1949–50 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

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 Public School Fieldhouse on-campus in Houston and were members of the Gulf Coast Conference. Houston captured its third conference regular season title.^[1][2]

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	Public School Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1948–49 1950–51 →

Roster

1949–50 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown 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	Public School Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
12/2/1949*	Loyola (LA)	W 57–33	2–0	Public School 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	Public School Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
1/3/1950*	Pepperdine	W 47–46	5–5	Public School Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
1/5/1950*	at Sam Houston State	W 58–52	6–5	Unknown  Huntsville, Texas
1/7/1950	at Trinity (TX)	W 67–62	7–5 (1–0)	Unknown  San Antonio, Texas
1/11/1950	Hardin	W 63–38	8–5 (2–0)	Public School 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	Public School Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
2/1/1950*	Sam Houston State	W 85–57	11–6	Public School Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
2/4/1950*	Stephen F. Austin State	W 62–55	12–6	Public School Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
2/6/1950	North Texas State	W 62–55	13–6 (4–0)	Public School Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
2/8/1950	Trinity (TX)	W 80–49	14–6 (5–0)	Public School Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
2/11/1950*	at Stephen F. Austin State	W 55–51	15–6	Unknown  Nacogdoches, Texas
2/17/1950	at Hardin	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.