2010–11 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

2010–11 Houston Cougars men's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record12–18 (4–12 C-USA)
Head coach
Associate head coachAlvin Brooks
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHofheinz Pavilion
Seasons
2010–11 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UAB 12 4   .750 22 9   .710
Tulsa 11 5   .688 19 13   .594
UTEP 11 5   .688 25 10   .714
Memphis 10 6   .625 25 10   .714
Southern Miss 9 7   .563 22 10   .688
Marshall 9 7   .563 22 12   .647
SMU 8 8   .500 20 15   .571
East Carolina 8 8   .500 18 16   .529
Rice 5 11   .313 14 18   .438
Houston 4 12   .250 12 18   .400
Tulane 3 13   .188 13 17   .433
UCF* 0 10   .000 0 12   .000
2011 CUSA Tournament winner
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.

The 2010–11 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2010–11 season. It is their 66th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was James Dickey, who was serving in his 1st year in that position. The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston and are members of Conference USA.

With a win over #19 UCF during mid-season play, Houston defeated a nationally ranked opponent at home for the first time since the 2005 season.

Roster

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Trumaine Johnson played ten games with Houston during the season, but left the team due to "personal reasons" on January 14, 2011.[1]

2010–11 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 0 Joe Young (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Houston, Texas
F 1 Mikhail McLean 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Houston, Texas
G 2 Zamal Nixon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Brooklyn, New York
F 3 Maurice McNeil 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr New York, New York
G 4 Cory Tellis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Friendswood, Texas
G 5 Nick Haywood 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Monroe, Louisiana
G 11 Darian Thibodeaux 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Dallas, Texas
F 21 Alandise Harris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Little Rock, Arkansas
G 31 Adam Brown 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr San Antonio, Texas
F 32 Kirk Van Slyke 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So The Woodlands, Texas
G 33 Trumaine Johnson (S) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Houston, Texas
F 40 Kendrick Washington 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) So Shreveport, Louisiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2010-11-22

Incoming recruits

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This season, Houston had five incoming recruits. Freshman Joe Young, who is the son of Phi Slama Jama-era Houston player and former NBA player Michael Young, had originally committed and signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) to play at Providence, but chose to play for Houston instead.[2] Although Young requested a release from his NLI, Providence head coach Keno Davis denied it.[3] Young then appealed to the National Letter of Intent advisory committee, but the denial was upheld. Due to the rules of the NCAA, Young is being treated as a transfer student, and is required to sit-out for all games this season. However, he will be eligible to play during the 2011–12 season.

Trumaine Johnson transferred to Houston from San Diego where he played as a guard. Johnson cited racial discrimination against the University of San Diego, and is currently suing the school.[4] Johnson played ten games with Houston until he sustained an ankle injury. Following the injury, he remained with the team for the next four games, but did not play. On January 14, 2011, it was announced that Johnson had left the team for personal reasons.[1]

Houston had several other recruits, but granted releases to them prior to the beginning of the season. Marial Dhal, a 7' 3" center from Uganda, originally committed to Houston on May 1, 2010 and signed an NLI, but was granted a release after head coach Tom Penders stepped down from his position.[5] He then committed, and began play for Canisius. In a similar fashion, Devon Lamb, who had verbally committed to Houston on February 15, 2010, chose to play for Lamar also due to a change of staff.

Fabyon Harris of Chicago originally committed on May 10, 2010, and eventually signed an NLI to Houston, but was granted a release for "personal and family" reasons on August 16, 2010.[6] He then committed to playing for Howard College in the NJCAA, but was dismissed from the team before the season began following an arrest in which Harris had shoplifted a television from a Wal-Mart retail store in Big Spring, Texas with two other teammates.[7]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Alandise Harris
SF
Little Rock, Arkansas Central HS 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Jun 16, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 89
Darian Thibodeaux
SG
Dallas, Texas Kimball HS / Navarro JC 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 173 lb (78 kg) May 1, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 40
Joe Young
SG
Houston, Texas Yates HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Aug 23, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 93
Mikhail McLean
PF
Houston, Texas Second Baptist 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Apr 28, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 86
Trumaine Johnson
SG
Humble, Texas Kingwood HS / San Diego 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jul 16, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 40
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: Unranked   Rivals: Unranked
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Houston 2010 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  • "2010 Houston Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  • "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  • "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 22, 2010.

