2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball

Conference USA Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Conference USA
2009–10 record	19–16 (7–9 C-USA)
Head coach	Tom Penders
Assistant coach	Melvin Haralson
Assistant coach	Kevin Lewis
Assistant coach	Jerry Hobbie
Home arena	Hofheinz Pavilion

2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UTEP	15	–	1	.938	26	–	7	.788
Memphis	13	–	3	.813	24	–	10	.706
UAB	11	–	5	.688	25	–	9	.735
Marshall	11	–	5	.688	24	–	9	.727
Tulsa	10	–	6	.625	23	–	12	.657
Southern Miss	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Houston†	7	–	9	.438	19	–	16	.543
SMU	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
UCF	6	–	10	.375	15	–	17	.469
East Carolina	4	–	12	.250	10	–	21	.323
Tulane	3	–	13	.188	8	–	22	.267
Rice	1	–	15	.063	8	–	23	.258

† 2010 CUSA Tournament winner As of March 20, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2009-10 season. It was their 65th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Tom Penders, who was serving in his 6th year in that position. The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston and are members of Conference USA. The Cougars finished the season 19–16, 7–9 in CUSA play. They won the 2010 Conference USA Tournament, earning them a place in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1992. They earned a 13 seed in the Midwest Region where they were defeated by Maryland in the first round. Head coach Tom Penders retired at the end of the season.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular season
2009/11/17* 7:00PM	Nicholls State	W 92–60	1–0	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/11/21* 10:05PM	at Nevada	L 112–99	1–1	Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada
Great Alaska Shootout
2009/11/26* 10:30PM, CSS	vs. #25 Oklahoma	W 100–93	2–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
2009/11/27* 10:30PM, CSS	vs. San Diego	L 65–62	2–2	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
2009/11/28* 7:30PM, CSS	vs. Alaska Anchorage	W 73–57	3–2	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Regular season
2009/12/06* 2:00PM	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	W 83–76	4–2	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/12/14* 7:00PM	Troy	W 93–85	5–2	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/12/19* 1:00PM, CSS	Mississippi State	L 70–64	5–3	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/12/21* 7:00PM	The Citadel	W 81–58	6–3	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/12/23* 7:00PM	TCU	W 105–81	7–3	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/12/29* 7:00PM	Louisiana Tech	L 99–94	7–4	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2010/01/01* 1:00PM	at UTSA	L 83–82	7–5	Convocation Center San Antonio, Texas
2010/01/03* 1:00PM	at Iowa State	L 82–75	7–6	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
2010/01/06 8:00PM, CSS	at Rice Bayou Cup	W 83–66	8–6 (1–0)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
2010/01/09 6:00PM, CBS CS	Tulsa	L 86–80	8–7 (1–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2010/01/13 6:00PM	UTEP	W 75–65	9–7 (2–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2010/01/16 6:00PM	at East Carolina	W 74–55	10–7 (3–1)	Minges Coliseum Greenville, North Carolina
2010/01/20 7:00PM	UCF	L 78–71	10–8 (3–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2010/01/23 7:00PM, ESPN2	at Memphis	L 92–77	10–9 (3–3)	FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee
2010/01/30 5:00PM, CSS	Marshall	W 81–66	11–9 (4–3)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2010/02/03 9:00PM, CBS CS	at UTEP	L 65–58	11–10 (4–4)	Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas
2010/02/06 5:00PM, CSS	Southern Miss	L 57–55	11–11 (4–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2010/02/10* 7:00PM	at Western Kentucky	W 74–72	12–11	Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
2010/02/13 4:00PM	SMU	W 66–60	13–11 (5–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2010/02/16 6:00PM, CSS	at UCF	L 68–65	13–12 (5–6)	UCF Arena Orlando, Florida
2010/02/20 7:00PM	at UAB	L 75–66	13–13 (5–7)	Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama
2010/02/24 7:00PM	Memphis	W 92–75	14–13 (6–7)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2010/02/27 7:00PM	at SMU	L 94–83	14–14 (6–8)	Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas
2010/03/03 7:00PM	Rice Bayou Cup	W 78–70	15–14 (7–8)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2010/03/06 7:00PM	at Tulane	L 79–76	15–15 (7–9)	Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
C-USA Men's Basketball Tournament
2010/03/10 12:00PM	vs. East Carolina First round	W 93–80	16–15	BOK Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
2010/03/11 12:00PM, CBS CS	vs. Memphis Quarterfinals	W 66–65	17–15	BOK Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
2010/03/12 5:30PM, CBS CS	vs. Southern Miss Semifinals	W 74–66	18–15	BOK Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
2010/03/13 10:30AM, CBS	vs. #25 UTEP Championship game	W 81–73	19–15	BOK Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
NCAA Division I Tournament
2010/03/19* 9:34PM, CBS	vs. #20 Maryland First round	L 89–77	19–16	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Washington
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

Roster

2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
1.5 !G	0	Lewis, KelvinKelvin Lewis	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Fort Worth, Texas
1.5 !G	1	Coleman, SeanSean Coleman	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Houston, Texas
1.5 !G	2	Nixon, ZamalZamal Nixon	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Brooklyn, New York
3.5 !F	3	McNeil, MauriceMaurice McNeil	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	3.0 !Jr	New York, New York
5.0 !C	4	Mosley, NickNick Mosley	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Beeville, Texas
1.5 !G	5	Haywood, NickNick Haywood	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Monroe, Louisiana
1.5 !G	11	Wade, DesmondDesmond Wade	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	2.0 !So	Linden, New Jersey
1.5 !G	12	Coleman, AubreyAubrey Coleman	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Houston, Texas
1.5 !G	20	Wilson, JamonJamon Wilson	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Houston, Texas
1.5 !G	21	Tellis, CoryCory Tellis	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Friendswood, Texas
3.5 !F	23	Clark, BryceBryce Clark	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
3.5 !F	24	Broughton, KahmellKahmell Broughton	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Carteret, New Jersey
1.5 !G	31	Brown, AdamAdam Brown	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	San Antonio, Texas
3.5 !F	32	Van Slyke, KirkKirk Van Slyke	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1.0 !Fr	The Woodlands, Texas
3.5 !F	40	Washington, KendrickKendrick Washington	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Shreveport, Louisiana
3.5 !F	41	Calhoun, Qa'rraanQa'rraan Calhoun	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Hazlet, New Jersey

Head coach

Tom Penders (Connecticut)

Assistant coach(es)

Melvin Haralson (Auburn)
Kevin Lewis (Southern Methodist)
Jerry Hobbie (Fordham)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2009-11-27

External links

Official website

Houston Cougars men's basketball

Venues	Sam Houston Coliseum (select games; 1937–19??) Jeppesen Gymnasium (1946–1966) Delmar Fieldhouse (1966–1969) Hofheinz Pavilion (1969–present)

Rivalries	Rice

Culture & lore	History Shasta Phi Slama Jama Game of the Century "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston

People	Head coaches Retired numbers

Seasons	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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