 87 3,612 D 3 W Arkansas State 72 54 2,750 D 6 W #at UC Irvine 73 51 2,781 D 7 W #Kent State 80 56 1,500 D 14 W at Illinois-Chicago 75 66 2,011 D 19 W St. Mary s (Texas) 94 67 3,472 D 21 W at California 81 75 6,578 D 30 W Cal State Fullerton 83 67 4,162 J 2 L at Louisville 56 60 19,247 J 6 W at Centenary 105 81 2,137 J 9 L *at Texas 75 86 12,343 J 11 W *Baylor 83 77 3,700 J 18 W *at Rice 74 60 5,011 J 21 W Saint Louis 110 88 4,406 J 25 W *Texas Tech 77 58 4,256 J 29 W *at Texas A&M 69 65 3,887 F 1 L *at TCU 54 67 7,166 F 5 W *SMU 67 50 3,465 F 9 L *Texas 72 87 8,931 F 12 W *at Baylor 98 92 2,681 F 18 W *Rice 86 83 5,430 F 25 W *at Texas Tech 83 80 5,102 F 29 W *Texas A&M 79 69 5,161 M 3 W *TCU 50 44 5,732 M 7 W *at SMU 69 62 2,158 M 13 W &SMU 73 62 11,089 M 14 W &TCU (2 OT) 87 84 11,156 M 15 W &Texas 91 72 11,156 M 19 L Georgia Tech 60 65 18,250 *SWC game; #Disneyland Freedom Bowl Classic at Irvine, Calif.; &SWC Classic; NCAA Midwest Regional at Milwaukee, Wis. NIT Tournament 1992-93 Season Record: 21-9 SWC: 9-5 (3rd) Head Coach: Pat Foster Captains: Charles Outlaw, Derrick Smith D 5 W at DePaul 82 65 6,380 D 12 W Illinois-Chicago 92 66 1,365 D 13 L at North Carolina 76 84 20,605 D 17 W Texas-San Antonio 94 76 2,134 D 22 W at Arkansas State 84 82 7,080 D 28 W Stephen F. Austin 76 75 2,883 J 2 L at UCLA 78 87 7,047 J 4 W UC Irvine 86 78 2,770 J 11 W Wyoming 83 56 3,336 J 14 W *Texas 83 56 6,762 J 16 W *at Texas A&M 81 69 3,494 J 19 W *Baylor 83 77 8,374 J 23 W *SMU 85 75 6,918 J 26 L *at Texas Tech 74 78 4,033 J 30 L *at SMU 60 70 4,722 F 2 L *Rice 61 65 9,260 F 6 L *at TCU 66 68 2,797 F 8 W at Nevada 92 80 3,022 F 10 W at Cal St. Fullerton 77 63 2,084 F 13 W *Texas Tech 93 76 3,727 F 17 W *Texas A&M 78 51 6,023 F 21 W Louisville 89 81 6,681 F 23 W *at Baylor 76 75 5,157 F 27 W *at Texas 86 79 11,236 M 3 L *at Rice (OT) 78 89 5,032 M 6 W *TCU 86 66 4,757 M 12 W Texas A&M 84 68 11,850 M 13 W Texas 58 50 13,242 M 14 L Texas Tech 76 88 11,525 M 19 L #at UTEP 61 67 11,878 *SWC Game; SWC Classic; #NIT at El Paso, Texas Alvin Brooks After spending seven seasons as an assistant coach, Alvin Brooks was named Houston s head coach in 1993. Brooks enjoyed his best season in 1995-96, when he led the Cougars to a 17-10 record and second-place finish in the Southwest Conference. The Cougars also upset third-ranked Memphis, 69-67, before joining Conference USA the following year. 1993-94 Season Record: 8-19 SWC: 5-9 (6th) Head Coach: Alvin Brooks Captains: Anthony Goldwire, Rafael Carrasco N 27 W Akron 69 53 2,701 N 30 L Missouri State 65 71 2,551 D 3 L Long Beach State 67 77 14,096 D 4 W Lehigh 96 74 14,096 D 7 L at Stephen F. Austin 71 73 1,783 D 10 L #Purdue 90 114 14,536 D 20 L UCLA 72 93 4,129 D 23 L at Wyoming 66 78 7,512 D 30 L DePaul 69 89 2,788 J 3 L Drake 76 84 2,487 J 12 L *TCU 76 87 2,751 J 15 L *at Texas Tech 68 77 2,427 J 19 L *Texas A&M 60 67 2,978 J 22 L *at Baylor 81 85 3,433 J 26 L *at SMU 64 70 2,451 J 29 L *Texas 78 110 4,032 F 2 L at UTSA (OT) 83 85 1,879 F 5 W *at Rice 69 67 2,644 F 8 L *at TCU 86 95 2,512 F 12 W *Texas Tech 76 64 2,653 F 16 L *at Texas A&M 87 93 2,947 F 19 W *Baylor (OT) 87 82 2,445 F 24 W SMU 89 80 2,609 F 26 L *at Texas 70 88 10,502 M 1 W Lamar 95 81 2,685 M 5 W *Rice 78 76 3,049 M 10 L Texas Tech 86 110 9,675 Hawkeye Classic at Iowa City, Iowa; #Market Square Arena at Indianapolis, Ind.; *SWC game; SWC Classic at Dallas, Texas 1994-95 Season Record: 9-19 SWC: 5-9 (6th) Head Coach: Alvin Brooks Captains: Jessie Drain N 25 W James Madison 76 74 3,260 N 29 L at Missouri State 62 88 6,832 D 3 L at Akron 56 66 2,370 D 8 L at Arizona 67 81 14,257 D 10 L USC 89 95 3,118 D 17 L at Lamar 58 64 2,412 D 19 W Houston Baptist 92 62 2,682 D 21 W McNeese State 83 76 2,211 D 23 L Tennessee 58 74 2,533 Game by Game Results 161
Game by Game Results D 30 L Colorado 66 85 2,727 J 3 L at Memphis 77 96 7,125 J 6 L at Drake 65 85 4,125 J 11 L *Rice 76 87 2,887 J 14 L *at TCU 92 106 4,248 J 18 L *Texas Tech 66 84 2,928 J 21 L *at Texas A&M 68 73 4,485 J 25 W *Baylor 87 83 2,754 J 28 W *at SMU 73 71 1,550 F 1 W *Texas (OT) 105 96 5,024 F 8 W *at Rice 73 67 3,297 F 11 L *TCU 95 106 3,559 F 15 L *at Texas Tech 72 98 6,308 F 18 W *Texas A&M 86 80 3,421 F 22 L *at Baylor 89 97 2,726 F 28 L *at Texas 82 96 12,109 M 4 L *SMU 74 79 3,059 M 9 W TCU 80 77 7,942 M 10 L Texas Tech 79 94 11,164 *SWC game; SWC Classic at Dallas, Texas 1995-96 Season Record: 17-10 SWC: 10-3 (2nd) Head Coach: Alvin Brooks Captain: Kirk Ford N 25 W Houston Baptist 91 59 3,050 N 27 L at McNeese St. (OT) 81 83 1,500 N 29 W at UTSA 94 90 1,634 D 2 L Arizona 69 73 4,140 D 6 L at USC 73 96 2,277 D 9 L at Colorado 74 77 3,129 D 19 L at Tennessee 49 69 12,387 D 21 L Mississippi 67 76 3,360 D 28 W UL-Monroe 98 64 2,932 J 2 W Texas Lutheran 88 66 2,830 J 6 W Memphis 69 67 5,252 J 8 W *SMU 63 62 4,066 J 13 W *at Rice 76 74 5,013 J 17 W *TCU 89 86 4,670 J 20 L *at Texas Tech 76 95 8,874 J 24 W *Texas A&M (OT) 78 67 5,024 J 27 W *at Baylor (OT) 91 84 4,851 F 3 L *at Texas 63 80 13,559 F 5 W at James Madison 97 72 4,000 F 10 W *Rice 63 59 5,155 F 14 W *at TCU 86 82 3,872 F 17 L *Texas Tech 84 93 8,650 F 21 W *at Texas A&M 79 75 3,008 F 24 W *Baylor 79 69 4,520 F 28 W *at SMU 62 59 1,353 M 2 W *Texas 79 69 7,420 M 7 L SMU 57 62 6,905 *SWC Game; SWC Classic at Dallas, Texas 1996-97 Season Record: 11-16 C-USA: 3-11 (4th, White Division) Head Coach: Alvin Brooks Captains: Anthony Knox, Damon Jones N 23 L Ark.-Pine Bluff 64 66 2,254 N 27 W Houston Baptist 87 60 2,118 N 30 W UT-San Antonio 69 49 2,301 D 4 W Tulsa (2 OT) 79 77 2,865 D 7 L at Mississippi 71 93 2,130 D 13 L St. Mary s (Calif.) 65 72 2,810 D 14 W at BYU 89 69 3,418 D 19 W Delaware State 74 63 2,240 D 21 W Creighton 74 73 2,211 D 28 L at UL-Monroe 80 83 1,681 D 30 W McNeese State 98 79 3,811 J 4 W at Creighton 74 72 4,571 J 11 L *UAB 66 69 3,304 J 15 L *at Louisville 78 92 19,591 J 18 W *DePaul 78 76 3,110 J 22 W *South Florida 94 74 3,445 J 25 L *at Saint Louis 51 56 13,907 J 29 L *at Charlotte 68 78 4,968 F 6 L *at Southern Miss 64 81 3,693 F 8 L *Charlotte 77 102 2,470 F 12 W *Memphis (OT) 72 67 7,815 F 15 L *Louisville 66 70 4,875 F 18 L *at Cincinnati 64 97 13,176 F 23 L *Tulane 77 81 3,895 F 26 L *at Memphis 72 85 11,075 M 2 L *at Marquette 67 76 13,929 M 5 L UAB 54 55 11,033 *Conference USA game; BYU Cougar Classic at Provo, Utah; Conference USA Tournament 1997-98 Season Record: 9-20 C-USA: 2-14 (t5th, National Division.) Head Coach: Alvin Brooks Captains: Shamahn McBride, Galen Robinson N 18 W Arkansas-Pine Bluff 73 55 1,417 N 24 W at Sam Houston State 67 64 1,064 N 29 W at Tulsa 61 57 7,371 D 1 W Centenary 73 69 1,879 D 4 W Sacramento State 57 43 1,925 D 6 W at McNeese State 91 82 400 D 9 W California 54 51 2,180 D 19 L Santa Clara 61 82 8,392 D 20 L Texas Southern 69 85 8,392 D 27 L at Texas 71 89 10,321 D 30 L at LSU 50 72 7,172 J 4 L *Cincinnati 68 81 3,240 J 8 L *at Southern Miss 43 63 3,528 J 10 L Purdue 53 86 8,703 J 15 L *at Saint Louis 47 67 14,470 J 18 L *at Tulane 59 71 2,562 J 24 W *DePaul 65 59 2,268 J 26 L *South Florida 64 65 2,043 J 29 W *Tulane 70 62 2,385 J 31 L at UAB 61 78 5,570 F 5 L *Memphis 63 76 2,392 F 7 L *Southern Miss 67 72 2,961 F 12 L *Louisville 69 72 3,011 F 14 L *at Marquette 52 70 12,896 F 19 L *at South Florida 56 73 4,089 F 21 L *UAB 70 104 2,485 F 26 L *at Memphis 76 89 12,820 F 28 L *at Charlotte 75 105 7,703 M 4 L #Southern Miss 57 73 9,282 Nike Festival at Honolulu, Hawaii; *Conference USA game; #Conference USA Tournament Clyde Drexler After his illustrious NBA career, Clyde Drexler returned to his alma mater and led the Cougars to five Conference USA wins in 1998-99 and the Cougars first C-USA Tournament victory in 1999-00. Drexler compiled a 19-39 record in two seasons before he announced his resignation. 1998-99 Season Record: 10-17 C-USA: 5-11 (6th, National Division.) Head Coach: Clyde Drexler Captains: Gee Gervin, Roy Spears N 17 W Texas 71 69 8,479 N 21 L at Rice 64 69 5,011 N 23 L Sam Houston State 63 67 8,479 N 28 W IUPUI 72 71 8,479 N 30 W LSU 67 55 8,479 D 3 L at California 72 87 8,325 D 5 W at Sacramento State 63 61 2,079 D 12 L at N.C. State 73 100 11,783 D 22 L *at Cincinnati 78 115 13,176 D 28 W Portland State 79 67 17,277 D 29 L at New Mexico 69 84 17,563 J 3 L *at DePaul 82 93 6,824 J 7 W *Southern Miss 64 57 8,479 J 9 L *at UAB 78 116 7,469 J 13 L *Saint Louis 61 69 8,479 J 17 W *Memphis 83 81 8,479 J 21 L *at Southern Miss 57 74 4,416 J 23 L *at Tulane 84 89 1,931 J 30 L *South Florida 67 82 8,479 F 4 L *UAB 82 90 8,479 F 6 W *at Memphis 79 78 13,440 F 11 W *at South Florida 73 68 4,483 F 13 W *Tulane 76 72 8,479 F 16 L *at Louisville 78 106 18,859 F 23 L *Charlotte 66 68 8,479 F 27 L *Marquette 62 65 8,479 M 3 L #Charlotte 51 75 7,422 *Conference USA game; at Albuquerque, N.M.; #C-USA Tournament at Birmingham, Ala. 1999-00 Season Record: 9-22 C-USA: 2-14 (6th, National Division.) Head Coach: Clyde Drexler Captains: Gee Gervin, Roy Spears N 18 W #Alaska-Fairbanks 81 59 3,000 N 20 L #California 70 95 4,501 N 21 W #George Washington 93 92 3,445 N 27 L SMU 80 94 3,056 D 3 L &Ohio 65 73 13,155 D 4 W &Texas Southern 84 80 13,155 D 7 W Rice (OT) 84 71 4,081 D 11 W Valparaiso 90 72 8,642 D 15 L at UL-Monroe 81 82 3,198 D 18 L at Georgetown 75 83 7,198 D 21 W Sacramento State 72 70 2,754 D 30 L Connecticut 76 82 8,917 162
J 2 L at Texas 80 90 7,926 J 5 L *at Southern Miss 76 82 3,151 J 8 W *Tulane 75 74 5,022 J 12 L *at Charlotte 74 92 6,014 J 16 L *DePaul 68 77 5,306 J 22 W *at Memphis 98 89 11,103 J 26 L *at South Florida 77 87 4,019 J 29 L *at Tulane 75 78 2,951 F 2 L *UAB 87 90 3,547 F 5 L *at Marquette 61 65 10,833 F 12 L *at Saint Louis 70 82 13,247 F 17 L *Cincinnati 65 77 8,917 F 19 L *South Florida 74 81 3,460 F 23 L *Memphis 81 84 3,419 F 26 L *at UAB 66 69 4,785 M 1 L *Southern Miss 65 67 3,106 M 4 L *Louisville 74 88 4,106 M 8 W Marquette 77 75 9,719 M 9 L Tulane 69 76 9,719 *C-USA game; #-Top of the World Classic, Fairbanks, Alaska; &- Hawkeye Challenge, Iowa City, Iowa; C-USA Tournament, Memphis, Tenn. Ray McCallum Ray McCallum was named Houston s sixth head coach on April 20, 2000 and compiled a 44-73 record in four seasons. During his tenure, McCallum led the Cougars to their first national postseason tournament in nine years when Houston played in the 2002 NIT. He also guided Houston to its best showing as a Conference USA member in 2001-02 when the Cougars finished second in C-USA s National Division with a 9-7 mark and advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA Tournament. 2000-01 Season Record: 9-20 C-USA: 6-10 (5th. National Division.) Head Coach: Ray McCallum Captain: George Williams N 16 L #Air Force 53 59 8,550 N 17 W #Mount St. Mary s 77 52 9,010 N 21 L at Rice 45 65 3,613 N 25 W Texas State 73 59 3,165 N 28 L LSU 59 61 4,844 N 30 L at Connecticut 60 72 10,027 D 17 L at SMU 69 94 3,693 D 20 L Texas 60 71 7,182 D 23 L Texas Southern 68 71 2,358 D 27 W $vs. SE Mo. State 69 64 9,134 D 28 L $at UTEP 67 75 9,534 D 31 L Georgetown 63 79 3,931 J 6 L *Memphis 78 86 3,854 J 10 W *UAB 67 65 2,671 J 17 L *at Louisville 67 79 17,214 J 20 L *at Memphis 68 72 17,441 J 24 L *at Southern Miss 51 72 3,509 J 27 L *South Florida 68 93 2,738 J 31 L *at UAB 53 65 3,988 F 4 W *Charlotte 73 72 2,778 F 7 L *at DePaul 78 90 7,246 F 14 L *Southern Miss 58 62 2,321 F 17 L *at South Florida 60 79 5,648 F 19 W *Saint Louis 71 51 2,227 F 21 W *at Tulane 81 76 1,283 F 24 L *at Cincinnati 50 85 13,176 F 28 W *Marquette 66 64 2,516 M 3 W *Tulane 80 67 3,016 M 7 L Saint Louis 67 78 6,206 *Conference USA game; #-BCA Classic, Winston Salem, N.C. ; $-Sun Classic, El Paso, Texas; C-USA Tournament, Louisville, Ky. NIT TOURNAMENT 2001-02 Season Record: 18-15 C-USA: 9-7 (2nd. National Division) Head Coach: Ray McCallum Captain: George Williams N 19 L #UCLA 60 71 2,500 N 20 L #Kansas 78 95 2,500 N 21 W #Chaminade 76 73 2,500 N 29 W Rice 62 61 4,326 D 2 W North Texas 75 69 3,118 D 4 W at Texas Southern 82 79 1,500 D 14 L ^Texas Tech 64 71 8,166 D 16 W Texas State 89 62 2,247 D 20 L at LSU 69 73 7,007 D 23 L N. C. State 66 67 4,183 D 30 W Tennessee State 91 60 2,767 J 5 L *at Saint Louis 64 67 11,793 J 7 W *at Tulane 69 66 2,051 J 12 L *Cincinnati 63 79 6,379 J 15 W *TCU (OT) 82 71 2,803 J 17 W at Prairie View A&M 99 83 3,878 J 19 W *at UAB 80 71 3,517 J 23 W *Southern Miss 74 66 3,107 J 26 L *Memphis 66 84 7,141 J 29 L San Diego State 66 78 5,027 F 2 L *Charlotte 68 83 3,176 F 5 W *at Southern Miss 68 60 2,839 F 9 L *at TCU 68 87 4,241 F 12 W *South Florida 91 75 2,418 F 16 W *at Memphis 76 73 17,906 F 19 W *Tulane (OT) 85 81 3,014 F 23 L *at East Carolina 46 63 4,921 F 26 L *at South Florida 57 88 4,531 M 2 W *UAB 76 72 3,418 M 6 W $East Carolina 58 49 9,547 M 7 W $Memphis 80 74 9,853 M 8 L $Marquette 73 85 15,776 M 13 L &at Vanderbilt 50 59 3,439 #-Maui Invitational; ^-at Compaq Center; *-Conference game; $-C-USA Tournament, Cincinnati, Ohio 2002-03 Season Record: 8-20 C-USA: 6-10 (5th. National Division. Head Coach: Ray McCallum Captain: Louis Truscott N 23 L Prairie View A&M 75 78 4,059 N 27 L at Rice 53 71 2,566 Gee Gervin was a two-time First-Team, All- Conference USA performer in 1999 and 2000 N 30 L $vs Baylor 60 62 12,808 D 4 W UTEP 56 47 2,919 D 7 W Texas-Arlington 60 59 3,174 D 9 L at Texas State 59 68 2,154 D 21 L San Diego State 61 71 3,444 D 23 L Washington 61 85 5,570 J 1 L at Texas Tech 48 62 9,362 J 4 L UL-Lafayette 56 72 3,337 J 8 L at LSU 51 80 7,446 J 11 L *UAB 50 63 3,690 J 18 W *Saint Louis 72 59 3,020 J 22 L *at Memphis 66 77 15,142 J 25 W *at Southern Miss 76 75 5,402 J 29 W *South Florida 59 57 3,284 F 1 W *at TCU 61 56 4,707 F 4 L *Tulane 58 65 3,547 F 8 L *Louisville 55 81 7,869 F 12 L *at Charlotte (OT) 55 59 6,639 F 15 L *at South Florida 47 62 3,691 F 18 W *Southern Miss 46 42 3,286 F 22 L *at UAB 52 80 4,672 F 26 L *at Tulane 52 56 1,374 M 1 W *TCU 75 57 4,329 M 6 L *Memphis 56 71 3,542 M 8 L *at DePaul 59 65 8,554 M 12 L *Tulane 52 74 6,122 $-Space City Hoops Classic, Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas; *- Conference USA game; #-Conference USA Tournament at Louisville, Ky. 2003-04 Season Record: 9-18 C-USA: 3-13 (13th) Head Coach: Ray McCallum Captain: Marcus Oliver, Andre Owens N 21 L East Tenn. State 51 65 2,421 D 3 L Rice 52 62 3,173 D 6 W Lamar 68 62 3,059 D 8 L at UTEP 61 88 7,381 D 17 W Bethune-Cookman 56 45 2,228 D 20 W Washington 79 64 2,133 D 23 W Chicago State (OT) 71 65 2,101 D 27 W Texas A&M (OT) 70 61 3,291 D 30 W LSU 60 52 3,403 J 3 L at UL-Lafayette 67 81 4,430 J 7 L *Marquette 52 65 3,157 J 10 L *at UAB 42 64 5,176 Game by Game Results 163
