2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2009-10 season. It was their 65th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Tom Penders, who was serving in his 6th year in that position. The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston and were members of Conference USA. The Cougars finished the season 1916, 79 in C-USA play. They won the 2010 Conference USA tournament, earning them a place in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1992. They earned a 13 seed in the Midwest Region where they were defeated by Maryland in the first round. Head coach Tom Penders retired at the end of the season.

2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceConference USA
Record19–16 (7–9 C-USA)
Head coach
  • Tom Penders (6th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Melvin Haralson
  • Kevin Lewis
  • Jerry Hobbie
Home arenaHofheinz Pavilion
2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UTEP151 .938267  .788
Memphis133 .8132410  .706
UAB115 .688259  .735
Marshall115 .6882410  .706
Tulsa106 .6252312  .657
Southern Miss88 .5002013  .606
Houston79 .4381916  .543
SMU79 .4381417  .452
East Carolina412 .2501021  .323
Tulane313 .188822  .267
Rice115 .063823  .258
UCF*010 .000017  .000
2010 CUSA Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2010
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.
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