Video: Sweet 16 practice at American Airlines Center
The Houston Cougars got their first look at American Airlines Center on Thursday, a day before their Sweet 16 game vs. Duke. The team also checked out the Dallas Stars’ locker room, which they’ll use...
View ArticleCATS! Live from American Airlines Center following the Sweet 16
Join the crew following the Houston/Duke game live from Dallas: Galen, Starns, Towns, Monceaux, and our cast of commenters. We’ll also have interviews from in the arena. 50%-Off Membership & Gift...
View ArticleThank you for this ride, Cougar Basketball
I can’t get all the “what ifs” out of my head. I am sad. I am sad that this 2023-2024 season is over and that it ended in such a heartbreaking manner. the daily #239 | 4/1/2024 | Archives On the...
View ArticleDiscussing UH’s NCAA Tournament run on SiriusXM
GoCoogs.com publisher Ryan Monceaux appeared on Big 12 This Morning on SiriusXM’s Big 12 Radio Channel 375. Hosts Ari Temkin and Tim Welsh asked Ryan about Jamal Shead’s injury, how UH fans were...
View ArticleOne for the ages: Phi Slama Jama vs. the Doctors of Dunk
Finally, a game lived up to the hype. Houston 94, Louisville 81 in the Pit in Albuquerque. It was the second game of the National Semifinals on April 2, 1983. Many people called it the de facto...
View ArticleNo Conference for Old Men: Heartbreak in the Sweet 16
The Houston Cougars finished the season in the Sweet 16 at 32-5 after a heartbreaking loss to Duke. Houston started fast and Duke had a “deer in the headlights” look to them while the refs let the...
View ArticleVideo from Saturday’s spring practice
Willie Fritz and his Houston Cougar football team enter their last week of Spring Football on Tuesday. Fritz has spent spring implementing his systems, his core values, and how the team will practice....
View ArticlePhotos: 2024 Spring football game
Photos from the 2024 Spring Football game held at the Carl Lewis International Complex. All photos © 2024 by Mario Puente and may not be modified, reproduced, or redistributed without permission....
View ArticleAnthony Gangi talks about his Spring Game performance
Receiver Anthony Gangi has been in the Houston Football program for three years but has not had much opportunity to shine. He’s twice been named the scout team’s special teams player of the week but...
View ArticleOld Men podcast: 4 starters will “run it back” for Coogs
As promised, this is our first offseason Ad Hoc episode, where we’ll discuss the big roster decisions made shortly after the Portal season opened up. The “Run it Back” campaign helped facilitate four...
View ArticleHow UT and Rice conspired to help UH join the SWC
This is a follow-up piece to UH is invited to the Southwest Conference. The University of Houston was admitted to the Southwest Conference on May 3, 1971. UT sponsored the Cougars and Rice made the...
View ArticleMay 1971: UH is invited to the Southwest Conference
On the morning of May 3, 1971, in a conference room in College Station, the University of Houston had one of its biggest athletics moments ever. Athletics Director Harry Fouke and Dr. Martin Wright,...
View ArticleUniversity of Houston’s uniform journey through the 1960s
The 1961 Houston Football season was Hal Lahar’s last as head coach. Boosters had been planning it for a while, and Lahar resigned that September after a home loss to Mississippi State (but was allowed...
View ArticleReid Gettys joins the Old Men podcast
It’s a special off-season episode of the No Conference for Old Men podcast. The Three Old Men had the incredible opportunity to talk all things Houston Cougars Basketball with all-time UH Great Reid...
View ArticlePhotos: Football Operations Center topping out ceremony
On Friday, Houston Athletics and UH Facilities Planning & Construction invited the media to attend the topping-out ceremony for the Memorial Hermann Football Operations Center. After lunch and...
View ArticleThrowback: With mom on the bag, Austyn Reily wins the Texas Amateur
University of Houston golfer Austyn Reily has won the 112th Texas Amateur. With rounds of 70-71-67-70, he became the 9th UH golfer to win a Texas Amateur championship (Hal Underwood won two Texas Am...
View ArticleLauren Sampson joins the Old Men podcast
Welcome to another No Conference for Old Men special episode (#27). Recently, the Old Men chatted with UH Men’s Basketball Director for Operations, Lauren Sampson, to talk about the Houston Cougars...
View ArticleFirst look: ranking Big 12 hoops
UH Hoops is on a week-long break between summer semesters. With Kelvin Sampson’s roster set for 2024-25 and with most rosters around the conference set, we asked some of our basketball writers to look...
View ArticleHouston is the most complete program in the Big 12
Hopefully, things are getting back to normal for UH fans after Beryl blew through on Monday morning. No major issues to report from the team at GoCoogs, save for power being out for a few. But now,...
View ArticleWondrous Warren McVea chooses Houston
There were gasps all over the Shamrock Hilton. Did he just say that? These prominent black doctors, lawyers, and businessmen couldn’t believe it. Did this white football coach just say that? “I’m...
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