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

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

References

↑ "Flagstaff Five Advances in NAIB Games". Prescott Evening Courier. 1947-03-18. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
↑ "29 College Clubs Added to List of Hoop Titlists". Sun Journal. 1947-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-08.

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

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics