2015–16 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 June 2025 NIT First Round Basketball 2015–16 Houston Cougars Houston Cougars logo.svg 150 American Athletic Conference AAC 22–10 12–6 Kelvin Sampson 2nd Alvin Brooks Talvin Hester Kellen Sampson Hofheinz Pavilion The 2015–16 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars were led by second year head coach Kelvin Sampson and were members of the American Athletic Conference. The Cougars played their home games at Hofheinz Pavilion. They finished the season with a record of 22–11, 12–6 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place in conference. They lost in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament to Tulane.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/400870813 Tulane upsets No. 2 seed Houston, 72-69 in AAC quarterfinal ESPN March 11, 2016 June 30, 2025 They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Georgia Tech in the first round. Previous season The Cougars finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 13–19, 4–14 in AAC play to finish in tenth place in conference. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament where they lost to Tulsa. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Mikhail McLean 1 F 6'6" 210 Senior Nassau, Bahamas Graduated Cavon Baker 3 G 6'1" 175 Junior Queens, NY Transferred to St. Peter's J. C. Washington 11 F 6'6" 225 Freshman Houston, TX Transferred to Trinity Valley Community College Adam Drexler 20 F 6'5" 205 Junior Houston, TX Walk-on; didn't return Jherrod Stiggers 21 G 6'4" 215 Junior Terrell, TX Play professionally overseas Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Xavier Dupree 1 F 6'9" 210 Junior Houston, TX Junior college transferred from Paris Junior College Rob Gray 2 G 6'2" 190 Sophomore Forest City, NC Junior college transferred from Howard College Damyean Dotson 21 G 6'6" Junior Houston, TX Junior college transferred from Houston Community College Kyle Meyer 33 C 6'10" 222 Junior Alpharetta, GA Junior college transferred from Eastern Florida State College Class of 2015 signees no no 2015 Chris Harris C Houston, TX Madison High School 6 9 200 03/13/2015 0 3 80 Galen Robinson PG Houston, TX Westbury Christian School 6 1 11/20/2014 3 3 NR 2015 Houston Basketball Commitment List 2015 Houston Basketball Commitment List ESPN houston 215 248 NR NR NR 2015-08-13 yes Roster 2015 Houston Cougars y Danrad Knowles 0 F 6 10 190 JR y Nassau, Bahamas Xavier Dupree 1 F 6 9 210 JR Houston, TX Rob Gray basketball y 2 G 6 2 190 SO Forest City, NC Ronnie Johnson y 3 G 6 0 180 JR y Indianapolis, IN LeRon Barnes 4 G 6 5 195 SR y Stonewall, LA L. J. Rose 5 G 6 3 200 SR Houston, TX Wes VanBeck y 12 G 6 2 180 SO Houston, TX W Bertrand Nkali 13 F 6 8 225 JR y Bertoua, Cameroon Damyean Dotson 21 G 6 5 210 JR Houston, TX y Eric Weary Jr. 23 G 6 4 210 SR New Orleans, LA Devonta Pollard y 24 F 6 8 200 SR Porterville, MS Galen Robinson Jr. y 25 G 6 0 170 FR Houston, TX Kyle Meyer 33 C 6 10 225 JR Atlanta, GA Kelvin Sampson (UNC Pembroke) Alvin Brooks (Lamar) Talvin Hester (Texas Wesleyan) Kellen Sampson (Oklahoma) http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/m-baskbl-roster-mtt.html Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| Exhibition 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes Montana Tech Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX 96–65   |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes Prairie View A&M Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPN3 110–59 1,223 1–0 11/21/2015 7:00 pm yes Florida A&M Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPN3 97–52 3,163 2–0 11/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Louisiana–Monroe Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPN3 76–64 2,332 3–0 11/30/2015 7:00 pm yes Texas–Rio Grande Valley Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPN3 78–65 1,974 4–0 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes Murray State Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPN3 93–78 2,089 5–0 12/08/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Rhode Island Ryan Center Kingston, RI 57–67 3,633 5–1 12/13/2015 7:00 pm yes LSU Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPN2 105–98 OT 7,918 6–1 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes North Carolina Central Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX Global Basketball Classic ESPN3 73–65 3,342 7–1 12/19/2015 7:00 pm yes Eastern Illinois Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX Global Basketball Classic ESPN3 81–65 3,428 8–1 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Grand Canyon Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV Global Basketball Classic semifinals 69–78   8–2 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Wyoming Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV Global Basketball Classic 3rd place game 94–89 OT   9–2 12/28/2015 1:00 pm yes Nicholls State Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPN3 76–49 3,403 10–2 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| AAC regular season 12/30/2015 1:00 pm yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNU 73–67 2,754 11–2 1–0 01/02/2016 11:00 am yes Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNews 77–50 5,374 12–2 2–0 01/05/2016 8:00 pm Tulane Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPNU 63–45 3,235 13–2 3–0 01/13/2016 6:00 pm yes Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPNU 59–70 9,345 13–3 3–1 01/17/2016 1:00 pm UConn Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX CBSSN 57–69 4,672 13–4 3–2 01/19/2016 8:00 pm yes SMU 8 Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNU 73–77 7,059 13–5 3–3 01/23/2016 3:00 pm South Florida Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX CBSSN 62–71 3,724 13–6 3–4 01/27/2016 7:00 pm Tulsa Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPNews 81–66 3,185 14–6 4–4 01/30/2016 11:00 am yes East Carolina Williams Arena Greenville, NC ESPNews 97–93 2OT 5,212 15–6 5–4 02/01/2016 7:00 pm SMU 12 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX CBSSN 71–68 6,195 16–6 6–4 02/07/2016 2:00 pm yes Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK ESPNU 63–77 4,321 16–7 6–5 02/10/2016 6:00 pm Memphis Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPNU 98–90 4,060 17–7 7–5 02/13/2016 2:00 pm UCF Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPNews 82–58 4,126 18–7 8–5 02/17/2016 8:30 pm yes Tulane Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA ESPNews 82–69 1,593 19–7 9–5 02/21/2016 6:00 pm Temple Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPNews 66–69 4,466 19–8 9–6 02/24/2016 6:00 pm yes UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPNU 88–61 4,664 20–8 10–6 02/28/2016 12:00 pm yes UConn Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT CBSSN 75–68 9,667 21–8 11–6 03/03/2016 8:00 pm Cincinnati Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX CBSSN 69–56 4,171 22–8 12–6 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| American Athletic Conference tournament 03/11/2016 6:00 pm yes 2 Tulane 10 Amway Center Orlando, FL Quarterfinals ESPNU 69–72 22–9 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| NIT 03/16/2016* 7:00 pm yes 5 Georgia Tech 4 Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA First round ESPN2 62–81 22–10 AP Poll Central Time Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 19 RV Coaches' 0 20 RV RV References Houston Category:Houston Cougars men's basketball seasons Houston Houston Houston