2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball
2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball
Conference USA tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Conference USA
Record	19–16 (7–9 C-USA)
Head coach	Tom Penders (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Melvin Haralson; Kevin Lewis; Jerry Hobbie;
Home arena	Hofheinz Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2008–09 2010–11 →

2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UTEP	15	–	1	.938	26	–	7	.788
Memphis	13	–	3	.813	24	–	10	.706
UAB	11	–	5	.688	25	–	9	.735
Marshall	11	–	5	.688	24	–	10	.706
Tulsa	10	–	6	.625	23	–	12	.657
Southern Miss	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Houston†	7	–	9	.438	19	–	16	.543
SMU	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
East Carolina	4	–	12	.250	10	–	21	.323
Tulane	3	–	13	.188	8	–	22	.267
Rice	1	–	15	.063	8	–	23	.258
UCF*	0	–	10	.000	0	–	17	.000

† 2010 CUSA Tournament winner As of March 20, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll *UCF vacated its wins from the 2010–11 season after it was discovered that there was an ineligible player on the team.

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.^[1] Head coach Tom Penders retired at the end of the season.^[2]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Kelvin Lewis	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Fort Worth, Texas
G	1	Sean Coleman	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Sr	Houston, Texas
G	2	Zamal Nixon	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Brooklyn, New York
F	3	Maurice McNeil	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	New York, New York
C	4	Nick Mosley	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Beeville, Texas
G	5	Nick Haywood	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Monroe, Louisiana
G	11	Desmond Wade	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	So	Linden, New Jersey
G	12	Aubrey Coleman	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Houston, Texas
G	20	Jamon Wilson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Houston, Texas
G	21	Cory Tellis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Friendswood, Texas
F	23	Bryce Clark	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
F	24	Kahmell Broughton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Carteret, New Jersey
G	31	Adam Brown	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	San Antonio, Texas
F	32	Kirk Van Slyke	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	The Woodlands, Texas
F	40	Kendrick Washington	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Fr	Shreveport, Louisiana
F	41	Qa'rraan Calhoun	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Hazlet, New Jersey

Head coach

Tom Penders (Connecticut)

Assistant coach(es)

Melvin Haralson (Auburn)
Kevin Lewis (SMU)
Jerry Hobbie (Fordham)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2009-11-27