Game by Game Results J 13 L *TCU 54 55 2,991 J 17 W *East Carolina 55 53 3,107 J 19 L Centenary 57 63 3,114 J 24 L *at Memphis 48 64 16,957 J 28 L *at Louisville 48 64 19,266 J 31 W *at USF 65 53 3,574 F 3 L *Southern Miss (3 ot) 72 75 3,062 F 7 L *Cincinnati 51 54 4,268 F 11 L *at Tulane 63 77 1,335 F 14 L *DePaul 54 66 2,194 F 18 L *at Southern Miss 48 70 3,063 F 21 W *USF 53 52 2,572 F 28 L *at TCU 61 65 5,479 M 3 L *Charlotte 61 82 2,747 M 5 L *at Saint Louis (OT) 69 72 9,117 *- Conference USA game Tom Penders Tom Penders was named Houston s seventh head coach on March 23, 2004, and has guided the Cougars to a combined record of 39-24 in his first two seasons. In his first year, the Cougars had the nation s fourth-best turnaround record with a 18-14 mark, earning a berth to the NIT Postseason Tournament. Houston also posted a 21-10 record and advanced to the second round of the 2006 NIT in his second season. The Cougars were NCAA statistical champions in steals after leading the country in turnover margin his first year. Houston also tied a school record with nine Conference USA wins in each of the past two years and advanced to the semifinals of the 2006 C-USA Postseason Tournament. NIT TOURNAMENT 2004-05 Season Record: 18-14 C-USA: 9-7 (Sixth) Head Coach: Tom Penders Captains: Andre Owens, Lanny Smith N 15 W #Sam Houston St. 72 69 6981 N 16 L #at Missouri 61 77 8054 N 19 W McNeese State 85 72 4089 N 23 L %Ohio State 61 78 4966 N 24 W %Missouri 57 55 4966 N 27 W Grambling State 95 52 3858 N 30 L at Rice 73 74 3008 D 4 W at Lamar 85 77 4285 D 16 W New Orleans 78 65 3176 D 18 W SE Louisiana 68 61 3080 D 21 W LSU 81 72 5302 D 24 L at Washington 63 110 9653 D 29 L at Texas A&M 80 93 11200 J 5 W *Louisville 70 67 4328 J 8 L *at DePaul 57 68 8058 J 11 W Centenary 93 82 3196 J 15 W *Southern Miss 63 53 3883 J 19 L *at TCU 51 58 4791 J 22 W *at USF 62 50 3034 J 26 L *Tulane 61 63 3897 J 29 L *at Cincinnati 68 87 12365 F 2 W *Saint Louis 63 43 3528 F 5 W *Memphis 66 53 4927 F 9 L *at Charlotte 71 91 5879 F 12 W *at Southern Miss 75 53 3589 F 16 W *USF 68 50 3523 F 19 W *TCU 69 57 6229 F 26 W *at East Carolina 76 72 5705 M 2 L *at Marquette 55 76 12225 M 5 L *UAB 66 71 6420 M 9 L $vs. USF 64 69 9014 M 16 L &at Wichita State 69 85 9314 *-Conference USA game; #-Guardians Classic First and Second Rounds, Columbia, Mo; %-Guardians Classic Championship Rounds, Kansas City, Mo.; $-Conference USA Tournament at Memphis, Tenn.; &-NIT Opening Round Game NIT TOURNAMENT Second Round 2005-06 Season Record: 21-10 C-USA: 9-5 (Fourth) Head Coach: Tom Penders Captains: Brian Latham, Lanny Smith Date opponent UH Opp Att N 22 W Florida Tech 131 62 4654 N 26 L VCU 61 62 4598 N 29 W at #25 LSU 84 83 8790 D 3 W #13 Arizona 69 65 8026 D 10 W Sam Houston State 68 46 5308 D 17 L #at South Alabama 62 66 5688 D 20 L at UNLV 73 83 8922 D 23 W at North Texas 92 84 4102 D 27 W Rhode Island 67 41 4015 D 31 W McNeese State 78 67 3531 J 3 W at Centenary 75 62 669 J 7 W Texas A&M-CC (2 ot) 86 83 4358 J 11 L *at Rice 62 71 3664 J 14 L *UCF 56 66 4224 J 18 W *Southern Miss 62 58 4002 J 21 L *at UAB 79 82 8255 J 25 W *at Tulane 82 57 1403 J 28 W *Marshall 69 56 4208 F 1 W *UTEP 62 58 4241 F 4 W *East Carolina 64 60 5641 F 7 W at Texas A&M-CC 82 74 2550 F 11 W *SMU 69 57 4306 F 15 W *UCF 78 71 1031 F 18 W *Tulsa 73 46 5206 F 25 W *UTEP 63 69 12000 M 1 W *Rice 74 71 7105 M 4 L *Memphis 62 69 17061 M 9 W UCF 71 52 11343 M 10 L at Memphis 54 68 12524 M 15 W %BYU 77 67 5087 M 17 L %at Missouri State 59 60 5833 *-Conference USA Opponent; #-GMAC Bowl Coors Classic; - C-USA Tournament at Memphis, Tenn.; $- C-USA Tournament; &-NIT Record By The Month November---------------------------------------- 49-31 December-------------------------------------315-187 January-----------------------------------------280-200 February---------------------------------------284-180 March---------------------------------------------- 96-88 April--------------------------------------------------- 1-2 Record By The Days of the Week Sunday-------------------------------------------- 30-35 Monday------------------------------------------ 130-97 Tuesday------------------------------------------114-63 Wednesday------------------------------------- 154-98 Thursday---------------------------------------- 128-78 Friday---------------------------------------------- 96-67 Saturday---------------------------------------373-250 Houston s Milestone wins No. Team Score Date 1 North Texas 62-35 Dec. 10, 1946 50 Loras College 65-51 Dec. 8, 1949 100 Sam Houston St. 81-66 Feb. 17, 1953 150 Sam Houston St. 64-63 Jan. 18, 1958 200 Portland 67-55 Dec. 16, 1961 250 TCU 67-62 Dec. 10, 1964 300 Washington 87-65 Dec. 20, 1966 350 Pepperdine 80-60 Dec. 2, 1968 400 Lamar 106-88 Jan. 13, 1971 450 Jacksonville 76-75 Feb. 24, 1973 500 Houston Baptist 91-71 Feb. 3, 1975 550 Texas A&M 94-89 Feb. 4, 1978 600 Lamar 70-64 Jan. 17, 1981 650 Rice 76-40 Jan. 26, 1983 700 Campbell 73-64 Dec. 1, 1984 750 Lamar 71-67 Dec. 21, 1987 800 TCU 82-62 Feb. 21, 1990 850 Illinois-Chicago 92-66 Dec. 12, 1992 900 Texas A&M 79-75 Feb. 21, 1996 950 Marquette 66-64 Feb. 28, 2001 1,000 Memphis 66-53 Feb. 5, 2005 1,025 BYU 77-67 Mar. 15, 2006 164
overall Home Road Neutral Year---------------- W--------- L----------W------- L--------- W--------L----------- W-------L 1946-------------- 10----------4-----------4------- 2---------- 5--------1------------ 1-------1 1946-47---------- 15----------7-----------8------- 4---------- 6--------2------------ 1-------1 1947-48-----------11-------- 11-----------6------- 3---------- 5--------8------------ 0-------0 1948-49-----------11-------- 11-----------8------- 5---------- 3--------6------------ 0-------0 1949-50---------- 16----------7--------- 10------- 0---------- 6--------7------------ 0-------0 1950-51-----------11--------17-----------7------- 4---------- 4------ 13------------ 0-------0 1951-52------------ 7--------14-----------4------- 8---------- 3--------6------------ 0-------0 1952-53------------ 9--------13-----------6------- 4---------- 3--------9------------ 0-------0 1953-54-----------11--------15-----------6------- 6---------- 4--------7------------ 1-------2 1954-55---------- 15--------10-----------9------- 2---------- 6--------5------------ 0-------3 1955-56---------- 19----------7--------- 12------- 1---------- 6--------3------------ 1-------3 1956-57---------- 10--------16-----------7------- 5---------- 2------ 10------------ 1-------1 1957-58------------ 9--------16-----------5------- 7---------- 4--------9------------ 0-------0 1958-59---------- 12--------14--------- 11------- 3---------- 1------ 11------------ 0-------0 1959-60---------- 13--------12-----------9------- 5---------- 4--------7------------ 0-------0 1960-61---------- 17-------- 11--------- 10------- 2---------- 4--------6------------ 3-------3 1961-62---------- 21----------6--------- 13------- 1---------- 5--------2------------ 3-------3 1962-63---------- 15-------- 11--------- 11------- 4---------- 3--------6------------ 1-------1 1963-64---------- 16--------10--------- 12------- 3---------- 2--------6------------ 2-------1 1964-65---------- 19--------10--------- 13------- 2---------- 2--------5------------ 4-------3 1965-66---------- 23----------6--------- 14------- 0---------- 4--------3------------ 5-------3 1966-67---------- 27----------4--------- 12------- 0---------- 7--------3------------ 8-------1 1967-68---------- 31----------2--------- 18------- 0---------- 6--------0------------ 7-------2 1968-69---------- 16--------10--------- 14------- 3---------- 0--------5------------ 2-------2 1969-70---------- 25----------5--------- 16------- 0---------- 7--------2------------ 2-------3 1970-71---------- 22----------7--------- 13------- 0---------- 6--------6------------ 3-------1 1971-72---------- 20----------7--------- 13------- 1---------- 4--------5------------ 3-------1 1972-73---------- 23----------4--------- 18------- 0---------- 4--------2------------ 1-------2 1973-74---------- 17----------9--------- 12------- 1---------- 3--------7------------ 2-------1 1974-75---------- 16--------10--------- 13------- 