| 2008–09 Houston Cougars men's basketball | |||
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| Conference | Conference USA | ||
| 2008–09 record | 21–12 (10–6 C-USA) | ||
| Head coach | Tom Penders | ||
| Assistant coach | Melvin Haralson | ||
| Assistant coach | Kevin Lewis | ||
| Assistant coach | Jerry Hobbie | ||
| Home arena | Hofheinz Pavilion | ||
Seasons
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| 2008–09 Conference USA men's basketball standings | ||||||
| Conf | Overall | |||||
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| Standings | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT |
| #3 Memphis† | 16 | 0 | 1.000 | 33 | 4 | .912 |
| 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 |
| UCF | 7 | 9 | .438 | 17 | 14 | .548 |
| 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 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
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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.
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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.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Record | |||||
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| 2K Sports College Classic | |||||||||||
| 2008/11/10* | 3:00PM | vs. Georgia Southern | Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | L 63–61 | 0–1 | ||||||
| 2008/11/11* | 5:00PM | vs. Presbyterian | Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | W 76–57 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| 2008/11/15* | 3:00PM | Western Kentucky | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | W 73–64 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 2008/11/18* | 7:00PM | Alcorn State | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | W 110–57 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 2008/11/29* | 7:00PM | North Texas | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | W 84–51 | 4–1 | ||||||
| 2008/12/02* | 7:00PM | at Middle Tennessee | Murphy Center • Murfreesboro, Tennessee | W 70–67 | 5–1 | ||||||
| 2008/12/13* | 7:00PM | Mississippi Valley State | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | W 92–58 | 6–1 | ||||||
| 2008/12/20* | 6:00PM | at Toledo | Savage Hall • Toledo, Ohio | W 71–63 | 7–1 | ||||||
| 2008/12/28* | 5:00PM | Iowa State | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | L 71–67 | 7–2 | ||||||
| 2008/12/30* | 1:00PM | Massachusetts | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | W 80–54 | 8–2 | ||||||
| 2009/01/03* | 3:00PM | at Mississippi State | Humphrey Coliseum • Starkville, Mississippi | CBS CS | L 82–65 | 8–3 | |||||
| 2009/01/06* | 7:00PM | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | W 85–65 | 9–3 | ||||||
| 2009/01/10 | 7:00PM | UAB | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | W 75–56 | 10–3 | ||||||
| 2009/01/14 | 8:05PM | at UTEP | Don Haskins Center • El Paso, Texas | W 94–86 | 11–3 | ||||||
| 2009/01/17 | 4:00PM | at Southern Miss | Reed Green Coliseum • Hattiesburg, Mississippi | L 83–76 | 11–4 | ||||||
| 2009/01/21 | 7:00PM | East Carolina | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | W 85–67 | 12–4 | ||||||
| 2009/01/24* | 5:00PM | at Arizona | McKale Center • Tucson, Arizona | FSN | L 96–90 | 12–5 | |||||
| 2009/01/28 | 7:00PM | UTEP | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | L 62–55 | 12–6 | ||||||
| 2009/01/31 | 12:00PM | at #18 Memphis | FedExForum • Memphis, Tennessee | CBS CS | L 83–68 | 12–7 | |||||
| 2009/02/04 | 6:00PM | at UCF | UCF Arena • Orlando, Florida | CBS CS | W 97–69 | 13–7 | |||||
| 2009/02/07 | 8:00PM | Rice | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas (Bayou Cup) |
W 72–65 | 14–7 | ||||||
| 2009/02/11 | 7:00PM | at SMU | Moody Coliseum • Dallas, Texas | W 69–56 | 15–7 | ||||||
| 2009/02/14 | 7:00PM | Tulane | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | W 83–64 | 16–7 | ||||||
| 2009/02/18 | 6:00PM | at Marshall | Cam Henderson Center • Huntington, West Virginia | L 88–83 | 16–8 | ||||||
| 2009/02/21 | 7:00PM | UCF | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | W 77–72 | 17–8 | ||||||
| 2009/02/25 | 7:05PM | at Tulsa | Reynolds Center • Tulsa, Oklahoma | L 77–68 | 17–9 | ||||||
| 2009/02/28 | 3:00PM | at Rice | Autry Court • Houston, Texas (Bayou Cup) |
W 56–51 | 18–9 | ||||||
| 2009/03/04 | 7:00PM | #4 Memphis | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | CBS CS | L 69–60 | 18–10 | |||||
| 2009/03/07 | 7:00PM | SMU | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas | W 89–77 | 19–10 | ||||||
| Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||
| 2009/03/11 | 8:30PM | vs. SMU | FedEx Forum • Memphis, Tennessee (First round) |
W 85–76 | 20–10 | ||||||
| 2009/03/12 | 8:30PM | vs. UTEP | FedEx Forum • Memphis, Tennessee (Quarterfinals) |
CSS | W 89–85 OT | 21–10 | |||||
| 2009/03/13 | 3:00PM | at #4 Memphis | FedEx Forum • Memphis, Tennessee (Semifinals) |
CBS CS | L 74–49 | 21–11 | |||||
| College Basketball Invitational | |||||||||||
| 2009/03/18* | 9:00PM | at Oregon State | Gill Coliseum • Corvallis, Oregon (First round) |
HDNet | L 49–45 | 21–12 | |||||
| *Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Standard Time. | |||||||||||
| Name | # | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Home Town |
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| 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 |
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