1946–47 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

1946–47 Houston Cougars men's basketball

Lone Star Conference Regular Season Champions
NAIA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Lone Star Conference
1946–47 record	15–7 (11–1 LSC)
Head coach	Alden Pasche (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Ned Thompson
Home arena	Jeppesen Gymnasium

The 1946–47 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 1946–47 season. It was their second year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Alden Pasche, who was serving in his 2nd year in that position. The team played its home games at Jeppesen Gymnasium on-campus in Houston and were members of the Lone Star Conference. Houston captured its second conference regular season title, and competed in the postseason in the 1947 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they were defeated by Arizona State–Flagstaff (now known as Northern Arizona) in the second round.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular season
12/07/1946* no, no	Loyola	L 51–39	0–1	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
12/11/1946* no, no	at Tulane	L 62–49	0–2	Tulane Gym New Orleans, Louisiana
12/12/1946* no, no	at Loyola	L 62–57	0–3	Unknown New Orleans, Louisiana
12/16/1946* no, no	Southeastern Oklahoma	W 63–56	1–3	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
12/17/1946* no, no	Southeastern Oklahoma	W 47–44	2–3	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
Houston Intercollegiate Tournament
12/20/1946* no, no	Pepperdine	L 73–61	2–4	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
12/21/1946* no, no	Stephen F. Austin	L 54–43	2–5	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
12/28/1946* no, no	Texas A&M	W 62–41	3–5	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
Regular season
01/06/1947 no, no	at Southwest Texas State	W 55–39	4–5 (1–0)	Unknown San Marcos, Texas
01/07/1947 no, no	at Trinity	W 74–37	5–5 (2–0)	Unknown San Antonio, Texas
01/17/1947 no, no	Sam Houston State	L 59–55	5–6 (2–1)	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
01/29/1947 no, no	at Sam Houston State	W 49–48	6–6 (3–1)	Unknown Huntsville, Texas
02/01/1947 no, no	East Texas State	W 65–61	7–6 (4–1)	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
02/08/1947 no, no	Trinity	W 68–34	8–6 (5–1)	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
02/14/1947 no, no	North Texas State	W 70–53	9–6 (6–1)	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
02/15/1947 no, no	Southwest Texas State	W 98–60	10–6 (7–1)	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
02/17/1947 no, no	at Stephen F. Austin	W 67–61	11–6 (8–1)	Unknown Nacogdoches, Texas
02/22/1947 no, no	Stephen F. Austin	W 60–57	12–6 (9–1)	Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, Texas
02/28/1947 no, no	at East Texas State	W 60–51	13–6 (10–1)	Unknown Commerce, Texas
03/01/1947 no, no	at North Texas State	W 60–51	14–6 (11–1)	Unknown Denton, Texas
NAIA Division I Tournament
03/11/1947* no, no	vs. Montana First Round	W 60–58	15–6	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
03/12/1947* no, no	vs. Arizona State–Flagstaff Second Round	L 44–42 ^3OT	15–7	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

↑ "Flagstaff Five Advances in NAIB Games". Prescott Evening Courier. 1947-03-18. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
↑ "29 College Clubs Added to List of Hoop Titlists". Sun Journal. 1947-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-08.

Houston Cougars men's basketball

Venues	Sam Houston Coliseum (select games; 1937–19??) Jeppesen Gymnasium (1946–1966) Delmar Fieldhouse (1966–1969) Hofheinz Pavilion (1969–present)

Rivalries	Rice

Culture & lore	History Shasta Phi Slama Jama Game of the Century "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston

People	Head coaches Retired numbers

Seasons	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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