Houston Adds to Top 25 Class With Sleeper Valentine Izundu
While it isn’t exactly the Phi-Slamma-Jamma just yet, outside observers can’t help but being impressed with the work Houston has done on the recruiting trail for the 2012 class. They landed their third verbal commitment today, in a class that is considered by most to be in the Top 25 recruiting classes in the country. Center Valentine Izundu of Lamar Consolidated (TX) committed...
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September 28, 2011
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September 28, 2011
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Houston comes back, beats UTEP in overtime
HOUSTON (AP) -- Jonathon Simmons scored 25 points and Houston rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat UTEP 81-76 in overtime on Saturday night.
Simmons' three-point play with 34 seconds left in the extra period gave the Cougars the lead for good at 77-76. The final score was Houston's largest lead of the game.
TaShawn Thomas had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Cougars...
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15 days ago
Danuel House Hopes to Put Houston Basketball Back on the Map
Danuel HouseBy Paul Seaver (TheArenaPulse) Houston won the 2010 Conference-USA Tournament, earning a spot in the Big Dance via the league's automatic bid. That appearance marked the Cougars first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 1992.The days of success on the national stage are nearly three-decades-old for Houston fans, as the program has not won a NCAA Tournament game since...
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September 14, 2011
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September 14, 2011
Houston 81, UTEP 76
Jonathon Simmons scored 25 points and Houston rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat UTEP 81-76 in overtime on Saturday night.
Simmons' three-point play with 34 seconds left in the extra period gave the Cougars the lead for good at 77-76. The final score was Houston's largest lead of the game.
TaShawn Thomas had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Cougars (11-9, 3-4 Conference USA...
Via AP on Fox
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15 days ago
Houston holds on to beat East Carolina
HOUSTON (AP) -- Jonathon Simmons and Alandise Harris scored 19 points apiece, and Houston barely withstood a furious East Carolina comeback to hold on for an 82-76 victory Saturday night.
TaShawn Thomas added 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Cougars (10-9, 2-4 Conference USA), who snapped a four-game losing streak and dealt the Pirates (9-9, 0-5) their fifth straight defeat.
Houston...
Via Fox Sports Houston
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22 days ago
Simmons leads Houston over Rogers State 90-80
Jonathon Simmons scored 25 points and Joseph Young 22 to lead Houston to a 90-80 victory against Rogers State on Wednesday night.
TaShawn Thomas added 14 points and Alandise Harris 10 for the Cougars (6-5).
Justynn Hammond scored 21 points and Kendrell Thompson 14 for Rogers State, a NAIA school in Claremore, Okla., that classified the game as an exhibition. The Hillcats' record...
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December 21, 2011
Houston 90, Rogers State 80
Jonathon Simmons scored 25 points and Joseph Young 22 to lead Houston to a 90-80 victory against Rogers State on Wednesday night.
TaShawn Thomas added 14 points and Alandise Harris 10 for the Cougars (6-5).
Justynn Hammond scored 21 points and Kendrell Thompson 14 for Rogers State, a NAIA school in Claremore, Okla., that classified the game as an exhibition. The Hillcats' record...
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December 21, 2011
Cougars' move to Big East good for future
For much of the life in Conference USA the basketball story was essentially Memphis and all the other guys. Oh sure, every so often Houston or someone else made some noise, but Memphis was the big dog and usually the only conference rep making the NCAA field.
Things are about to change for the Houston Cougars. They won't have to worry about just one team to overcome. The Cougars...
Via Fox Sports Houston
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December 18, 2011
Houston: Tom Penders Is Losing It
Hmmm?Part 2.
Check this out.
Oh and it gets better!
Houston's coach Tom Penders had this to say: "I'm just sorry the official interpreted it that way. The way I saw it, Aubrey got tangled and his momentum carried him forward and I think it was a mistake."
Kind of reminds of us about the time ...
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January 31, 2009
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January 31, 2009
Houston 71, NC A&T 67
Joseph Young's go-ahead 3-pointer with 36 seconds left propelled Houston to a 71-67 victory over North Carolina A&T on Wednesday.
Darian Thibodeaux scored 13 points, including two free throws after Young's basket had put Houston up 69-67.
Jonathon Simmons also scored 13 and Young 12 for the Cougars (7-5), who won their third in a row. TaShawn Thomas had 10 rebounds...
Via AP on Fox
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December 28, 2011
Simmons, Houston coast past Texas A&M-CC 87-66
Jonathon Simmons scored a game-high 22 points, including four 3-point baskets, to lead Houston to an 87-66 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday night.
Houston (4-3) also dominated the glass 43-28 as TaShawn Thomas gathered 12 and Alandise Harris had 11. Thomas also blocked four shots.
Houston had three other scorers in double figures -- Leon Gibson (16), Thomas...
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December 03, 2011
Houston 94, Texas St. 71
Joseph Young scored 25 points and TaShawn Thomas added 16 points and 16 rebounds as Houston topped Texas State 94-71 on Friday night.
Alandise Harris had 17 points and Jonathon Simmons 15 points and nine rebounds for the Cougars (8-5), who won their fourth straight game and avenged an 81-78 defeat at Texas State on Dec. 6.
Matt Staff scored 16 points and Reid Koenen 12 for the...
Via AP on Fox
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December 30, 2011
Houston 87, Texas A&M-CC 66
Jonathon Simmons scored a game-high 22 points, including four 3-point baskets, to lead Houston to an 87-66 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday night.
Houston (4-3) also dominated the glass 43-28 as TaShawn Thomas gathered 12 and Alandise Harris had 11. Thomas also blocked four shots.
Houston had three other scorers in double figures -- Leon Gibson (16), Thomas...
Via AP on Fox
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December 03, 2011
Young, Houston squeeze by North Carolina A&T
HOUSTON (AP) -- Joseph Young's go-ahead 3-pointer with 36 seconds left propelled Houston to a 71-67 victory over North Carolina A&T on Wednesday.
Darian Thibodeaux scored 13 points, including two free throws after Young's basket had put Houston up 69-67.
Jonathon Simmons also scored 13 and Young 12 for the Cougars (7-5), who won their third in a row. TaShawn Thomas...
Via Fox Sports Houston
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December 28, 2011
Tom Penders is a Dirtbag
Earlier this week Tom Penders had the gall to stand up for what Aubrey Coleman did to Chase Budinger's face last Saturday saying that ESPN doctored the video and added the x-ray vision piece to make Aubrey look bad. What really made Aubrey look bad was stepping on Chase Budinger's face and shoulder. That made him look much worse than adding a little x-ray vision graphic.Whether...
Via The BearDown
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January 30, 2009
Was Penders Right?
Tom Penders' buddy at ESPN, Norby, has finally returned Penders' calls and it turns out, maybe Penders wasn't as crazy as we all thought. In a radio interview recently Penders accused ESPN of doctoring the video and adding X-Ray vision. Here is the clip in question:ESPN does add a spot shadow to show Aubrey looking down, which as I mentioned in a Previous Post is debatable...
Via The BearDown
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January 30, 2009
Houston 77, Texas-San Antonio 75
Jonathon Simmons scored 22 points and Alandise Harris added 18 points and eight rebounds as Houston defeated UTSA 77-75 on Tuesday night.
Darian Thibodeaux had 14 points for the Cougars (5-5), who scored eight straight points to take a 69-60 lead with 3:19 remaining and withstood UTSA's late surge.
Melvin Johnson III scored 24 points to lead the Roadrunners (5-5) and hoisted...
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December 20, 2011
Simmons, Houston coast past Texas A&M-CC
HOUSTON (AP) -- Jonathon Simmons scored a game-high 22 points, including four 3-point baskets, to lead Houston to an 87-66 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday night.
Houston (4-3) also dominated the glass 43-28 as TaShawn Thomas gathered 12 and Alandise Harris had 11. Thomas also blocked four shots.
Houston had three other scorers in double figures -- Leon Gibson...
Via Fox Sports Houston
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December 03, 2011
Death Of Lorenzo Charles
In 1983 Lorenzo Charles dunked the famous game-winner for N.C State to win the national championship. Unfortunately Charles, N.C State basketball hoops hero, died in a tragic bus crash in Raleigh, North Carolina.
In the championship game Charles was able to catch Derreck Whittenburg’s airball and dunk it in, to beat the buzzer. In Lorenzo’s Junior...
Via Taking Bad Schotz
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June 27, 2011
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June 27, 2011
College Basketball Nightly: Duke Rolls, Houston Upset
We already have our first upset of college basketball season. No it wasn't a top 25 team, so don't get your hopes up. And no it wasn't Duke.
Via OnlineSportsFanatic
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November 10, 2008
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November 10, 2008
Was David Salinas college sports’ Bernie Madoff?
When you utter the name Bernie Madoff to any number of investors, you might as well be cussing directly at them.
Madoff has costed unlimited numbers both in the private and public sector–as well as in professional sports–their financial security due to his elaborately constructed Ponzi schemes that bilked people out of billions of dollars.
News has broken this...
Via FanAttic Network
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July 18, 2011
Cougs feature eight new players into season
The newness has worn off, now, which means that theoretically speaking the University of Houston basketball team should be a more congealed one in year two under coach James Dickey.
"Everybody's bought in this time," sophomore forward Alandise Harris said.
When he says this, he is wearing a regular tie that he has looped into the form of a bowtie, which will prove...
Via Fox Sports Houston
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October 26, 2011
Basketball Transition Defense: Are you Tom Izzo or Dick Bennett?
Basketball Transition Defense: Are you Tom Izzo or Dick Bennett?
If you ask most coaches to describe what the game of basketball is when you simplify it to its basic principles they will give you offense and defense. While this is true, Bobby Knight believes that transition is a critical component of sound basketball. Think about it for a second?if you are a great half court defensive...
Via Basketball Coaches' Club
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April 19, 2008
Houston 84, Utah Valley St. 71
Alandise Harris had 20 points and nine rebounds Monday night as Houston beat Utah Valley 84-71.
Joseph Young scored 19 points and Kirk Van Slyke contributed 18 points and eight rebounds in 18 minutes for the Cougars (2-0). Van Slyke was 10 of 11 from the free-throw line as Houston went 29 for 37 for the game in foul shots. The Cougars led 43-37 at halftime.
Isiah Williams led Utah...
Via AP on Fox
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November 14, 2011
SMU Falls to Houston in C-USA Opening Round, 85-76
Aubrey Coleman notched a double-double, scoring 20 points and grabbing 14 rebounds, to lead Houston past SMU 85-76 in the opening round of the Conference USA tournament on Wednesday night. SMU (9-21), the tournament's 12th seed, was led by Derek Williams with 18 points. Paul McCoy added 13 points, Robert Nyakundi finished with 11 and Mouhammad Faye had 10.
Via SMU Athletics
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March 11, 2009
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