2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball 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. Head coach Tom Penders retired at the end of the season.

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

2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball standings

	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.

Roster

2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
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  Houston, Texas
2009/11/21* 10:05PM		at Nevada	L 112–99	1–1	Lawlor Events Center  Reno, Nevada
Great Alaska Shootout
2009/11/26* 10:30PM, CSS		vs. No. 25 Oklahoma	W 100–93	2–1	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
2009/11/27* 10:30PM, CSS		vs. San Diego	L 65–62	2–2	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
2009/11/28* 7:30PM, CSS		vs. Alaska Anchorage	W 73–57	3–2	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Regular season
2009/12/06* 2:00PM		Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	W 83–76	4–2	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2009/12/14* 7:00PM		Troy	W 93–85	5–2	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2009/12/19* 1:00PM, CSS		Mississippi State	L 70–64	5–3	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2009/12/21* 7:00PM		The Citadel	W 81–58	6–3	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2009/12/23* 7:00PM		TCU	W 105–81	7–3	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2009/12/29* 7:00PM		Louisiana Tech	L 99–94	7–4	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2010/01/01* 1:00PM		at UTSA	L 83–82	7–5	Convocation Center  San Antonio, Texas
2010/01/03* 1:00PM		at Iowa State	L 82–75	7–6	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
2010/01/06 8:00PM, CSS		at Rice Bayou Cup	W 83–66	8–6 (1–0)	Tudor Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
2010/01/09 6:00PM, CBS CS		Tulsa	L 86–80	8–7 (1–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2010/01/13 6:00PM		UTEP	W 75–65	9–7 (2–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2010/01/16 6:00PM		at East Carolina	W 74–55	10–7 (3–1)	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, North Carolina
2010/01/20 7:00PM		UCF	L 78–71	10–8 (3–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2010/01/23 7:00PM, ESPN2		at Memphis	L 92–77	10–9 (3–3)	FedEx Forum  Memphis, Tennessee
2010/01/30 5:00PM, CSS		Marshall	W 81–66	11–9 (4–3)	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2010/02/03 9:00PM, CBS CS		at UTEP	L 65–58	11–10 (4–4)	Don Haskins Center  El Paso, Texas
2010/02/06 5:00PM, CSS		Southern Miss	L 57–55	11–11 (4–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2010/02/10* 7:00PM		at Western Kentucky	W 74–72	12–11	Diddle Arena  Bowling Green, Kentucky
2010/02/13 4:00PM		SMU	W 66–60	13–11 (5–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2010/02/16 6:00PM, CSS		at UCF	L 68–65	13–12 (5–6)	UCF Arena  Orlando, Florida
2010/02/20 7:00PM		at UAB	L 75–66	13–13 (5–7)	Bartow Arena  Birmingham, Alabama
2010/02/24 7:00PM		Memphis	W 92–75	14–13 (6–7)	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2010/02/27 7:00PM		at SMU	L 94–83	14–14 (6–8)	Moody Coliseum  Dallas, Texas
2010/03/03 7:00PM		Rice Bayou Cup	W 78–70	15–14 (7–8)	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
2010/03/06 7:00PM		at Tulane	W 79–76	15–15 (7–9)	Fogelman Arena  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  Tulsa, Oklahoma
2010/03/11* 12:00PM, CBS CS	(7)	vs. (2) Memphis Quarterfinals	W 66–65	17–15	BOK Center  Tulsa, Oklahoma
2010/03/12* 5:30PM, CBS CS	(7)	vs. (6) Southern Miss Semifinals	W 74–66	18–15	BOK Center  Tulsa, Oklahoma
2010/03/13* 10:30AM, CBS	(7)	vs. (1) No. 25 UTEP Championship game	W 81–73	19–15	BOK Center  Tulsa, Oklahoma
NCAA Division I tournament
2010/03/19* 9:34PM, CBS	(13 MW)	vs. (4 MW) No. 20 Maryland First round	L 89–77	19–16	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena  Spokane, Washington
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest region. All times are in Central Standard Time.