Kelvin Sampson
Basketball
These Cougars Took Us On One Memorable Ride
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Another Big 12 team wins the national championship, and with it, the 2021-2022 season has finally ended. And that means I can finally write...
Legends
Beat Down, Arizona! Cougars Upset #1 Seed Wildcats
Houston is now 2-3 all-time vs. #1 seeds. The wins are over Louisville in 1983 and Arizona in 2022.
UH now faces #2 Villanova...
By The Numbers
Coogs Are Undefeated In NCAA Tournament Games In Texas
Houston defeated Illinois on Sunday, 68-53, to advance to the Sweet 16 for the third-straight NCAA Tournament. The Cougars will face #1 seed Arizona...
Perspective
40-Minute War: UH Conquers With Overwhelming Force
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Sure, it's about culture. But every winner has "culture." The Houston basketball renaissance is more than that one word. There's more to the story....
Basketball Photos
Houston wins the AAC Championship For 3rd Time in 4 Years
UH shutdown Cincinnati in the second half en route to their 25th win of the season. The 71-53 win also clinched Houston's third American...
Basketball
UH Basketball: The Journey, The Ladder, And Those Nets
It could be ladder night. Which means cutting down the nets. Which means winning conference titles. A win tonight would be Houston's 10th regular-season...
Basketball
Sampson Speaks And Summing Up SMU
The Houston Cougars are 23-4 overall and 12-2 in American Athletic Conference play and have a full-game lead on SMU. A win would put...
By The Numbers
News, Numbers, & Notes Heading Into The SMU Game
UH's overall scoring defense is 6.77 ppg better than #2 Cincinnati among AAC teams. For context: teams 2-9 are within 6.77 points of each...
The Crux
The Crux: There’s Always Someone Else To Step Up
After Sasser and Mark were lost for the year in late December, everything changed. Expectations, roles, even Kelvin Sampson's demeanor. A short "COVID pause"...
By The Numbers
Is The Current Era As Good As The Late 60s Or PSJ?
The most interesting days to write about, well, anything I guess, are when you sit down with a theme or a story idea in...
Basketball Photos
UH Moves To 5-0 in AAC Play As Kyler Edwards Stays Hot
The #10 Houston Cougars dismantled South Florida Tuesday night at Fertitta Center, 74-55. A day after being named AAC Player of the Week, Kyler...
Perspective
A mid-season reinvention and the new Cougar cheat code
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A new year means a new look during the Kelvin Sampson era. Every team looks different, and the offense plays a slightly different style....
Basketball
Shocker: Houston wins another home game
Houston beat Wichita State Saturday afternoon, 76-66, surviving their hell week by winning three games in 7 days. Josh Carlton continued his great play,...
Basketball
Sampson looks ahead to Wichita State
Head coach Kelvin Sampson met with the media Friday morning less than 24 hours before the game against Wichita State. Before losing the game...
Basketball
Cougars pull away from USF, 83-66
Josh Carlton dominated in the paint and led #12 Houston to an 83-66 win at USF Wednesday night. Carlton scored a career-high 30 points,...
Must Read
Film Study
Cougars struggle to get it together in AAC Championship
Just some random thoughts from the Cincinnati game:
In the championship game era, the Cougars have gone 8-0 in the conference twice (C-USA 2011,...
Film Study
Film study: Coogs have to overcome two shutdown corners
Friday, we wrote about Cincinnati's imposing DL https://gocoogs.com/cincinnati-dl/
Much like Houston, Cincinnati's defense goes through the linebackers. Dana Holgorsen said this week that both teams have...
Film Study
Film study: Cincinnati’s defensive linemen are no joke
Houston and Cincinnati both play elite defense. On Thursday in an interview on ESPNU Radio, Dana Holgorsen said both teams are similar in many...
Cougar History
1989 box scores and Andre Ware’s season stats
These are newspaper box scores, individual stats, and specifically, Andre Ware's stats and NCAA records from the University of Houston's 1989 football season. Andre...
Cougar History
Andre Ware wins the Heisman Trophy
See every box score and game-by-game stats from Andre Ware's 1989 Heisman Trophy winning season.
Today in 1989, the University of Houston's Andre Ware...