2008–09 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

2008–09 Houston Cougars men's basketball

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

	Conf			Overall
2008–09 Conference USA men's basketball standings
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
Rankings from AP Poll † Conference USA Tournament winner

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	Opponent	Result	Record	Site
2K Sports College Classic
2008/11/10*	vs. Georgia Southern	L 63–61	0–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium
2008/11/11*	vs. Presbyterian	W 76–57	1–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium
Regular season
2008/11/15*	Western Kentucky	W 73–64	2–1	Hofheinz Pavilion
2008/11/18*	Alcorn State	W 110–57	3–1	Hofheinz Pavilion
2008/11/29*	North Texas	W 84–51	4–1	Hofheinz Pavilion
2008/12/02*	at Middle Tennessee	W 70–67	5–1	Murphy Center
2008/12/13*	Mississippi Valley State	W 92–58	6–1	Hofheinz Pavilion
2008/12/20*	at Toledo	W 71–63	7–1	Savage Hall
2008/12/28*	Iowa State	L 71–67	7–2	Hofheinz Pavilion
2008/12/30*	Massachusetts	W 80–54	8–2	Hofheinz Pavilion
2009/01/03*	at Mississippi State	L 82–65	8–3	Humphrey Coliseum
2009/01/06*	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	W 85–65	9–3	Hofheinz Pavilion
2009/01/10	UAB	W 75–56	10–3	Hofheinz Pavilion
2009/01/14	at UTEP	W 94–86	11–3	Don Haskins Center
2009/01/17	at Southern Miss	L 83–76	11–4	Reed Green Coliseum
2009/01/21	East Carolina	W 85–67	12–4	Hofheinz Pavilion
2009/01/24*	at Arizona	L 96–90	12–5	McKale Center
2009/01/28	UTEP	L 62–55	12–6	Hofheinz Pavilion
2009/01/31	at #18 Memphis	L 83–68	12–7	FedExForum
2009/02/04	at UCF	W 97–69	13–7	UCF Arena
2009/02/07	Rice (Bayou Cup)	W 72–65	14–7	Hofheinz Pavilion
2009/02/11	at SMU	W 69–56	15–7	Moody Coliseum
2009/02/14	Tulane	W 83–64	16–7	Hofheinz Pavilion
2009/02/18	at Marshall	L 88–83	16–8	Cam Henderson Center
2009/02/21	UCF	W 77–72	17–8	Hofheinz Pavilion
2009/02/25	at Tulsa	L 77–68	17–9	Reynolds Center
2009/02/28	at Rice (Bayou Cup)	W 56–51	18–9	Autry Court
2009/03/04	#4 Memphis	L 69–60	18–10	Hofheinz Pavilion
2009/03/07	SMU	W 89–77	19–10	Hofheinz Pavilion
Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
2009/03/11	vs. SMU (First round)	W 85–76	20–10	FedEx Forum
2009/03/12	vs. UTEP (Quarterfinals)	W 89–85 OT	21–10	FedEx Forum
2009/03/13	at #4 Memphis (Semifinals)	L 74–49	21–11	FedEx Forum
College Basketball Invitational
2009/03/18*	at Oregon State (First round)	L 49–45	21–12	Gill Coliseum
*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

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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