2008–09 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

2008–09 Houston Cougars men's basketball
2008–09 Houston Cougars men's basketball
CBI, first round
Conference	Conference USA
Record	21–12 (10–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Tom Penders;
Assistant coaches	Melvin Haralson; Kevin Lewis; Jerry Hobbie;
Home arena	Hofheinz Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2007–08 2009–10 →

2008–09 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Memphis †	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	4	.892
Tulsa	12	–	4	.750	25	–	11	.694
UAB	11	–	5	.688	22	–	12	.647
Houston	10	–	6	.625	21	–	12	.636
UTEP	10	–	6	.625	23	–	14	.622
Marshall	7	–	9	.438	15	–	17	.469
Tulane	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
East Carolina	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
Southern Miss	4	–	12	.250	15	–	17	.469
Rice	4	–	12	.250	10	–	22	.313
SMU	3	–	13	.188	9	–	21	.300
UCF	0	–	9	.000	0	–	14	.000

† 2009 CUSA Tournament winner As of April 1, 2009 Rankings from AP Poll *UCF vacated its wins from the 2008–09 season after it was discovered that there was an ineligible player on the team.

The 2008–09 Houston Cougars men's basketball team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2008–09 season. It was their 64th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Tom Penders, who was serving in his 5th year in that position. The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston, Texas. The Cougars played in the first game of the NCAA Division I season in the 2K Sports College Classic.

Pre-season

The 2007–08 Cougars finished with a 24–10 record, and were invited to compete in the inaugural College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Houston defeated Nevada and Valparaiso, but was defeated in the semifinals by Conference USA rival Tulsa.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
2K Sports College Classic
2008/11/10* 3:00PM	vs. Georgia Southern	L 61–63	0–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina
2008/11/11* 5:00PM	vs. Presbyterian	W 76–57	1–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina
Regular season
2008/11/15* 3:00PM	Western Kentucky	W 73–64	2–1	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2008/11/18* 7:00PM	Alcorn State	W 110–57	3–1	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2008/11/29* 7:00PM	North Texas	W 84–51	4–1	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2008/12/02* 7:00PM	at Middle Tennessee	W 70–67	5–1	Murphy Center Murfreesboro, Tennessee
2008/12/13* 7:00PM	Mississippi Valley State	W 92–58	6–1	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2008/12/20* 6:00PM	at Toledo	W 71–63	7–1	Savage Hall Toledo, Ohio
2008/12/28* 5:00PM	Iowa State	L 67–71	7–2	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2008/12/30* 1:00PM	Massachusetts	W 80–54	8–2	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/01/03* 3:00PM, CBS CS	at Mississippi State	L 65–82	8–3	Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi
2009/01/06* 7:00PM	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	W 85–65	9–3	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/01/10 7:00PM	UAB	W 75–56	10–3	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/01/14 8:05PM	at UTEP	W 94–86	11–3	Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas
2009/01/17 4:00PM	at Southern Miss	L 76–83	11–4	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
2009/01/21 7:00PM	East Carolina	W 85–67	12–4	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/01/24* 5:00PM, FSN	at Arizona	L 90–96	12–5	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
2009/01/28 7:00PM	UTEP	L 55–62	12–6	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/01/31 12:00PM, CBS CS	at #18 Memphis	L 68–83	12–7	FedExForum Memphis, Tennessee
2009/02/04 6:00PM, CBS CS	at UCF	W 97–69	13–7	UCF Arena Orlando, Florida
2009/02/07 8:00PM	Rice Bayou Cup	W 72–65	14–7	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/02/11 7:00PM	at SMU	W 69–56	15–7	Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas
2009/02/14 7:00PM	Tulane	W 83–64	16–7	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/02/18 6:00PM	at Marshall	L 83–88	16–8	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, West Virginia
2009/02/21 7:00PM	UCF	W 77–72	17–8	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/02/25 7:05PM	at Tulsa	L 68–77	17–9	Reynolds Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
2009/02/28 3:00PM	at Rice Bayou Cup	W 56–51	18–9	Autry Court Houston, Texas
2009/03/04 7:00PM, CBS CS	#4 Memphis	L 60–69	18–10	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2009/03/07 7:00PM	SMU	W 89–77	19–10	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Conference USA men's basketball tournament
2009/03/11 8:30PM	vs. SMU First round	W 85–76	20–10	FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee
2009/03/12 8:30PM, CSS	vs. UTEP Quarterfinals	W 89–85 OT	21–10	FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee
2009/03/13 3:00PM, CBS CS	at #4 Memphis Semifinals	L 49–74	21–11	FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee
College Basketball Invitational
2009/03/18* 9:00PM, HDNet	at Oregon State First round	L 45–49	21–12	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town
Qa'rraan Calhoun	41	Forward	6'8"	215	Junior	Hazlet, New Jersey
Aubrey Coleman	12	Guard	6'4"	200	Junior	Houston, Texas
Sean Coleman	1	Forward	6'8"	190	Senior	Houston, Texas
Marcus Cousin	50	Center	6'11"	250	Junior	Baltimore, Maryland
Jason Hurns	35	Forward	6'4"	200	Junior	Los Angeles, California
Kelvin Lewis	0	Guard	6'4"	190	Junior	Fort Worth, Texas
Horace McGloster	21	Guard	6'7"	205	Sophomore	Newark, New Jersey
Nick Mosley	4	Center	6'9"	220	Junior	Beeville, Texas
Yan Moukoury	15	Forward	6'7"	213	Sophomore	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Zamal Nixon	2	Guard	6'1"	170	Sophomore	Brooklyn, New York
Brockeith Pane	23	Guard	6'2"	195	Sophomore	Dallas, Texas
Desmond Wade	3	Guard	5'9"	155	Freshman	Linden, New Jersey
DaShaun Williams	11	Guard	6'3"	200	Senior	Chicago, Illinois
Jamon Wilson	20	Guard	6'0"	190	Junior	Houston, Texas

References

v t e Houston Cougars men's basketball
Venues	Sam Houston Coliseum (select games; 1937–19??) Jeppesen Gymnasium (1946–1966) Delmar Fieldhouse (1966–1969) Fertitta Center (1969–present) Health and Physical Education Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Rice SMU
Culture & lore	Shasta Phi Slama Jama Game of the Century "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics