GAME 35 • NCAA TOURNAMENT MIDWEST REGION FIRST ROUND • vs. (14) GEORGIA STATE • 6:20 p.m. • MARCH 22, 2019 @UHCougarMBK UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON BASKETBALL ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 3204 Cullen Blvd. • Suite 2008 • Houston, TX • 77204 • Contact: Jeff Conrad ([email protected]) O: (713) 743-9410 | C: (713) 557-3841 | F: (713) 743-9411 • UHCougars.com #11/9 HOUSTON COUGARS (31-3 • 16-2 American) SETTING the SCENE Nov. 1 DALLAS BAPTIST (Ex.) W, 89-60 NCAA TOURNAMENT MIDWEST REGION FIRST ROUND Men Against Breast Cancer Cougar Cup #11/9 (3) HOUSTON COUGARS (31-3 • 16-2 American) Television: TBS Nov. 10 ALABAMA A&M (H&PE) ESPN3 W, 101-54 Brad Nessler (PxP) Nov. 14 RICE (H&PE) ESPN3 W, 79-68 vs. (14) GEORGIA STATE PANTHERS (24-9 • 13-5 SBC) Steve Lavin (analyst) Nov. 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE (H&PE) W, 82-55 Jim Jackson (analyst) Nov. 24 at BYU BYUtv W, 76-62 6:20 p.m. • Friday, March 22, 2019 Evan Washburn (reporter) Nov. 28 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY (H&PE) W, 58-53 BOK Center (17,996) • Tulsa, Okla. Radio: 950 AM KPRC Inaugural Game in Fertitta Center (Houston) TBS• KPRC 950 AM Jeremy Branham (PxP) Dec. 1 #18/21 OREGON ESPN2 W, 65-61 Elvin Hayes (analyst) Dec. 4 LAMAR ESPN3 W, 79-56 COUGARS OPEN NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY vs. GEORGIA STATE in TULSA Pregame show begins at 6:05 p.m. Dec. 8 at Oklahoma State FS Oklahoma W, 63-53 • For the second straight season and the 21st time in school history, the Cougars will Dec. 12 LSU ESPN2 W, 82-76 compete in the NCAA Tournament when it meets No. 14 seed Georgia State at 6:20 p.m., Series vs. GSU: First meeting Dec. 16 SAINT LOUIS ESPNU W, 68-64 Friday, inside the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. • Playing as the No. 3 seed, Cougars are making consecutive NCAA Tournament ap- Dec. 20 UTAH STATE ESPN3 W, 60-50 pearances for the first time since 1983-84 and with the program’s highest seeding Houston Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson Dec. 23 COPPIN STATE W, 75-44 since the 1984 team competed as the No. 2 seed on the way to the NCAA Final Four. (UNC Pembroke ‘78) Dec. 29 rv/- NJIT ESPN3 W, 80-59 • No. 11/9 Houston earned its at-large bid to the NCAA postseason after capturing the Career Record: 614-321 (30th year) American Athletic Conference regular-season championship and posting a 31-3 record Houston Record: 114-51 (5th year) Jan. 2 * TULSA ESPN3 W, 74-56 for one of the finest seasons in school history. vs. GSU: 1-0 (1-0 with Oklahoma) Jan. 6 * MEMPHIS ESPNews W, 90-77 • Houston fans should have pleasant memories of the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. In vs. Ron Hunter: 1-0 (1-0 with Indiana) Jan. 9 * at Temple ESPNews L, 69-73 2010, the Cougars won four straight games in as many days to capture the Conference in NCAA Tournament: 13-14 Jan. 12 * WICHITA STATE CBSSN W, 79-70 USA Championship title over UTEP and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first (1-1 with Houston) Jan. 16 * at SMU ESPNews W, 69-58 time since 1992. Jan. 19 * at USF ESPNU W, 69-60 HEADLINES and STORYLINES GSU Head Coach: Ron Hunter Jan. 23 * ECU ESPN3 W, 94-50 • With its win at No 20/19 Cincinnati on March 10, Houston clinched the outright (Miami (Ohio) ‘86) Jan. 27 * at Tulsa ESPNews W, 77-65 American Athletic Conference regular-season championship... First outright regular- Career Record: 445-313 (25th yr.) Jan. 31 * TEMPLE ESPN2 W, 73-66 season title for the Cougars since 1984 in the Southwest Conference. GSU Record: 171-95 (8th yr.) • Cougars stand at No. 9 in the most recent USA TODAY Coaches’ and at No. 11 in the vs. Houston: 0-1 (0-1 with IUPUI) Feb. 7 * at UCF CBSSN W, 77-68 most Associated Press polls and at No. 4 in the NCAA NET rankings (as of March 18).... Feb. 10 * #25/23 CINCINNATI ESPN W, 65-58 15th straight week Cougars have been ranked in both national polls this season. vs. Kelvin Sampson: 0-1 (0-1 with IUPUI) Feb. 14 * at UConn ESPN W, 71-63 • For the second straight season, Houston Head Coach Kelvin Sampson was rec- ognized as the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year... Senior guard Corey Up Next * NCAA Tournament Feb. 17 * at Tulane CBSSN W, 85-50 Davis Jr. was named to the league’s First Team, while junior guard Armoni Brooks for Houston: Second Round Feb. 23 * USF ESPN2 W, 71-59 earned a place on the Second Team... Guard Nate Hinton was named to the All-Fresh- vs. #24/23 (6) Iowa State-(11) Ohio State winner Feb. 27 * at ECU ESPN3 W, 99-65 man Team... Sophomore guard DeJon Jarreau was recognized as the league’s Sixth Time TBA • Sunday Man of the Year, while senior guard Galen Robinson Jr. received the Sportsmanship March 2 * UCF ESPN L, 64-69 Award. BOK Center • Tulsa, Okla. March 7 * SMU ESPN W, 90-79 • Leading the Cougars to one of the finest seasons in school history,Head Coach TV TBA • KPRC 950 AM March 10 * at #20/19 Cincinnati CBS W, 85-69 Kelvin Sampson is a finalist for the Henry Iba Award, Werner Ladder Naismith Coach * – with win over Georgia State American Athletic Conference Championship (Memphis, Tenn.) of the Year, Jim Phelan Award and Ben Jobe Award. March 15 vs. (9) UConn ESPN2 W, 84-45 • In a program filled with legendary coaches and student-athletes, senior point guard Galen Robinson Jr. has won 101 games during his Houston career, the second most March 16 vs. (5) Memphis ESPN2 W, 61-58 in UH history... He will tie a school record with his 134th game played on Friday vs. March 17 vs. #24/23 (2) Cincinnati ESPN L, 57-69 Georgia State and set a school record with 54 conference victories, moving past Mi- NCAA Tournament Midwest Region (Tulsa, Okla.) chael Young (1980-84)... Robinson also stands among Cougars’ Top-10 career leaders March 22 vs. (14) Georgia State TBS 6:20 p.m. in games played (133, 2nd); games started (116, 5th); conference games started (66, March 24 vs. #24/23 (6) Iowa State-(11) Ohio State TBA TBA 1st) and minutes played (3,648, 7th). • Through games of March 17, Houston is tied for the national lead in winning per- Home Games in BOLD CAPS centage (.912), leads the nation in field-goal percentage defense (.367) and ranks @UHCOUGARMBK Home games played inside Fertitta Center unless noted (H&PE) second in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.276)... Cougars also rank eighth in Times are Central and subject to change scoring defense (61.2), eighth in scoring margin (+14.4) and eighth in total rebounds #ForTheCity Rankings – AP/USA TODAY Coaches’ per game (40.9 rpg). #GoCoogs THE KELVIN SAMPSON RADIO SHOW HOUSTON COUGARS at a GLANCE (starters based on season) FUDDRUCKERS • 3929 Southwest Freeway PROBABLE STARTERS Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown G-GS PPG RPG Other 25 Galen Robinson Jr. G 6-1 190 Sr.-3L Houston, Texas 34-34 8.0 3.1 4.9 apg 7-8 p.m. • Mondays 5 Corey Davis Jr. G 6-1 190 Sr.-1L Lafayette, La. 34-33 16.7 3.2 86.6 FT% Head Coach Kelvin Sampson 3 Armoni Brooks G 6-3 195 Jr.-2L Round Rock, Texas 34-33 13.6 6.5 3.3 3FGpg holds weekly radio show at Fud- 35 Fabian White Jr. F 6-7 230 So.-1L Atascocita, Texas 29-19 6.0 3.7 0.8 apg druckers (3929 Southwest 24 Breaon Brady F 6-8 260 Sr.-1L Akron, Ohio 34-33 6.1 4.0 57.7 FG% Freeway). Hosted by Jer- RESERVES Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown G-GS PPG RPG Other emy Branham, the show 11 Nate Hinton G 6-4 210 Fr.-HS Gastonia, N.C. 34-1 7.6 4.4 86.4 FT% airs from 7 to 8 p.m., on most 13 DeJon Jarreau G 6-5 185 r-So.-TR New Orleans, La. 27-0 8.9 3.9 3.4 apg Mondays during the American 23 Cedrick Alley, Jr. F 6-5 230 r-Fr.-RS Houston, Texas 34-18 5.0 3.1 0.7 apg Athletic Conference season. 1 Chris Harris Jr. C 6-10 245 r-Jr.-1L Houston, Texas 23-0 2.8 3.6 1.1 bpg Fans can join the show at the restaurant, tune in to KPRC 950 AM or 55 Brison Gresham F/C 6-8 225 r-So.-TR New Orleans, La. 34-1 3.2 3.6 1.8 orpg listen via Houston All-Access at uhcou- 2 Landon Goesling G 6-0 175 r-Sr.-TR Bakersfield, Calif. 16-1 3.0 0.6 0.4 apg Jan. 7 Feb. 11 gars.com/allaccess. 30 Caleb Broodo C 6-7 230 r-Fr.-RS Midland, Mich. 7-0 0.0 0.9 ––– Jan. 14 Feb. 18 Fans can participate in the show 15 Neil VanBeck G 6-4 200 Fr.-HS Houston, Texas Walk-on guard, brother of letterman Wes VanBeck Jan. 21 Feb. 25 by asking questions in person at the 4 * Justin Gorham F 6-7 225 Jr.-TR Columbia, Md. 9.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg at Towson in 2017-18 Jan.