2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Houston Cougars Houston Cougars Logo (1999-2012).svg 150 Conference USA C-USA 19–16 7–9 Tom Penders 6th Melvin Haralson Kevin Lewis Jerry Hobbie Hofheinz Pavilion Conference USA tournament champions NCAA tournament First Round The 2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2009–10 season. It was their 65th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Tom Penders, who was serving in his 6th year in that position. The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston and were members of Conference USA. The Cougars finished the season 19–16, 7–9 in C-USA play. They won the 2010 Conference USA tournament, earning them a place in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1992. They earned a 13 seed in the Midwest Region where they were defeated by Maryland in the first round. Men's Basketball Fights Hard But Falls To Maryland 89–77 at NCAA Tournament https://uhcougars.com/news/2010/3/20/Men_s_Basketball_Fights_Hard_But_Falls_To_Maryland_89_77_at_NCAA_Tournament.aspx uhcougars.com June 11, 2021 March 20, 2010 Head coach Tom Penders retired at the end of the season. https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=10170600 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100325031312/http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=10170600 2010-03-25 Coach Tom Penders Steps Down at Houston - ABC News Roster 2009 Houston Cougars y Kelvin Lewis 0 G 6 4 195 SR Fort Worth, Texas y Sean Coleman 1 G 6 8 215 SR y Houston, Texas Zamal Nixon 2 G 6 1 170 JR Brooklyn, New York Maurice McNeil 3 F 6 9 215 JR New York, New York Nick Mosley 4 C 6 9 220 SR Beeville, Texas Nick Haywood 5 G 6 0 170 FR Monroe, Louisiana Desmond Wade 11 G 5 8 150 SO Linden, New Jersey Aubrey Coleman 12 G 6 4 200 SR Houston, Texas y Jamon Wilson 20 G 6 0 195 SR Houston, Texas Cory Tellis 21 G 6 0 190 JR Friendswood, Texas Bryce Clark 23 F 6 5 210 FR Fort Lauderdale, Florida Kahmell Broughton 24 F 6 7 245 JR Carteret, New Jersey Adam Brown 31 G 6 4 175 FR San Antonio, Texas Kirk Van Slyke 32 F 6 9 215 FR The Woodlands, Texas Kendrick Washington 40 F 6 7 270 FR Shreveport, Louisiana Qa'rraan Calhoun 41 F 6 8 215 JR Hazlet, New Jersey Tom Penders (UConn) Melvin Haralson (Auburn) Kevin Lewis (SMU) Jerry Hobbie (Fordham) http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/hou-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2009-11-27 Schedule |- !colspan=7|Regular season 2009/11/17 7:00PM 92–60 yes 2009 men Nicholls Colonels Nicholls State Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas 3,076 1–0 2009/11/21 10:05PM 99–112 yes yes Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada 5,721 1–1 2009/11/26 10:30PM 100–93 yes yes Oklahoma 25 Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska Great Alaska Shootout CSS 5,447 2–1 2009/11/27 10:30PM 65–72 yes yes 2009 men San Diego Toreros San Diego Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska Great Alaska Shootout CSS 5,700 2–2 |- 2009/11/28 7:30PM 73–57 yes yes 2009 men Alaska Anchorage Seawolves Alaska Anchorage Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska Great Alaska Shootout CSS 5,599 3–2 2009/12/06 2:00PM 83–76 yes 2009 men Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas 2,628 4–2 2009/12/14 7:00PM 93–85 yes 2009 men Troy Trojans Troy Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas 2,612 5–2 2009/12/19 1:00PM 64–70 yes Mississippi State Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas CSS 3,422 5–3 2009/12/21 7:00PM 81–58 yes The Citadel Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas 2,617 6–3 2009/12/23 7:00PM 105–81 yes 2009 men TCU Horned Frogs TCU Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas 3,155 7–3 2009/12/29 7:00PM 94–99 yes Louisiana Tech Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas 2,862 7–4 2010/01/01 1:00PM 82–83 yes yes 2009 men UTSA Roadrunners UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, Texas 1,263 7–5 2010/01/03 1:00PM 75–82 yes yes Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa 13,288 7–6 2010/01/06 8:00PM 83–66 yes 2009 men Rice Owls Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas Bayou Cup CSS 2,069 8–6 1–0 2010/01/09 6:00PM 80–86 Tulsa Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas CBS CS 3,115 8–7 1–1 2010/01/13 6:00PM 75–65 UTEP Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas 2,862 9–7 2–1 2010/01/16 6:00PM 74–55 yes East Carolina Minges Coliseum Greenville, North Carolina 3,928 10–7 3–1 2010/01/20 7:00PM 71–78 UCF Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas 3,578 10–8 3–2 2010/01/23 7:00PM 77–92 yes Memphis FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee ESPN2 17,452 10–9 3–3 2010/01/30 5:00PM 81–66 Marshall Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas CSS 4,457 11–9 4–3 2010/02/03 9:00PM 58–65 yes UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas CBS CS 10,595 11–10 4–4 2010/02/06 5:00PM 55–57 2009 men Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas CSS 3,019 11–11 4–5 2010/02/10 7:00PM 74–72 yes yes 2009 men Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky 3,168 12–11 2010/02/13 4:00PM 66–60 2009 men SMU Mustangs SMU Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas 3,021 13–11 5–5 2010/02/16 6:00PM 65–68 yes UCF UCF Arena Orlando, Florida CSS 4,838 13–12 5–6 2010/02/20 7:00PM 66–75 yes UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama 5,790 13–13 5–7 2010/02/24 7:00PM 92–75 Memphis Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas 4,063 14–13 6–7 2010/02/27 7:00PM 83–94 yes SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas 3,535 14–14 6–8 2010/03/03 7:00PM 78–70 Rice Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas Bayou Cup 3,546 15–14 7–8 2010/03/06 7:00PM 76–79 yes 2009 men Tulane Green Wave Tulane Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana 1,608 15–15 7–9 |- !colspan=7|C-USA tournament 2010/03/10 12:00PM 93–80 yes 7 yes East Carolina 10 BOK Center Tulsa, Oklahoma First round 6,961 16–15 2010/03/11 12:00PM 66–65 yes 7 yes Memphis 2 BOK Center Tulsa, Oklahoma Quarterfinals CBS CS 7,089 17–15 2010/03/12 5:30PM 74–66 yes 7 yes Southern Miss 6 BOK Center Tulsa, Oklahoma Semifinals CBS CS 8,657 18–15 2010/03/13 10:30AM 81–73 yes 7 yes UTEP 25 1 BOK Center Tulsa, Oklahoma Championship game CBS 8,476 19–15 |- !colspan=7|NCAA Division I tournament 2010/03/19 9:34PM 77–89 yes 13 MW yes Maryland 20 4 MW Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Washington First round CBS 10,861 19–16 Central Standard Time MW Midwest region References Houston Category:Houston Cougars men's basketball seasons Houston Houston Cougars men's b Houston Cougars men's b