5---------- 3--------3------------ 0-------2 1975-76---------- 17-------- 11--------- 13------- 2---------- 3--------9------------ 1-------0 1976-77---------- 29----------8--------- 16------- 1---------- 8--------4------------ 5-------3 1977-78---------- 25----------8--------- 15------- 1---------- 7--------6------------ 3-------1 1978-79---------- 16--------15-----------8------- 5---------- 5--------8------------ 3-------2 1979-80---------- 14--------14-----------9------- 4---------- 4--------8------------ 1-------2 1980-81---------- 21----------9--------- 15------- 1---------- 4--------7------------ 2-------1 1981-82---------- 25----------8--------- 15------- 2---------- 5--------4------------ 7-------2 1982-83---------- 31----------3--------- 14------- 0---------10--------1------------ 7-------2 1983-84---------- 32----------5--------- 15------- 0---------10--------2------------ 7-------3 1984-85---------- 16--------14--------- 12------- 3---------- 3--------9------------ 1-------2 1985-86---------- 14--------14-----------9------- 5---------- 4--------7------------ 1-------2 1986-87---------- 18--------12--------- 10------- 3---------- 5--------6------------ 3-------3 1987-88---------- 18--------13-----------9------- 3---------- 7--------9------------ 2-------1 1988-89---------- 17--------14--------- 11------- 4---------- 5--------7------------ 1-------3 1989-90---------- 25----------8--------- 13------- 1---------- 9--------5------------ 3-------2 1990-91---------- 18-------- 11--------- 12------- 1---------- 5--------7------------ 1-------3 1991-92---------- 25----------6--------- 11------- 2---------10--------3------------ 4-------1 1992-93---------- 21----------9--------- 12------- 1---------- 7--------7------------ 2-------1 1993-94------------ 8--------19-----------6------- 7---------- 1--------9------------ 1-------3 1994-95------------ 9--------19-----------6------- 7---------- 2------ 11------------ 1-------1 1995-96---------- 17--------10--------- 10------- 3---------- 7--------6------------ 0-------1 1996-97-----------11--------16-----------9------- 5---------- 2--------9------------ 0-------2 1997-98------------ 9--------20-----------6------- 7---------- 3------ 10------------ 0-------3 1998-99---------- 10--------17-----------6------- 6---------- 3------ 10------------ 1-------1 1999-00------------ 9--------22-----------3------- 9---------- 2------ 10------------ 4-------3 2000-01------------ 9--------20-----------6------- 7---------- 1------ 11------------ 2-------2 2001-02---------- 18--------15-----------9------- 4---------- 6--------7------------ 3-------4 2002-03------------ 8--------20-----------6------- 7---------- 1------ 11------------ 1-------2 2003-04------------ 9--------18-----------8------- 9---------- 1--------9------------ 0-------0 2004-05---------- 18--------14--------- 12------- 2---------- 4------ 10------------ 2-------2 2005-06---------- 21--------10--------- 13------- 2---------- 7--------8------------ 1-------0 Totals--------- 1,025------ 688------- 633---- 194------- 275---- 397--------- 117----- 97 Record Overview of Home, Away and Neutral Site Games Record in Home Games--------------------------------------------633-194 Record in Road Games------------------------------------------------------------275-397 Record at Neutral Sites-------------------------------------------------------------117-97 Overall Record--------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,025-688 Most Home Games------------------------------------------- 18 in 1967-68 & 1972-73 Most Road Games --------------------------------------------------------- 17 in 1950-51 Most Neutral Site Games--------------------------------------------------- 10 in 1983-84 Most Overall Wins------------------------------------------------------------ 32 in 1983-84 Most Home Wins---------------------------------------------- 18 in 1967-68 & 1972-73 Most Road Wins-------------------------------------10 in 1982-83, 1983-84, 1991-92 Most Neutral Site Wins--------------------------------------------------------8 in 1966-67 Undefeated Home Seasons Season------------------------------------ Home------------------------------------ Overall 1972-73-------------------------------------- 18-0-----------------------------------------23-4 1967-68-------------------------------------- 18-0-----------------------------------------31-2 1969-70-------------------------------------- 16-0-----------------------------------------25-5 1983-84-------------------------------------- 15-0-----------------------------------------32-5 1982-83-------------------------------------- 14-0-----------------------------------------31-3 1965-66-------------------------------------- 14-0-----------------------------------------23-6 1966-67-------------------------------------- 12-0-----------------------------------------27-4 1949-50-------------------------------------- 10-0-----------------------------------------16-7 Best Road Winning Percentages Season---------------------------Road---------------- Percentage------------- Overall 1967-68------------------------------ 6-0------------------------- 1.000------------------31-2 1982-83---------------------------- 10-1---------------------------.909------------------31-3 1983-84---------------------------- 10-2---------------------------.833------------------32-5 1946---------------------------------- 5-1---------------------------.833------------------10-4 1969-70------------------------------ 7-2---------------------------.778------------------25-5 1991-92---------------------------- 10-3---------------------------.769------------------25-6 1946-47------------------------------ 6-2---------------------------.750------------------15-7 1961-62------------------------------ 5-2---------------------------.714------------------21-6 1966-67------------------------------ 7-3---------------------------.700------------------27-4 1976-77------------------------------ 8-4---------------------------.667------------------29-8 Best Neutral Site Winning Percentages Season------------------Neutral Site---------------- Percentage------------- Overall 2005-06------------------------------ 1-0------------------------- 1.000----------------21-10 1975-76------------------------------ 1-0------------------------- 1.000---------------- 17-11 1966-67------------------------------ 8-1---------------------------.889------------------27-4 1991-92------------------------------ 4-1---------------------------.800------------------25-6 1982-83------------------------------ 7-2---------------------------.778------------------31-3 1981-82------------------------------ 7-2---------------------------.778------------------25-8 1967-68------------------------------ 7-2---------------------------.778------------------31-2 1983-84------------------------------ 7-3---------------------------.700------------------32-5 Record At Home, Away and Neutral Sites 165
