2024–25 Houston Cougars men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2024–25
Prev Year:2023–24
Next Year:2025–26
Team:Houston Cougars
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:Big 12
Record:0–0
Conf Record:0–0
Hc Year:11th
Asst Coach1:K.C. Beard
Asst Coach2:Kellen Sampson
Asst Coach3:Quannas White

The 2024–25 Houston Cougars men's basketball team will represent the University of Houston in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars will be led by eleventh-year head coach Kelvin Sampson. The team will play their home games at the Fertitta Center as second-year members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Cougars finished the 2023–24 season 28–3, 15–3 in Big 12 play to win the regular season championship in their first year in the conference. They defeated TCU and Texas Tech to advance to the Big 12 tournament championship game where they lost to Iowa State.[1] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the #1 seed in the South Regional. They defeated Longwood in the First Round and Texas A&M in overtime in the Second Round to advance to their fifth consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearance. There they were defeated by Duke after losing their starting point guard, Jamal Shead, to an ankle sprain during the game.[2]

Offseason

Departing players

Houston Departing Players
1 G 6'1" 200 Senior Graduated/declared for the 2024 NBA draft; selected 45th overall by the Sacramento Kings
Damian Dunn 11 G 6'5" 205 Senior Graduated; transferred to Pittsburgh
Ryan Elvin 20 G 6'1" 170 Senior Walk-on; graduated

Incoming transfers

Houston Incoming Transfers
Milos Uzan 7 G 6'4" 193 Junior Oklahoma

2024 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-03-16 . #1/1 Men's Hoops Falls to #7/8 Iowa State in Big 12 Title Game . 2024-06-16 . uhcougars.com . en.
  2. Web site: 2024-03-29 . #2/2 (1) Men’s Hoops Falls to Duke in Sweet 16 . 2024-06-16 . uhcougars.com . en.
  3. Web site: 2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule. uhcougars.com. 16 June 2024. en.