1946–47 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

1946–47 Houston Cougars men's basketball
Lone Star Conference Regular Season Champions
NAIA Tournament, Second Round
Conference Lone Star Conference
1946–47 record 15–7 (11–1 LSC)
Head coach Alden Pasche (2nd year)
Assistant coach Ned Thompson
Home arena Jeppesen Gymnasium
Seasons
« 1945–46 1947–48 »

The 1946–47 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 1946–47 season. It was their second year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Alden Pasche, who was serving in his 2nd year in that position. The team played its home games at Jeppesen Gymnasium on-campus in Houston and were members of the Lone Star Conference. Houston captured its second conference regular season title, and competed in the postseason in the 1947 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they were defeated by Arizona State–Flagstaff (now known as Northern Arizona) in the second round.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Record
Regular season
12/07/1946* Loyola Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas L 51–39  0–1
12/11/1946* at Tulane Tulane Gym • New Orleans, Louisiana L 62–49  0–2
12/12/1946* at Loyola Unknown • New Orleans, Louisiana L 62–57  0–3
12/16/1946* Southeastern Oklahoma Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas W 63–56  1–3
12/17/1946* Southeastern Oklahoma Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas W 47–44  2–3
Houston Intercollegiate Tournament
12/20/1946* Pepperdine Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas L 73–61  2–4
12/21/1946* Stephen F. Austin Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas L 54–43  2–5
12/28/1946* Texas A&M Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas W 62–41  3–5
Regular season
01/06/1947 at Southwest Texas State Unknown • San Marcos, Texas W 55–39  4–5 (1–0)
01/07/1947 at Trinity Unknown • San Antonio, Texas W 74–37  5–5 (2–0)
01/17/1947 Sam Houston State Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas L 59–55  5–6 (2–1)
01/29/1947 at Sam Houston State Unknown • Huntsville, Texas W 49–48  6–6 (3–1)
02/01/1947 East Texas State Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas W 65–61  7–6 (4–1)
02/08/1947 Trinity Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas W 68–34  8–6 (5–1)
02/14/1947 North Texas State Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas W 70–53  9–6 (6–1)
02/15/1947 Southwest Texas State Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas W 98–60  10–6 (7–1)
02/17/1947 at Stephen F. Austin Unknown • Nacogdoches, Texas W 67–61  11–6 (8–1)
02/22/1947 Stephen F. Austin Jeppesen Gymnasium • Houston, Texas W 60–57  12–6 (9–1)
02/28/1947 at East Texas State Unknown • Commerce, Texas W 60–51  13–6 (10–1)
03/01/1947 at North Texas State Unknown • Denton, Texas W 60–51  14–6 (11–1)
NAIA Division I Tournament
03/11/1947* vs. Montana Municipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri
(First Round)		 W 60–58  15–6
03/12/1947* vs. Arizona State–Flagstaff Municipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri
(Second Round)		 L 44–42 3OT 15–7
*Non-Conference Game.

References

  1. ^ "Flagstaff Five Advances in NAIB Games". Prescott Evening Courier. 1947-03-18. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XrVaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C1ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6254%2C3720575. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 
  2. ^ "29 College Clubs Added to List of Hoop Titlists". Sun Journal. 1947-03-03. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DZ4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q2gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=980%2C4818612. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 

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Facilities
Jeppesen Gymnasium (1946–1966) • Delmar Fieldhouse (1966–1969) • Hofheinz Pavilion (1969–present)
Key personnel
Head Coach: James Dickey • Associate Head Coach: Alvin Brooks • Assistant Coach: Daniyal Robinson • Assistant Coach: Ulric Maligi • Director of Basketball Operations: Michael Young
Retired numbers
Lore
NCAA Tournament finishes

Finals: 1983 • 1984
Final Four: 1967 • 1968 • 1982

Sweet Sixteen: 1956 • 1961 • 1965 • 1970 • 1971
Head coaches
Alden Pasche (1946–1956) • Guy Lewis (1956–1986) • Pat Foster (1986–1993) • Alvin Brooks (1993–1998) • Clyde Drexler (1998–2000) • Ray McCallum (2000–2004) • Tom Penders (2004–2010) • James Dickey (2010–present)
Teams
1945–46 • 1946–47 • 1967–68 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11 • 2011-12