1949–50 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

1949–50 Houston Cougars men's basketball
1949–50 Houston Cougars men's basketball
Gulf Coast Conference champions
Conference	Gulf Coast Conference
Record	16–7 (6–0 GCC)
Head coach	Alden Pasche (5th season);
Assistant coach	Ned Thompson
Home arena	Jeppesen Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the 1949–50 season of college basketball. It was their fifth year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Alden Pasche, who was serving in his 5th year in that position. The team played its home games at Jeppesen Gymnasium on-campus in Houston and were members of the Gulf Coast Conference. Houston captured its third conference regular season title.^[1]^[2]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year
F	30	Lloyd Hendrix	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Jr
G	32	Marvin Reichle (C)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Sr
G	35	Herb Richardson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr
F	37	Richard Berg (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr
C	38	David Rodriguez	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So

Head coach

Alden Pasche (Rice)

Assistant coach(es)

Ned Thompson (Stephen F. Austin)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/1/1949*	Hardin–Simmons	W 48–36	1–0	Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
12/2/1949*	Loyola (LA)	W 57–33	2–0	Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
12/6/1949*	at Bradley	L 57–73	2–1	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, Illinois
12/8/1949*	at Loras	W 65–51	3–1	Unknown Dubuque, Iowa
12/9/1949*	at Beloit	L 56–70	3–2	Unknown Beloit, Wisconsin
12/10/1949*	at Marquette	L 65–69	3–3	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, Wisconsin
12/13/1949*	at Creighton	L 47–52	3–4	Creighton University Gym Omaha, Nebraska
12/20/1949*	at Texas	L 44–46	3–5	Gregory Gymnasium Austin, Texas
12/30/1949*	Wichita	W 72–66	4–5	Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
1/3/1950*	Pepperdine	W 47–46	5–5	Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
1/5/1950*	at Sam Houston State	W 58–52	6–5	Unknown Huntsville, Texas
1/7/1950	at Trinity	W 67–62	7–5 (1–0)	Unknown San Antonio, Texas
1/11/1950	Midwestern	W 63–38	8–5 (2–0)	Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
1/13/1950	at North Texas State	W 66–58	9–5 (3–0)	Men's Gymnasium Denton, Texas
1/14/1950*	at Oklahoma City	L 51–60	9–6	Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1/21/1950*	Oklahoma City	W 52–45	10–6	Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
2/1/1950*	Sam Houston State	W 85–57	11–6	Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
2/4/1950*	Stephen F. Austin	W 62–55	12–6	Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
2/6/1950	North Texas State	W 62–55	13–6 (4–0)	Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
2/8/1950	Trinity	W 80–49	14–6 (5–0)	Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
2/11/1950*	at Stephen F. Austin	W 55–51	15–6	Unknown Nacogdoches, Texas
2/17/1950	at Midwestern	W 68–40	16–6 (6–0)	Unknown Wichita Falls, Texas
2/25/1950*	at Loyola (LA)	L 50–58	16–7	Unknown New Orleans, Louisiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "2006–07 Houston Basketball" (PDF). University of Houston. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
^ "HOFHEINZ to FERTITTA: Winningest Coaches & Players". University of Houston. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

[1] "2006–07 Houston Basketball" (PDF). University of Houston. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

[2] "HOFHEINZ to FERTITTA: Winningest Coaches & Players". University of Houston. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

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v t e Houston Cougars men's basketball
Venues	Sam Houston Coliseum (select games; 1937–19??) Jeppesen Gymnasium (1946–1966) Delmar Fieldhouse (1966–1969) Fertitta Center (1969–present) Health and Physical Education Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Rice SMU
Culture & lore	Shasta Phi Slama Jama Game of the Century "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 1999–2000 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics