1955–56 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
1955–56 Houston Cougars men's basketball | |
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Missouri Valley Conference champions | |
NCAA tournament, Regional Fourth place | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Record | 19–7 (9–3 MVC) |
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Home arena | Jeppesen Gymnasium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 19 | – | 7 | .731 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 18 | – | 7 | .720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Oklahoma A&M | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1955–56 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the 1955–56 season of college basketball. It was their eleventh year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Alden Pasche, who was serving in his 11th year in that position. The team played its home games at Jeppesen Gymnasium on-campus in Houston and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. Houston captured its fourth conference regular season title, and competed in the postseason in the 1956 NCAA basketball tournament where they were defeated by SMU and Kansas State. It was Houston's first ever appearance in the NCAA tournament.[1]
After the season, Pasche retired. He was 135–116 in eleven seasons, and was replaced by assistant coach Guy Lewis.[2]
Roster
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Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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12/1/1955* | Sam Houston State | W 77–55 | 1–0 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
12/7/1955* | Texas A&I | W 86–59 | 2–0 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
12/9/1955* | vs. Valparaiso Birmingham Classic | L 80–84 | 2–1 | Unknown Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
12/10/1955* | vs. TCU Birmingham Classic | W 101–58 | 3–1 | Unknown Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
12/14/1955* | at Texas A&M | W 78–44 | 4–1 | G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas | |||||||
12/16/1955 | Detroit Mercy | W 89–76 | 5–1 (1–0) | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
12/17/1955 | Detroit Mercy | W 86–84 | 6–1 (2–0) | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
12/21/1955* | Kansas State | W 86–79 | 7–1 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
1/2/1956 | Wichita | W 82–77 | 8–1 (3–0) | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
1/7/1956 | Saint Louis | L 73–76 | 8–2 (3–1) | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
1/9/1956* | No. 16 Oklahoma City | W 78–64 | 9–2 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
1/12/1956 | at Tulsa | W 69–60 | 10–2 (4–1) | Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion Tulsa, Oklahoma | |||||||
1/14/1956 | at Oklahoma A&M | L 44–63 | 10–3 (4–2) | Gallagher Hall Stillwater, Oklahoma | |||||||
1/23/1956 | Tulsa | W 71–62 OT | 11–3 (5–2) | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
1/25/1956* | at Miami (FL) | W 95–77 | 12–3 | Unknown Coral Gables, Florida | |||||||
1/28/1956* | Trinity | W 104–62 | 13–3 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
1/30/1956* | at Sam Houston State | W 87–59 | 14–3 | Unknown Huntsville, Texas | |||||||
2/4/1956* | Texas A&M | W 105–74 | 15–3 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
2/9/1956 | at Bradley | W 82–70 | 16–3 (6–2) | Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, Illinois | |||||||
2/11/1956 | at No. 11 Saint Louis | W 67–66 | 17–3 (7–2) | Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
2/18/1956 | No. 18 | Oklahoma A&M | W 62–60 | 18–3 (8–2) | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | ||||||
2/20/1956 | No. 14 | Bradley | W 68–53 | 19–3 (9–2) | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | ||||||
2/25/1956 | No. 14 | at Wichita | L 72–82 | 19–4 (9–3) | University of Wichita Field House Wichita, Kansas | ||||||
2/27/1956* | No. 18 | at No. 16 Oklahoma City | L 67–76 | 19–5 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
3/16/1956* | vs. No. 7 SMU Regional semifinals | L 74–89 | 19–6 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas | |||||||
3/17/1956* | vs. Kansas State Regional 3rd-place game | L 70–89 | 19–7 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
Rankings
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 14 | 18 | 17 | — |
Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 14 | 18 | — |
References
[edit]- ^ Charleston, Christopher (June 13, 2020). "History of the Powerhouse: UH men's basketball program". thedailycougar.com. The Daily Cougar. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "Alden Pasche, the first University of Houston basketball coach".