2015–16 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
Appearance
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 14 | - | 4 | .778 | 21 | - | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 SMU* | 13 | - | 5 | .722 | 25 | - | 5 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 12 | - | 6 | .667 | 22 | - | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 12 | - | 6 | .667 | 22 | - | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 12 | - | 6 | .667 | 20 | - | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UConn † | 11 | - | 7 | .611 | 25 | - | 11 | .694 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 8 | - | 10 | .444 | 19 | - | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 6 | - | 12 | .333 | 12 | - | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 4 | - | 14 | .222 | 12 | - | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 4 | - | 14 | .222 | 8 | - | 25 | .242 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 3 | - | 15 | .167 | 12 | - | 22 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Ineligible for postseason due to postseason ban † American Athletic Conference tournament Champions Rankings from AP poll |
The 2015–16 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represents the University of Houston during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars, led by second year head coach Kelvin Sampson, are third year members of the American Athletic Conference. The Cougars’ home arena is the on-campus Hofheinz Pavilion.
Previous Season
The Cougars finished the season 13–19, 4–14 in conference play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the The American Tournament where they lost to Tulsa.
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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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 |
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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
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Chris Harris C |
Houston, TX | Madison High School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Mar 13, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: K.A. Rivals:![]() | ||||||
Galen Robinson PG |
Houston, TX | Westbury Christian School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | K.A. | Nov 20, 2014 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:![]() ![]() | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: NR Rivals: NR ESPN: NR | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/13/2015* 7:00 PM |
Montana Tech | W 96–65 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Prairie View A&M | W 110–59 | 1–0 |
Hofheinz Pavilion (1,223) Houston, TX | |||||||
11/21/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Florida A&M | W 97–52 | 2–0 |
Hofheinz Pavilion (3,163) Houston, TX | |||||||
11/28/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Louisiana–Monroe | W 76–64 | 3–0 |
Hofheinz Pavilion (2,332) Houston, TX | |||||||
11/30/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Texas–Rio Grande Valley | W 78–65 | 4–0 |
Hofheinz Pavilion (1,974) Houston, TX | |||||||
12/02/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Murray State | W 93–78 | 5–0 |
Hofheinz Pavilion (2,089) Houston, TX | |||||||
12/08/2015* 6:00 PM |
at Rhode Island | L 57–67 | 5–1 |
Ryan Center (3,633) Kingston, RI | |||||||
12/13/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPNU |
LSU | W 105–98 OT | 6–1 |
Hofheinz Pavilion (7,918) Houston, TX | |||||||
12/16/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
North Carolina Central Global Basketball Classic |
W 73–65 | 7–1 |
Hofheinz Pavilion (3,342) Houston, TX | |||||||
12/19/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Eastern Illinois Global Basketball Classic |
W 81–65 | 8–1 |
Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | |||||||
12/21/2015* 7:00 PM |
vs. Grand Canyon Global Basketball Classic semifinals |
Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV | |||||||||
12/22/2015* |
vs. Marshall or Wyoming Global Basketball Classic |
Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV | |||||||||
12/28/2015* 1:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Nicholls State | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | |||||||||
AAC regular season | |||||||||||
12/30/2015 1:00 PM, ESPNU |
at South Florida | USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL | |||||||||
01/02/2016 11:00 AM, ESPNews |
at Temple | Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA | |||||||||
01/05/2016 8:00 PM, ESPNU |
Tulane | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | |||||||||
01/13/2016 6:00 PM, ESPNU |
at Cincinnati | Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH | |||||||||
01/17/2016 1:00 PM, CBSSN |
Connecticut | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | |||||||||
01/19/2016 8:00 PM, ESPNU |
at SMU | Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX | |||||||||
01/23/2016 3:00 PM, CBSSN |
South Florida | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | |||||||||
01/27/2016 7:00 PM, ESPNews |
Tulsa | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | |||||||||
01/30/2016 11:00 AM, ESPNews |
at East Carolina | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | |||||||||
02/01/2016 7:00 PM, CBSSN |
SMU | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | |||||||||
02/07/2016 2:00 PM, ESPNU |
at Tulsa | Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK | |||||||||
02/10/2016 6:00 PM, ESPNU |
Memphis | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | |||||||||
02/13/2016 2:00 PM, ESPNews |
UCF | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | |||||||||
02/17/2016 8:30 PM, ESPNews |
at Tulane | Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA | |||||||||
02/21/2016 6:00 PM, ESPNews |
Temple | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | |||||||||
02/24/2016 6:00 PM, ESPNU |
at UCF | CFE Arena Orlando, FL | |||||||||
02/28/2016 12:00 PM, CBSSN |
at Connecticut | Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT | |||||||||
03/03/2016 8:00 PM, CBSSN |
Cincinnati | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX | |||||||||
American Athletic Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
03/10–13/2016 |
vs. | Amway Center Orlando, FL | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
AP | RV | Not released | |||||||||||||||||||
Coaches' |