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Exhibition
2010/11/06*
4:00PM
Abilene Christian W 71–68 
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
Regular season
2010/11/12*
7:00PM
Nicholls State W 63–62 OT 1–0
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2009/11/14*
2:00PM
Alcorn State W 88–68  2–0
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2010/11/17*
7:00PM
at Louisiana Tech L 54–60  2–1
Thomas Assembly Center 
Ruston, Louisiana
2010/11/20*
2:00PM
Northwestern Oklahoma State W 81–58  3–1
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2010/11/23*
7:00PM
Louisiana–Lafayette W 78–65  4–1
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2010/11/27*
3:00PM
at TCU L 63–79  4–2
Daniel–Meyer Coliseum 
Fort Worth, Texas
2010/11/30*
7:00PM
at LSU L 57–79  4–3
Pete Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2010/12/04*
2:00PM, SLC TV
at Sam Houston State W 75–71 OT 5–3
Bernard Johnson Coliseum 
Huntsville, Texas
2010/12/06*
7:00PM, CSS
Nevada W 64–61  6–3
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2010/12/11*
6:00PM, CSS
UTSA L 63–68  6–4
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2010/12/18*
7:00PM
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi L 78–81 OT 6–5
American Bank Center 
Corpus Christi, Texas
2010/12/21*
7:00PM
Sam Houston State W 75–73  7–5
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2010/12/30*
6:00PM
Rogers State W 85–48  8–5
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2011/01/05
8:00PM, CSS
at Southern Miss L 73–85  8–6
(0–1)
Reed Green Coliseum 
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
2011/01/08
4:00PM
No. 19 UCF W 76–71  9–6
(1–1)
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2011/01/15
2:00PM
at SMU W 70–68  10–6
(2–1)
Moody Coliseum 
Dallas, Texas
2011/01/19
6:00PM, CBS CS
at Tulsa W 64–57  11–6
(3–1)
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2011/01/22
7:00PM
UTEP L 52–57  11–7
(3–2)
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2011/01/26
8:00PM, CSS
at Rice
Bayou Cup
L 71–79  11–8
(3–3)
Tudor Fieldhouse 
Houston, Texas
2011/01/29
5:00PM, CSS
at East Carolina L 70–74  11–9
(3–4)
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum 
Greenville, North Carolina
2011/02/01
8:00PM, CBS CS
Marshall L 62–63  11–10
(3–5)
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2011/02/05
7:05PM
at Tulsa L 71–76 OT 11–11
(3–6)
Reynolds Center 
Tulsa, Oklahoma
2011/02/12
4:00PM
Tulane W 79-68  12-11
(4-6)
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2011/02/16
7:00PM
SMU L 51-65  12-12
(4-7)
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2011/02/19
8:05PM, CBS CS
at UTEP L 64-76  12-13
(4-8)
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, Texas
2011/02/22
8:00PM, CBS CS
at Memphis L 58-69  12-14
(4-9)
FedExForum 
Memphis, Tennessee
2011/02/26
5:00PM, CBS CS
UAB L 55-68  12-15
(4-10)
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
2011/03/02
7:00PM
at Tulane L 77-80  12-16
(4-11)
Avron B. Fogelman Arena 
New Orleans, Louisiana
2011/03/05
5:00PM
Rice
Bayou Cup
L 57-72  12-17
(4-12)
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
Conference USA Tournament
2011/03/09
6:30PM
(11) vs. (6) Marshall
First round
L 87-97  12-18
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, Texas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Standard Time.

References

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  1. ^ a b Campbell, Steve (January 14, 2011). "Johnson leaves Cougars". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  2. ^ Brennan, Eamonn (August 24, 2010). "Joseph Young enrolls at Houston after all". ESPN. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  3. ^ Brennan, Eamonn (August 18, 2010). "Providence recruit battle comes to a head". ESPN. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  4. ^ Schrotenboer, Brent (March 10, 2010). "Ex-USD athlete sues, claims racial bias". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  5. ^ McKissic, Rodney (June 10, 2010). "Canisius lands 7–3 juco transfer". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  6. ^ Skrbina, Paul (August 16, 2010). "Hyde Park grad Fabyon Harris granted release from Houston". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on August 20, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  7. ^ Helfgot, Mike (August 25, 2010). "Hyde Park grad Fabyon Harris arrested". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on September 4, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2010.