# 1969–70 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

The 1969–70 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in NCAA University Division competition in the 1969–70 season.
Houston, coached by Guy Lewis, played its home games in the Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston, Texas, and was then an Independent.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Dec 1, 1969 | No. 20 | Southwestern Louisiana | W 89–72 | 1–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 4, 1969 | No. 20 | Texas–Arlington | W 88–70 | 2–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 6, 1969 | No. 20 | Centenary (LA) | W 70–64 | 3–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 12, 1969 | | Nebraska Bluebonnet Classic | W 112–82 | 4–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 13, 1969 | | Kent State Bluebonnet Classic | W 74–66 | 5–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 15, 1969 | No. 19 | Loyola Marymount | W 116–91 | 6–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 17, 1969 | No. 19 | No. 11 Santa Clara | W 91–76 | 7–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 20, 1969 | No. 19 | No. 13 USC | W 77–73 | 8–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 22, 1969 | No. 8 | Long Beach State | W 76–69 | 9–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 29, 1969 | No. 8 | vs. Santa Clara UNLV Invitational | L 63–85 | 9–1 | Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Dec 30, 1969 | No. 8 | vs. UC Santa Barbara UNLV Invitational | W 98–85 | 10–1 | Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Jan 3, 1970 | No. 8 | at Hawaii | W 116–84 | 11–1 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Jan 10, 1970 | No. 11 | West Texas State | W 91–83 | 12–1 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Jan 24, 1970 | No. 7 | at St. Mary's | L 66–76 | 12–2 | Unknown San Antonio, Texas |
| Jan 27, 1970 | No. 12 | at Seattle | W 92–88 | 13–2 | Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, Washington |
| Jan 30, 1970 | No. 12 | at Montana State | W 82–69 | 14–2 | MSU Fieldhouse Bozeman, Montana |
| Jan 31, 1970 | No. 12 | at Utah State | L 84–91 | 14–3 | George Nelson Fieldhouse Logan, Utah |
| Feb 5, 1970 | No. 16 | St. Mary's | W 118–77 | 15–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 7, 1970 | No. 16 | Creighton | W 78–77 $^{2OT}$ | 16–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 12, 1970 | No. 15 | Hardin–Simmons | W 109–92 | 17–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 14, 1970 | No. 15 | Miami (FL) | W 118–98 | 18–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 19, 1970 | No. 15 | Loyola (LA) | W 99–80 | 19–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 21, 1970 | No. 15 | at Centenary (LA) | W 97–72 | 20–3 | Hirsch Memorial Coliseum Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Feb 26, 1970 | No. 15 | at Texas–Arlington | W 102–84 | 21–3 | Texas Hall Arlington, Texas |
| Feb 28, 1970 | No. 15 | South Alabama | W 128–90 | 22–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Mar 2, 1970 | No. 13 | at West Texas State | W 96–80 | 23–3 | West Texas State Fieldhouse Canyon, Texas |
| Mar 4, 1970 | No. 13 | at Creighton | W 62–58 | 24–3 | Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 7, 1970 | No. 13 | vs. Dayton Regional quarterfinals – First round | W 71–64 | 25–3 | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas |
| Mar 13, 1970 | No. 12 | vs. No. 14 Drake Regional semifinals – Sweet Sixteen | L 87–92 | 25–4 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas |
| Mar 14, 1970 | No. 12 | vs. Kansas State Regional third-place game | L 98–107 | 25–5 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| AP | 20 | — | 19 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
| Coaches | — | — | 20 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 |