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
2009/11/17* 7:00PM		Nicholls State	W 92–60	1–0	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,076) Houston, Texas
2009/11/21* 10:05PM		at Nevada	L 99–112	1–1	Lawlor Events Center (5,721) Reno, Nevada
2009/11/26* 10:30PM, CSS		vs. No. 25 Oklahoma Great Alaska Shootout	W 100–93	2–1	Sullivan Arena (5,447) Anchorage, Alaska
2009/11/27* 10:30PM, CSS		vs. San Diego Great Alaska Shootout	L 65–72	2–2	Sullivan Arena (5,700) Anchorage, Alaska
2009/11/28* 7:30PM, CSS		vs. Alaska Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout	W 73–57	3–2	Sullivan Arena (5,599) Anchorage, Alaska
2009/12/06* 2:00PM		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 83–76	4–2	Hofheinz Pavilion (2,628) Houston, Texas
2009/12/14* 7:00PM		Troy	W 93–85	5–2	Hofheinz Pavilion (2,612) Houston, Texas
2009/12/19* 1:00PM, CSS		Mississippi State	L 64–70	5–3	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,422) Houston, Texas
2009/12/21* 7:00PM		The Citadel	W 81–58	6–3	Hofheinz Pavilion (2,617) Houston, Texas
2009/12/23* 7:00PM		TCU	W 105–81	7–3	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,155) Houston, Texas
2009/12/29* 7:00PM		Louisiana Tech	L 94–99	7–4	Hofheinz Pavilion (2,862) Houston, Texas
2010/01/01* 1:00PM		at UTSA	L 82–83	7–5	Convocation Center (1,263) San Antonio, Texas
2010/01/03* 1:00PM		at Iowa State	L 75–82	7–6	Hilton Coliseum (13,288) Ames, Iowa
2010/01/06 8:00PM, CSS		at Rice Bayou Cup	W 83–66	8–6 (1–0)	Tudor Fieldhouse (2,069) Houston, Texas
2010/01/09 6:00PM, CBS CS		Tulsa	L 80–86	8–7 (1–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,115) Houston, Texas
2010/01/13 6:00PM		UTEP	W 75–65	9–7 (2–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion (2,862) Houston, Texas
2010/01/16 6:00PM		at East Carolina	W 74–55	10–7 (3–1)	Minges Coliseum (3,928) Greenville, North Carolina
2010/01/20 7:00PM		UCF	L 71–78	10–8 (3–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,578) Houston, Texas
2010/01/23 7:00PM, ESPN2		at Memphis	L 77–92	10–9 (3–3)	FedEx Forum (17,452) Memphis, Tennessee
2010/01/30 5:00PM, CSS		Marshall	W 81–66	11–9 (4–3)	Hofheinz Pavilion (4,457) Houston, Texas
2010/02/03 9:00PM, CBS CS		at UTEP	L 58–65	11–10 (4–4)	Don Haskins Center (10,595) El Paso, Texas
2010/02/06 5:00PM, CSS		Southern Miss	L 55–57	11–11 (4–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,019) Houston, Texas
2010/02/10* 7:00PM		at Western Kentucky	W 74–72	12–11	Diddle Arena (3,168) Bowling Green, Kentucky
2010/02/13 4:00PM		SMU	W 66–60	13–11 (5–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,021) Houston, Texas
2010/02/16 6:00PM, CSS		at UCF	L 65–68	13–12 (5–6)	UCF Arena (4,838) Orlando, Florida
2010/02/20 7:00PM		at UAB	L 66–75	13–13 (5–7)	Bartow Arena (5,790) Birmingham, Alabama
2010/02/24 7:00PM		Memphis	W 92–75	14–13 (6–7)	Hofheinz Pavilion (4,063) Houston, Texas
2010/02/27 7:00PM		at SMU	L 83–94	14–14 (6–8)	Moody Coliseum (3,535) Dallas, Texas
2010/03/03 7:00PM		Rice Bayou Cup	W 78–70	15–14 (7–8)	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,546) Houston, Texas
2010/03/06 7:00PM		at Tulane	L 76–79	15–15 (7–9)	Fogelman Arena (1,608) New Orleans, Louisiana
C-USA tournament
2010/03/10* 12:00PM	(7)	vs. (10) East Carolina First round	W 93–80	16–15	BOK Center (6,961) Tulsa, Oklahoma
2010/03/11* 12:00PM, CBS CS	(7)	vs. (2) Memphis Quarterfinals	W 66–65	17–15	BOK Center (7,089) Tulsa, Oklahoma
2010/03/12* 5:30PM, CBS CS	(7)	vs. (6) Southern Miss Semifinals	W 74–66	18–15	BOK Center (8,657) Tulsa, Oklahoma
2010/03/13* 10:30AM, CBS	(7)	vs. (1) No. 25 UTEP Championship game	W 81–73	19–15	BOK Center (8,476) Tulsa, Oklahoma
NCAA Division I tournament
2010/03/19* 9:34PM, CBS	(13 MW)	vs. (4 MW) No. 20 Maryland First round	L 77–89	19–16	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (10,861) Spokane, Washington
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest region. All times are in Central Standard Time.

References

^ "Men's Basketball Fights Hard But Falls To Maryland 89–77 at NCAA Tournament". uhcougars.com. March 20, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
^ "Coach Tom Penders Steps Down at Houston - ABC News". Archived from the original on March 25, 2010.

[1] "Men's Basketball Fights Hard But Falls To Maryland 89–77 at NCAA Tournament". uhcougars.com. March 20, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2021.

[2] "Coach Tom Penders Steps Down at Houston - ABC News". Archived from the original on March 25, 2010.

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