Houston in Conference Regular Season Play Lone Star Conference Year---------------------------- W-L------------------------Finish 1946---------------------------- 8-2------------------------FIRST 1946-47----------------------- 11-1------------------------FIRST 1947-48------------------------ 6-6------------------------fourth 1948-49------------------------ 7-5------------------------second Totals----------------------- 32-14------------------------Two Championships Gulf Coast Conference Year---------------------------- W-L------------------------Finish 1949-50------------------------ 6-0------------------------FIRST Totals--------------------------- 6-0------------------------One Championship Missouri Valley Conference Year---------------------------- W-L------------------------Finish 1950-51-----------------------2-12------------------------eighth 1951-52------------------------ 3-7------------------------fifth 1952-53------------------------ 5-5------------------------second 1953-54------------------------ 3-7------------------------fifth 1954-55------------------------ 3-7------------------------fifth 1955-56------------------------ 9-3------------------------FIRST 1956-57------------------------ 5-9------------------------fifth 1957-58-----------------------4-10------------------------sixth 1958-59------------------------ 6-8------------------------fifth 1959-60------------------------ 6-8------------------------fourth Totals------------------------ 46-76------------------------One Championship Southwest Conference Year---------------------------- W-L------------------------Finish 1975-76------------------------ 7-9------------------------sixth 1976-77-----------------------13-3------------------------second 1977-78----------------------- 11-5------------------------third 1978-79-----------------------6-10------------------------sixth 1979-80------------------------ 8-8------------------------fourth 1980-81-----------------------10-6------------------------second 1981-82----------------------- 11-5------------------------second 1982-83-----------------------16-0------------------------FIRST 1983-84-----------------------15-1------------------------FIRST 1984-85------------------------ 8-8------------------------fifth 1985-86------------------------ 8-8------------------------sixth 1986-87------------------------ 9-7------------------------third 1987-88-----------------------10-6------------------------third 1988-89------------------------ 8-8------------------------fourth 1989-90-----------------------13-3------------------------second 1990-91-----------------------10-6------------------------third 1991-92----------------------- 11-3------------------------FIRST 1992-93------------------------ 9-5------------------------third 1993-94------------------------ 5-9------------------------sixth 1994-95------------------------ 5-9------------------------sixth 1995-96-----------------------10-3------------------------second Totals---------------------203-122------------------------Three Championships Conference USA Year---------------------------- W-L------------------------Finish 1996-97----------------------- 3-11------------------------fourth, White Division 1997-98-----------------------2-14------------------------fifth, National Division 1998-99----------------------- 5-11------------------------sixth, National Division 1999-00-----------------------2-14------------------------sixth, National Division 2000-01-----------------------6-10------------------------fifth, National Division 2001-02------------------------ 9-7------------------------second, National Division 2002-03-----------------------6-10------------------------fourth, National Division 2003-04-----------------------3-13------------------------13th 2004-05------------------------ 9-7------------------------sixth 2005-06------------------------ 9-5------------------------fourth Totals--------------------- 54-102 Annual Conference Champions Year-----------Champion----------------------------------------------------------Record 1946-----------Houston-------------------------------------------------------------------8-2 1946-47------Houston----------------------------------------------------------------- 11-1 1947-48------EastTexas St., North Texas, Sam Houston State---------------9-3 1948-49------S.F. Austin-----------------------------------------------------------------9-3 1949-50------Houston-------------------------------------------------------------------6-0 1950-51------Oklahoma State------------------------------------------------------- 12-2 1951-52------Saint Louis----------------------------------------------------------------9-1 1952-53------Oklahoma State---------------------------------------------------------8-2 1953-54------Oklahoma State---------------------------------------------------------9-1 1954-55------Tulsa------------------------------------------------------------------------8-2 1955-56------Houston-------------------------------------------------------------------9-3 1956-57------Saint Louis-------------------------------------------------------------- 12-2 1957-58------Cincinnati---------------------------------------------------------------- 13-1 1958-59------Cincinnati---------------------------------------------------------------- 13-1 1959-60------Cincinnati---------------------------------------------------------------- 13-1 1975-76------Texas A&M-------------------------------------------------------------- 14-2 1976-77------Arkansas---------------------------------------------------------------- 16-0 1977-78------Arkansas, Texas------------------------------------------------------- 14-2 1978-79------Arkansas, Texas------------------------------------------------------- 13-3 1979-80------Texas A&M-------------------------------------------------------------- 14-2 1980-81------Arkansas---------------------------------------------------------------- 13-3 1981-82------Arkansas---------------------------------------------------------------- 12-4 1982-83------Houston----------------------------------------------------------------- 16-0 1983-84------Houston----------------------------------------------------------------- 15-1 1984-85------Texas Tech-------------------------------------------------------------- 12-4 1985-86------Texas, Texas A&M, TCU--------------------------------------------- 12-4 1986-87------TCU----------------------------------------------------------------------- 14-2 1987-88------SMU---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-4 1988-89------Arkansas---------------------------------------------------------------- 13-3 1989-90------Arkansas---------------------------------------------------------------- 14-2 1990-91------Arkansas---------------------------------------------------------------- 15-1 1991-92------Houston, Texas------------------------------------------------------- 11-3 1992-93------SMU---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-2 1993-94------Texas--------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-2 1994-95------Texas, Texas Tech---------------------------------------------------- 11-3 1995-96------Texas Tech-------------------------------------------------------------- 14-0 1996-97------Cincinnati---------------------------------------------------------------- 12-2 1997-98------Cincinnati---------------------------------------------------------------- 14-2 1998-99------Cincinnati---------------------------------------------------------------- 12-4 1999-00------Cincinnati---------------------------------------------------------------- 16-0 2000-01------Cincinnati---------------------------------------------------------------- 11-5 2001-02------Cincinnati---------------------------------------------------------------- 14-2 2002-03------Marquette--------------------------------------------------------------- 14-2 2003-04------DePaul, Memphis, Cincinnati, UAB, Charlotte---------------------- 12-4 2004-05------Louisville----------------------------------------------------------------- 14-2 2005-06------Memphis----------------------------------------------------------------- 13-1 166
1997 First Round---------------------- UAB 55, Houston 54 1998 First Round-------------- Southern Miss 73, Houston 57 1999 First Round---------------- Charlotte 75, Houston 51 2000 First Round---------------Houston 77, Marquette 75 Quarterfinals----------------- Tulane 76, Houston 69 2001 First Round---------------Saint Louis 78, Houston 67 Southwest Conference Postseason Classic 1976 First Round--------------------- Houston 88, Baylor 86 Quarterfinals-------------Texas Tech 80, Houston 69 1977 First Round---------------------- Houston 111, TCU 67 Quarterfinals-------------Houston 96, Texas A&M 77 Semifinals----------------Houston 94, Texas Tech 83 Championship------------- Arkansas 80, Houston 74 1978 First Round---------------------- Houston 108, Rice 67 Quarterfinals-------------Houston 93, Texas Tech 82 Semifinals------------------ Houston 70, Arkansas 69 Championship------------------Houston 92, Texas 90 Conference USA Tournament 2002 First Round-------------- Houston 58, East Carolina 49 Quarterfinals-------------- Houston 80, Memphis 74 Semifinals----------------Marquette 85, Houston 73 2003 First Round------------------- Tulane 74, Houston 52 1980 First Round------------------------Houston 92, Rice 80 Quarterfinals--------------------Texas 67, Houston 47 1981 Semifinals-------------------------Houston 73, TCU 53 Championship------------------Houston 84, Texas 59 1982 Semifinals----------------Houston 89, Texas A&M 76 Championship------------- Arkansas 84, Houston 69 1983 Semifinals------------------------ Houston 75, SMU 59 Championship--------------------Houston 62, TCU 59 2005 First Round----------------------- USF 69, Houston 64 2006 First Round------------------------------------------- Bye Quarterfinals------------------- Houston 71, UCF 52 Semifinals ---------------- Memphis 68, Houston 54 1991 Quarterfinals--------------------- SMU 65, Houston 62 1992 Quarterfinals--------------------- Houston 73, SMU 62 Semifinals------------------Houston 87, TCU 84 (2ot) Championship------------------Houston 91, Texas 72 1993 Quarterfinals-------------Houston 84, Texas A&M 68 Semifinals-----------------------Houston 58, Texas 50 Championship---------- Texas Tech 88, Houston 76 1994 Quarterfinals----------- Texas Tech 110, Houston 86 Houston In Conference Postseason Tournaments 1979 First Round----------------------- Houston 74, SMU 67 Quarterfinals------------------- Houston 83, Baylor 82 Semifinals-----------------------Texas 70, Houston 65 Houston won five postseason tournaments as a member of the Southwest Conference between 1976-96. 1984 Semifinals-------------------------Houston 53, Rice 50 Championship------------- Houston 57, Arkansas 56 1985 Quarterfinals--------------------- SMU 84, Houston 72 1986 Quarterfinals--------------------Texas 78, Houston 72 1987 Quarterfinals--------------------Houston 59, Texas 49 Semifinals---------------------- Baylor 54, Houston 52 1988 Quarterfinals--------------------Houston 72, Texas 57 Semifinals------------------------ SMU 98, Houston 76 1989 Quarterfinals-------------Texas A&M 82, Houston 70 1990 Quarterfinals----------------------Houston 90, Rice 81 Semifinals-----------------------Houston 89, Texas 86 Championship------------- Arkansas 96, Houston 84 1995 Quarterfinals----------------------Houston 80, TCU 77 Semifinals----------------Texas Tech 94, Houston 79 1996 Quarterfinals--------------------- SMU 62, Houston 57 167
Houston In The NCAA Tournament 1956 Midwest Regional First Round---------------------- SMU 89, Houston 74 Consolation----------Kansas State 89, Houston 70 1961 Midwest Regional First Round---------------Houston 77, Marquette 61 Sweet 16--------------Kansas State 75, Houston 64 Consolation-------------Texas Tech 69, Houston 67 1965 Midwest Regional First Round-------------Houston 99, Notre Dame 98 Sweet 16----------------- Okla. State 75, Houston 60 Consolation--------------------- SMU 89, Houston 87 1966 West Regional First Round----------- Houston 82, Colorado St. 76 Sweet 16-------------- Oregon State 73, Houston 60 Consolation----------------- Houston 102, Pacific 91 1967 Midwest Regional First Round-------- Houston 59, New Mexico St. 58 Sweet 16----------------------Houston 66, Kansas 53 Elite Eight------------------------ Houston 83, SMU 75 Final Four Semifinals---------------------- UCLA 73, Houston 58 Third Place--------- Houston 84, North Carolina 62 1968 Midwest Regional First Round-------- Houston 94, Loyola-Chicago 76 Sweet 16--------------------Houston 91, Louisville 75 Elite Eight---------------------- Houston 103, TCU 68 Final Four Semifinals-------------------- UCLA 101, Houston 69 Third Place---------------Ohio State 89, Houston 85 1970 Midwest Regional First Round------------------- Houston 71, Dayton 64 Sweet 16------------------------Drake 92, Houston 87 Consolation-------- Kansas State 107, Houston 98 1971 Midwest Regional First Round-------- Houston 72, New Mexico St. 69 Sweet 16----------------------Kansas 78, Houston 77 Consolation---------Houston 119, Notre Dame 106 1972 Midwest Regional First Round--------------------- Texas 85, Houston 74 1973 Midwest Regional First Round---------- UL-Lafayette 102, Houston 89 1978 Midwest Regional First Round----------- Notre Dame 100, Houston 77 The University of Houston has played in five NCAA Final Fours. 1981 East Regional First Round-----------------Villanova 90, Houston 72 1982 Midwest Regional First Round-------------Houston 94, Alcorn State 84 Second Round-----------------Houston 78, Tulsa 74 Sweet 16---------------------Houston 79, Missouri 78 Elite Eight---------- Houston 99, Boston College 92 Final Four Semifinals---------- North Carolina 68, Houston 63 1983 Midwest Regional First Round--------------------------------------------- Bye Second Round------------Houston 60, Maryland 50 Sweet 16--------------------Houston 70, Memphis 63 Elite Eight ------------------Houston 89, Villanova 71 Final Four Semifinals------------------Houston 94, Louisville 81 Championship----------- N.C. State 54, Houston 52 1984 Midwest Regional First Round--------------------------------------------- Bye Second Round-------------Houston 77, La. Tech 69 Sweet 16--------------------Houston 78, Memphis 71 Elite Eight-------------- Houston 68, Wake Forest 63 Final Four Semifinals---------------Houston 49, Virginia 47 (ot) Championship-------- Georgetown 84, Houston 75 1987 Southeast Regional First Round-------------------Kansas 66, Houston 55 1990 Southeast Regional First Round---- UC-Santa Barbara 70, Houston 66 1992 Midwest Regional First Round----------- Georgia Tech 65, Houston 60 Houston vs. NCAA Opponents Team---------------------------------------------- Record Alcorn State-------------------------------------------- 1-0 Boston College---------------------------------------- 1-0 Colarado State---------------------------------------- 1-0 Dayton-------------------------------------------------- 1-0 Drake---------------------------------------------------- 0-1 Georgetown-------------------------------------------- 0-1 Georgia Tech------------------------------------------ 0-1 Kansas-------------------------------------------------- 1-2 Kansas State------------------------------------------ 0-3 Louisiana-Lafayette---------------------------------- 0-1 Louisiana-Tech---------------------------------------- 1-0 Louisville------------------------------------------------ 2-0 Loyola-Chicago--------------------------------------- 1-0 Marquette---------------------------------------------- 1-0 Maryland------------------------------------------------ 1-0 Memphis------------------------------------------------ 2-0 Missouri------------------------------------------------- 1-0 New Mexico State------------------------------------ 2-0 North Carolina----------------------------------------- 1-1 North Carolina State--------------------------------- 0-1 Notre Dame-------------------------------------------- 2-1 Ohio State---------------------------------------------- 0-1 Oklahoma State-------------------------------------- 0-1 Oregon State------------------------------------------ 0-1 Pacific--------------------------------------------------- 1-0 SMU----------------------------------------------------- 1-2 TCU------------------------------------------------------ 1-0 Texas---------------------------------------------------- 0-1 Texas Tech--------------------------------------------- 0-1 Tulsa----------------------------------------------------- 1-0 UCLA---------------------------------------------------- 0-2 UC-Santa Barbara----------------------------------- 0-1 Villanova------------------------------------------------ 1-1 Virginia-------------------------------------------------- 1-0 Wake Forest------------------------------------------- 1-0 Totals------------------------------------------------26-23 168
1956 Midwest Regional Semifinal March 16 at Lawrence, Kan. SMU---------------------------------L--------------- 74-89 High Scorers: Don Boldebuck 11, Art Helms 10 High Rebounder: Art Helms 10 Midwest Regional Consolation March 17 at Lawrence, Kan. Kansas State----------------------L--------------- 70-89 High Scorer: Don Boldebuck 21 High Rebounder: Don Boldebuck 24 1961 Midwest Regional First Round March 15 at Houston Marquette---------------------------W-------------- 77-61 High Scorers: Gary Phillips 27, Ted Luckenbill 23 High Rebounder: Ted Luckenbill 16 Midwest Regional Semifinals March 17 at Lawrence, Kan. Kansas State----------------------L--------------- 75-64 High Scorer: Gary Phillips 22 High Rebounder: Ted Luckenbill 7 Midwest Regional Consolation March 18 at Lawrence, Kan. Texas Tech-------------------------L--------------- 67-69 High Scorers: Ted Luckenbill 15, Gary Phillips 12 High Rebounder: Ted Luckenbill 10 1965 Midwest Regional First Round March 8 at Lubbock, Texas Notre Dame------------------------W-------------- 99-98 High Scorers: Leary Lentz 18, Joe Hamood 14 High Rebounder: Leary Lentz 12 Att.- 4,500 Midwest Regional Semifinals March 12 at Manhattan, Kan Oklahoma State-------------------L--------------- 60-75 High Scorers: Joe Hamood 17, Jack Margenthaler 17 High Rebounder: Leary Lentz 9 Att.- 10,500 Midwest Regional Consolation March 12 at Manhattan, Kan SMU---------------------------------L--------------- 87-89 High Scorers: Joe Hamood 23, Jack Margenthaler 17 High Rebounder: Leary Lentz 9 Att.- 12,500 1966 West Regional First Round March 7 at Wichita, Kan. Colorado State--------------------W-------------- 82-76 High Scorers: Joe Hamood 23, Elvin Hayes 18 High Rebounder: Elvin Hayes 12 Att.- 9,045 West Regional Semifinals March 11 at Los Angeles Oregon------------------------------L--------------- 60-63 High Scorers: Joe Hamood 18, Elvin Hayes 14 High Rebounders: Elvin Hayes 10, Don Chaney 9 Att.- 10,106 West Regional Consolation March 12 at Los Angeles Pacific-------------------------------W-------------102-91 High Scorers: Elvin Hayes 31, Joe Hamood 18 High Rebounder: Elvin Hayes 28 Att.- 7,250 1967 Midwest Regional First Round March 11 at Fort Collins, Colo. New Mexico St.-------------------W-------------- 59-58 High Scorers: Elvin Hayes 30, Don Chaney 11 High Rebounder: Elvin Hayes 14 Att.- 4,020 Midwest Regional Semifinal March 17 at Lawrence, Kan. Kansas------------------------------W-------------- 66-53 High Scorers: Don Chaney 20, Elvin Hayes 19 High Rebounder: Elvin Hayes 14 Att.- 16,250 E l v i n H a y e s jumps against Kareem Abdul- Jabbar for the opening tip at a semifinal game in the 1967 NCAA Final Four in Louisville, Ky. Midwest Regional Championship March 19 at Lawrence, Kan. SMU ---------------------------------W-------------- 83-75 High Scorers: Elvin Hayes 31, Melvin Bell 11 High Rebounder: Elvin Hayes 11 Att.- 17,000 NCAA Final Four Semifinals March 24 at Louisville, Ky. UCLA--------------------------------L--------------- 58-73 High Scorers: Elvin Hayes 25, Melvin Bell 10 High Rebounder: Elvin Hayes 24 Att.- 18, 889 NCAA Final Four Consolation March 25 at Louisville, Ky. North Carolina --------------------W-------------- 84-62 High Scorers: Elvin Hayes 23, Don Chaney 19 High Rebounder: Leary Lentz 17 Att.- 17,755 1968 Midwest Regional First Round March 9 at Salt Lake City Loyola-Chicago ------------------W-------------- 94-76 High Scorers: Elvin Hayes 49, Ken Spain 15 High Rebounder: Elvin Hayes 27 Midwest Regional Semifinals March 15 at Wichita, Kan. Louisville----------------------------W-------------- 91-75 High Scorers: Elvin Hayes 35, Don Chaney 17 High Rebounder: Elvin Hayes 24 Att.- 10,938 Midwest Regional Championship March 16 at Wichita, Kan. TCU----------------------------------W-------------103-68 High Scorers: Elvin Hayes 39, Theodis Lee 16, Ken Spain 16 High Rebounder: Elvin Hayes 25 Att.- 11,004 NCAA Final Four Semifinals March 22 at Los Angeles UCLA--------------------------------L--------------69-101 High Scorers: Ken Spain 15, Don Chaney 15 High Rebounder: Ken Spain 13 Att.- 15,472 NCAA Final Four Consolation March 25 at Louisville, Ky. Ohio State -------------------------L--------------- 85-89 High Scorers: Elvin Hayes 34, Theodis Lee 27 High Rebounder: Elvin Hayes 16 Att.- 14,438 NCAA Tournament Game-by-Game Results 169
NCAA Tournament Game-by-Game Results Houston As A Seeded Team Number One--------------------------------------- 4-1 Number Two--------------------------------------- 4-1 Number Three------------------------------------- 0-0 Number Four--------------------------------------- 0-0 Number Five--------------------------------------- 0-0 Number Six----------------------------------------- 4-1 Number Seven------------------------------------ 0-0 Number Eight-------------------------------------- 0-2 Number Nine--------------------------------------- 0-0 Number 10----------------------------------------- 0-1 Number 11------------------------------------------ 0-0 Number 12----------------------------------------- 0-1 Number 13----------------------------------------- 0-0 Number 14----------------------------------------- 0-0 Number 15----------------------------------------- 0-0 Number 16----------------------------------------- 0-0 Totals-----------------------------------------------12-7 Houston vs. Seeded Teams Number One--------------------------------------- 4-1 Number One--------------------------------------- 1-2 Number Two--------------------------------------- 1-0 Number Three------------------------------------- 2-0 Number Four--------------------------------------- 3-0 Number Five--------------------------------------- 0-1 Number Six----------------------------------------- 1-1 Number Seven------------------------------------ 1-1 Number Eight-------------------------------------- 1-1 Number Nine--------------------------------------- 0-1 Number 10----------------------------------------- 1-0 Number 11------------------------------------------ 1-0 Number 12----------------------------------------- 0-0 Number 13----------------------------------------- 0-0 Number 14----------------------------------------- 0-0 Number 15----------------------------------------- 0-0 Number 16----------------------------------------- 0-0 Totals-----------------------------------------------12-7 *Editor s Note: The NCAA Tournament Committee did not begin seeding teams until the NCAA Tournament was expanded to 48 teams in 1979. 1970 Midwest Regional First Round March 7 at Fort Worth, Texas Dayton ------------------------------W-------------- 71-64 High Scorers: Ollie Taylor 26, Dwight Davis 19 High Rebounder: Dwight Davis 14 Att.- 5,827 Midwest Regional Semifinals March 12 at Lawrence, Kan. Drake -------------------------------W-------------- 92-87 High Scorers: Dwight Davis 24, Poo Welch 22, Ollie Taylor 15 High Rebounder: Dwight Davis 10, Ollie Taylor 9 Att.- 10,200 Midwest Regional Consolation March 14 at Lawrence, Kan. Kansas State----------------------L--------------98-107 High Scorers: Ollie Taylor 26, Tom Griben 17 High Rebounder: Ollie Taylor 13 Att.- 8,400 1971 Midwest Regional First Round March 13 at Houston New Mexico State----------------L--------------- 72-69 High Scorers: Dwight Davis 30, Poo Welch 23 High Rebounder: Bob Hall 13 Att.- 10,514 Midwest Regional Semifinals March 18 at Wichita, Kan. Kansas -----------------------------L--------------- 78-77 High Scorers: Poo Welch 28, Dwight Davis 19 High Rebounder: Bob Hall 17 Att.- 10,550 Midwest Regional Consolation March 20 at Wichita, Kan. Notre Dame------------------------W----------- 119-106 High Scorers: Poo Welch 38, Steve Newsome 29, Bob Hall 20 High Rebounder: Bob Hall 15, Dwight Davis 13 Att.- 10,550 1972 Midwest Regional First Round March 11 at Las Cuces, N.M. Texas -------------------------------L--------------- 85-74 High Scorers: Steve Newsome 26, Dwight Davis 25 High Rebounder: Steve Newsome 17 Att.- 4,336 1973 Midwest Regional First Round March 10 at Wichita, Kan. Louisiana-Lafayette--------------L -------------102-89 High Scorers: Louis Dunbar 27, Dwight Jones 18 High Rebounder: Dwight Jones 14 Att.- 6,389 1978 Midwest Regional First Round March 10 at Tulsa, Okla. Notre Dame------------------------L -------------100-77 High Scorers: Kenneth Williams 17, Cecile Rose 14 High Rebounder: Charles Thompson 8 Att.- 10,075 1981 #8 Seed in East Regional East Regional First Round March 13 at Charlotte, N.C. (9)Villanova------------------------L -------------- 90-72 High Scorers: Rob Williams 21, Clyde Drexler 11 High Rebounder: Darryl Brown 7 Att.- 9,108 1982 #6 Seed in Midwest Regional Midwest Regional First Round March 11 at Tulsa, Okla. (11)Alcorn State-------------------W-------------- 94-84 High Scorers: Rob Williams 25, Michael Young 18 High Rebounder: Hakeem Olajuwon 7 Att.- 8,680 Midwest Regional Second Round March 13 at Tulsa, Okla. (3) Tulsa----------------------------W-------------- 78-74 High Scorers: Rob Williams 26, Clyde Drexler 17 High Rebounder: Larry Micheaux 10 Att.- 10,775 Midwest Regional Semifinals March 19 at St. Louis (2) Missouri------------------------W-------------- 79-78 High Scorers: Lynden Rose 16, Michael Young 15 High Rebounder: Hakeem Olajuwon 11 Att.- 18,050 Midwest Regional Championship March 19, 1982 at St. Louis (8) Boston College --------------W-------------- 99-92 High Scorers: Rob Williams 25, Larry Micheaux 18 High Rebounder: Clyde Drexler 9 Att.- 15,627 NCAA Final Four Semifinals March 27 at New Orleans (1, East) North Carolina---------L--------------- 63-68 High Scorers: Lynden Rose 20, Larry Micheaux 18 High Rebounder: Clyde Drexler 9 Att.- 61,612 (NCAA Record) 1983 #1 Seed in Midwest Regional Midwest Regional Second Round March 19 at Houston (8) Maryland-----------------------W-------------- 60-50 High Scorers: Michael Young 16, Hakeem Olajuwon 12 High Rebounder: Clyde Drexler 8 Att.- 15,400 170
Midwest Regional Semifinals March 25 at Kansas City (4) Memphis-----------------------W-------------- 70-63 High Scorers: Hakeem Olajuwon 21, Michael Young 17 High Rebounders: Clyde Drexler 7, Larry Micheaux 7 Att.- 17,038 Midwest Regional Championship March 27 at Kansas City (3) Villanova------------------------W-------------- 89-71 High Scorers: Larry Micheax 30, Hakeem Olajuwon 20, Michael Young 20 High Rebounder: Hakeem Olajuwon 13 Att.- 17,036 NCAA Final Four Semifinals April 2 at Albuquerque, N.M. (1, Mideast) Louisville-----------W-------------- 94-81 High Scorers: Hakeem Olajuwon 21, Clyde Drexler 21 High Rebounder: Hakeem Olajuwon 22 Att.- 17,327 NCAA National Championship April 4 at Albuquerque, N.M. (6, West) N.C. State-------------L--------------- 52-54 High Scorers: Hakeem Olajuwon 20 Benny Anders 10 High Rebounder: Hakeem Olajuwon 18 Att.- 17,327 1984 #2 Seed in Midwest Regional Midwest Regional Second Round March 17 at Memphis, Tenn. (10) Louisiana Tech--------------W-------------- 77-69 High Scorers: Alvin Franklin 21, Michael Young 16, Hakeem Olajuwon 16 High Rebounder: Hakeem Olajuwon 12 Att.- 11,200 Midwest Regional Semifinals March 23 at St. Louis (6) Memphis-----------------------W-------------- 78-71 High Scorers: Hakeem Olajuwon 25, Alvin Franklin 24 High Rebounders: Hakeem Olajuwon 14, Rickie Winslow 13 Att.- 20,143 Midwest Regional Championship March 25 at St. Louis (4) Wake Forest-------------------W-------------- 68-63 High Scorers: Hakeem Olajuwon 29, Michael Young 15 High Rebounder: Hakeem Olajuwon 13 Att.- 18,652 NCAA Final Four Semifinals March 31 at Seattle (7, East) Virginia -----------------W------- 49-47 (OT) High Scorers: Michael Young 17, Hakeem Olajuwon 12 High Rebounder: Hakeem Olajuwon 11 Att.- 38,471 NCAA National Championship April 2 at Seattle (1, West) Georgetown-----------L--------------- 75-84 High Scorers: Michael Young 18, Hakeem Olajuwon 15 High Rebounder: Hakeem Olajuwon 9 Att.- 38,471 Michael Young was the scoring leader for Houston s famed Phi Slama Jama teams that were NCAA Finalists in 1982-83 and 1983-84. Young is the only Cougar in school history to start on four NCAA Tournament teams. Houston s Hakeem Olajuwon was named the MVP of the 1983 NCAA Final Four. 1987 #12 Seed in Southeast Regional Southeast Regional First Round March 13 at Atlanta (5) Kansas--------------------------L--------------- 55-66 High Scorers: Rickie Winslow 21, Greg Anderson 18 High Rebounders: Rickie Winslow & Rolando Ferreira 8 Att.- 13,800 1990 #8 Seed in Southeast Regional Southeast Regional First Round March 15 at Knoxville, Tenn. (9) UC-Santa Barbara-----------L--------------- 66-70 High Scorers: Carl Herrera 19, Byron Smith 18 High Rebounders: Carl Herrera 9, Craig Upchurch 8 Att.- 11,287 1992 #10 Seed in Southeast Regional Southeast Regional First Round March 15 at Knoxville, Tenn. (7) Georgia Tech------------------L--------------- 60-65 High Scorers: Sam Mack 18, Derrick Daniels 11, Craig Upchurch 10 High Rebounders: Sam Mack 8, Craig Upchurch 7 Att.- 18,250 NCAA Tournament Game-by-Game Results NCAA Tournament Capsule Overall Record------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26-23 NCAA Touraament Appearances----------------------------------------------------------------- 18 (1956, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1992) Most Consecutive NCAA Tournaments-------------------------------------------------------- Four, three times (1966-68, 1970-73, 1981-84) NCAA Sweet 16 Appearances--------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 (1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1983, 1984) NCAA Elite Eight Appearances------------------------------------------------------------------- Five (1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1984) NCAA Final Four Appearances-------------------------------------------------------------------- Five (1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1984) NCAA Finalists------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Twice (1983, 1984) 171