MEDIA ALMANAC HISTORY Historical Highlights .................. 84-85 Houston Basketball A to Z........... 86-89 Cougars in the NBA/NBA Draft .... 90-91 1966-67 NCAA Final Four Team .........92 1967-68 NCAA Final Four Team .........93 1981-82 NCAA Final Four Team .........94 1982-83 NCAA Final Four Team .........95 1983-84 NCAA Final Four Team .........96 Game of the Century .......................97 Coach Guy V. Lewis ..........................98 Otis Birdsong .................................99 Clyde Drexler ............................... 100 Elvin Hayes .................................. 101 Hakeem Olajuwon ........................ 102 Michael Young .............................. 103 Honor Roll .............................104-107 NCAA Tournament Results .......106-107 2018-19 HOUSTON Conference Tournament Results . 109-111 NIT/CBI Results............................. 112 MEN’S UHCougars.com ............................ 113 All-Time Lettermen ................114-115 BASKETBALL Jersey Numbers ......................116-117 All-Time Series .......................118-119 Series Records ........................120-127 All-Time Results .....................128-136 Year-by-Year / Coaching Records ..... 137 83 2018-19 HOUSTON MEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY After winning college basketball’s “Game of the Century,” playing defensive ability. He ended his career as Houston’s all-time career 16-0 Southwest Conference record while winning the league’s regular in five NCAA Final Fours and producing the high-flying fraternity scoring leader at that time with 1,452 points. season and SWC Postseason Classic championships. known as “Phi Slama Jama”, the University of Houston has proven to Houston also was a quarterfinalist in the 1962 NIT, as the Cougars Houston advanced to the NCAA Championship game for the first be one of college basketball’s most popular and one of the nation’s were led by New York native Jack Thompson and All-America center time in school history, but was upset by No. 16 NC State on a last-second most successful programs. Lyle Harger. Harger averaged 15.9 points and 10.6 rebounds that dunk by Lorenzo Charles. Houston’s legacy includes conference championships in four season, while future assistant coach Donnie Schverak chipped in Houston also was a NCAA Tournament finalist in 1983-84 after different leagues, 34 consecutive seasons without a losing record, 15.5 points. the Cougars set a school record with 32 wins. Olajuwon was named a 19 All-American players, three of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players and In 1964, Lewis signed two of the first three African-American ath- consensus All-American after leading the nation in field goal percent- three members of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. The Cougars letes in school history: Elvin Hayes and Don Chaney. Hayes is the only age, rebounding and blocked shots. The following season, the Cougars extended their winning heritage in 2004-05 by posting their 1,000th three-time All-America First-Team selection in school history, while played in the NIT. win in the school’s history. Chaney earned All-American honors in 1968. They combined to lead Following the 1985-86 season Lewis announced his retirement Houston to its first two NCAA Final Four appearances in 1967 and 1968. as coach and ended his career with a 592-279 record. He led the ORIGINS OF SUCCESS Hayes also claimed Houston’s career, single-season and single-game Cougars to 14 NCAA Tournament appearances and two NIT berths Houston’s first athletics team was its intercollegiate basketball scoring and rebounding records and continues to hold them today. during his tenure. team, which began playing at the end of World War II. The Lone Star In 1968, the Cougars played in college basketball’s most significant Conference suspended operations in 1943 and 1944 because of World game of the 20th century, when second-ranked Houston challenged FOSTER ERA BEGINS War II and invited Houston to join the league when it resumed in 1945. defending national champion UCLA in the Astrodome on Jan. 20, 1968. Pat Foster took the helm in 1986-87 and led the Cougars to six Under the direction of head coach Alden Pasche, the Cougars Not only did the game have two outstanding teams, it also featured postseason tournaments during the next seven years. The Cougars played their first game against defending league champion North Texas two consensus All-Americans and future Naismith Basketball Hall of played in the NCAA Tournament in his first season and advanced to on Jan. 10, 1946. The Cougars’ starting lineup that night consisted of Fame players in the first nationally televised regular-season game. If the second round of the NIT with a win over Fordham in 1987-88. team captain and center Guy V. Lewis, forwards Jack Wagner and that was not enough, it also marked the first game played in a domed In 1989-90, Houston returned to the NCAA Tournament when Dick Pratt, along with guards Willie Wells and Charlie Carpenter. stadium with an attendance of more than 53,000 people. Carl Herrera, Craig Upchurch and Byron Smith combined to lead That night, Lewis scored 19 points, while Wells added 16 to lead The contest lived up to all of its pregame hype, as Hayes sank two the Cougars to a 25-8 record. Herrera led the Cougars with 16.7 points the Cougars to a 62-35 victory. Pratt scored the first field goal in school free throws in the final 29 seconds to give the Cougars a 71-69 victory. and 9.6 rebounds per game before leaving for the professional ranks. history and ended the game with 12 points for Houston. After beating the Bruins, Houston finished the 1968 regular season with Smith averaged 16.3 points, and Upchurch posted averages of 13.1 The Cougars went on to finish the season with a 10-4 record a 28-0 record atop both the AP and UPI national polls. points and 7.0 rebounds. and were the Lone Star Conference champions with an 8-2 league Playing without starting point guard George Reynolds in the NCAA Before the start of the 1990-91 season, Upchurch suffered a season- record. Lewis set a conference record, averaging 21.1 points in 10 Tournament, the Cougars advanced to their second straight NCAA Final ending back injury during preseason workouts, but Smith combined league games. Four before falling to UCLA 101-69, as the Bruins used a box-and-one with 7-foot center Alvaro Teheran to lead the Cougars to a NIT ap- The Cougars won a second consecutive LSC championship the fol- defense to handcuff Hayes. Houston ended the season as the first team pearance. The next season, Houston returned to the NCAA Tournament lowing year as Lewis averaged 19.7 points per game and Wells added in school history to win 30 games with a 31-2 record. as Houston reloaded with SWC Newcomers of the Year Sam Mack and 10.2 points per contest. Houston finished the 1946-47 season with a After the season, Ken Spain became Houston’s first Olympian in Bo Outlaw. Upchurch also returned for his senior season and the trio 15-7 overall record and was 11-1 in LSC play. 1968, when he helped the United States win a gold medal in Mexico led the Cougars to another 25-win campaign. City. In 1992-93, Outlaw teamed with David Diaz and Anthony Gold- HOUSTON CHANGES LEAGUES wire to lead Houston to 21 wins and the NIT. Outlaw was named the After a fourth place finish and a runner-up showing in the Lone Star PERENNIAL POWER SWC Player of the Year after leading the nation in field-goal percentage Conference standings in 1947-48 and 1948-49, the Cougars moved to After two consecutive NCAA Final Four Appearances, Houston’s and leading the SWC in blocked shots for the second straight year. He the Gulf Coast Conference and won a league championship with a 6-0 national success continued in the 1970s, as the Cougars opened the also chipped in with 16.2 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Diaz conference record in their only season as a league member. decade with four straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Early in the led the Cougars with 17.2 points per game, while Goldwire averaged Houston joined one of the nation’s strongest collegiate basketball decade, the Cougars featured a lineup of All-Americans that included 14.2 points and 5.7 assists per game in his first season as a Cougar. conferences, the Missouri Valley Conference, in 1950. Ollie Taylor, point guard Poo Welch, 6-8 standout Dwight Davis Following the 1993 NIT, Foster resigned as head coach. Alvin and Louis Dunbar. Taylor led the Cougars to a NCAA Sweet 16 finish Brooks, Foster’s assistant coach for seven seasons, was named head IN THE VALLEY in 1969-70. Welch and Davis combined to lead Houston to another coach. The Missouri Valley Conference featured 13 squads that were NCAA Sweet 16 the following year. ranked among the nation’s Top Five teams from 1950-60. In addition Houston competed in its third straight NCAA Tournament in 1971- BROOKS NAMED HEAD COACH to its outstanding teams, the MVC produced 28 All-America performers 72, and Dwight Jones played for the U.S. Olympic team later that Brooks enjoyed his best season as a head coach in 1995-96 when during the 1960s. summer. In 1972-73, Houston was invited to the NCAA Tournament he led Houston to a 17-10 record and a second-place finish in the final The Cougars played their first game against a nationally ranked for a fourth straight year. That team was led by Jones and Dunbar, a season of the Southwest Conference. Houston also upset third-ranked team in 1950-51, when they faced No. 5 Bradley.