2024–25 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 4 |
AP | No. 4 |
Record | 1–0 (0–0 Big 12) |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Fertitta Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Arizona | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Cincinnati | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Houston | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Iowa State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Kansas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Baylor | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of November 7, 2024 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2024–25 Houston Cougars men's basketball team will represent the University of Houston in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars will be led by eleventh-year head coach Kelvin Sampson. The team will play their home games at the Fertitta Center as second-year members of the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season
[edit]The Cougars finished the 2023–24 season 28–3, 15–3 in Big 12 play to win the regular season championship in their first year in the conference. They defeated TCU and Texas Tech to advance to the Big 12 tournament championship game where they lost to Iowa State.[1] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the #1 seed in the South Regional. They defeated Longwood in the First Round and Texas A&M in overtime in the Second Round to advance to their fifth consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearance. There they were defeated by Duke after losing their starting point guard, Jamal Shead, to an ankle sprain during the game.[2]
Offseason
[edit]Departing players
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Jamal Shead | 1 | G | 6'1" | 200 | Senior | Manor, TX | Graduated/declared for the 2024 NBA draft; selected 45th overall by the Sacramento Kings |
Damian Dunn | 11 | G | 6'5" | 205 | Senior | Kinston, NC | Graduated; transferred to Pittsburgh |
Ryan Elvin | 20 | G | 6'1" | 170 | Senior | Round Rock, TX | Walk-on; graduated |
Incoming transfers
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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Milos Uzan | 7 | G | 6'4" | 193 | Junior | Las Vegas, NV | Oklahoma |
2024 recruiting class
[edit]Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Mercy Miller CG |
Sherman Oaks, CA | Notre Dame High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Aug 30, 2021 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 85 | ||||||
Chase McCarty SF |
Huntsville, AL | IMG Academy | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Oct 13, 2023 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 82 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: 247Sports: 45 | ||||||
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Preseason
[edit]Big 12 Preseason Poll
Big 12 Coaches | Points | ||
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1. | Kansas | 215 (9) | |
2. | Houston | 211 (5) | |
3. | Iowa State | 194 (1) | |
4. | Baylor | 185 | |
5. | Arizona | 179 (1) | |
6. | Cincinnati | 140 | |
7. | Texas Tech | 135 | |
8. | Kansas State | 133 | |
9. | BYU | 116 | |
10. | TCU | 90 | |
11. | UCF | 83 | |
12. | Arizona State | 64 | |
13. | West Virginia | 62 | |
14. | Oklahoma State | 46 | |
15. | Colorado | 37 | |
16. | Utah | 30 | |
Reference:[3] (#) first-place votes |
Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team
- First Team
Player | School | ||
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Caleb Love | Arizona | ||
LJ Cryer | Houston | ||
J’Wan Roberts | |||
Tamin Lipsey | Iowa State | ||
Hunter Dickinson† | Kansas | ||
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:[3] |
- Second Team
Player | School | ||
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Norchad Omier | Baylor | ||
Jeremy Roach | |||
Keshon Gilbert | Iowa State | ||
Dajuan Harris Jr | Kansas | ||
Coleman Hawkins | Kansas State | ||
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:[3] |
- Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
- Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State
- Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 27, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 4 | No. 13 Texas A&M | W 79–64 | − |
18 – Cryer | 9 – Tugler | 4 – Wilson | Fertitta Center (5,981) Houston, TX | |||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 4 | Jackson State | W 97−40 | 1−0 |
16 – Cryer | 7 – Tied | 10 – Uzan | Fertitta Center (7,035) Houston, TX | |||
November 9, 2024* 8:30 p.m., ESPNU |
No. 4 | vs. No. 11 Auburn The Battleground 2k24 |
Toyota Center Houston, TX | ||||||||
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Louisiana | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
November 22, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Hofstra | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
November 26, 2024* 7:00 p.m., TBS |
vs. Alabama Players Era Festival Impact Tournament |
MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV | |||||||||
November 27, 2024* 11:30 p.m., TBS |
vs. Notre Dame Players Era Festival Impact Tournament |
MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV | |||||||||
November 30, 2024* TBA |
vs. Players Era Festival |
MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV | |||||||||
December 7, 2024* 4:30 p.m., ESPN2 |
Butler Big East–Big 12 Battle |
Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
December 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Troy | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
December 18, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Toledo | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
December 21, 2024* 1:00 p.m., CBSSN |
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
Big 12 regular season | |||||||||||
December 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Oklahoma State | Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK | |||||||||
January 4, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
BYU | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
January 6, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
TCU | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
January 11, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Kansas State | Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS | |||||||||
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
West Virginia | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
January 18, 2025 11:00 a.m., CBSSN |
at UCF | Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL | |||||||||
January 21, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Utah | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
January 25, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
at Kansas | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS | |||||||||
January 29, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at West Virginia | WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV | |||||||||
February 1, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
Texas Tech | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
February 4, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Oklahoma State | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
February 8, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Colorado | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
February 10, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN |
Baylor | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
February 15, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
at Arizona | McKale Center Tucson, AZ | |||||||||
February 18, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
at Arizona State | Desert Financial Arena Tempe, AZ | |||||||||
February 22, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
Iowa State | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
February 24, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN |
at Texas Tech | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
March 1, 2025 3:30 p.m., CBS |
Cincinnati | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
March 3, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN |
Kansas | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
March 8, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN |
at Baylor | Foster Pavilion Waco, TX | |||||||||
Big 12 tournament | |||||||||||
March 11–15, 2025 TBA |
vs. | T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
Source[4]
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
AP | 4 (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | 4 (4) |
References
[edit]- ^ "#1/1 Men's Hoops Falls to #7/8 Iowa State in Big 12 Title Game". uhcougars.com. March 16, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "#2/2 (1) Men's Hoops Falls to Duke in Sweet 16". uhcougars.com. March 29, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Kansas Selected As Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite, KU's Dickinson Named Preseason Player of the Year". Big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 10, 2024.
- ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". uhcougars.com. Retrieved June 16, 2024.