# 1972–73 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

The 1972–73 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in NCAA University Division competition in the 1972–73 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 ||||||
| Nov 24, 1972 | No. 15 | LSU–New Orleans | W 92–71 | 1–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Nov 27, 1972 | No. 15 | Southern Miss | W 104–77 | 2–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 1, 1972 | No. 15 | at Washington State | W 72–60 | 3–0 | Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, Washington |
| Dec 2, 1972 | No. 15 | at Seattle | L 61–65 | 3–1 | Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, Washington |
| Dec 4, 1972 | No. 20 | at Colorado | W 77–72 | 4–1 | Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, Colorado |
| Dec 9, 1972 | No. 20 | Xavier | W 114–73 | 5–1 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 11, 1972 | No. 16 | St. Mary's | W 59–47 | 6–1 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 16, 1972 | No. 16 | California | W 79–75 | 7–1 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 28, 1972 | No. 13 | vs. No. 15 Indiana Sun Bowl Classic | L 72–75 | 7–2 | Memorial Gymnasium El Paso, Texas |
| Dec 29, 1972 | No. 13 | vs. SMU Sun Bowl Classic | W 115–102 | 8–2 | Memorial Gymnasium El Paso, Texas |
| Jan 5, 1973 | No. 10 | West Texas State Bluebonnet Classic | W 130–84 | 9–2 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Jan 6, 1973 | No. 10 | Texas A&M Bluebonnet Classic | W 114–85 | 10–2 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Jan 10, 1973 | No. 10 | Baylor | W 86–82 | 11–2 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Jan 16, 1973 | No. 12 | at Rice | W 96–77 | 12–2 | Rice Gymnasium Houston, Texas |
| Jan 27, 1973 | No. 11 | UNLV | W 104–94 | 13–2 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 1, 1973 | No. 11 | Centenary (LA) | W 89–85 | 14–2 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 2, 1973 | No. 11 | Cincinnati | W 90–85 | 15–2 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 8, 1973 | No. 11 | Houston Baptist | W 96–75 | 16–2 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 10, 1973 | No. 11 | No. 13 Southwestern Louisiana | W 82–80 | 17–2 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 15, 1973 | No. 7 | Texas A&I–Corpus Christi | W 82–70 | 18–2 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 17, 1973 | No. 7 | at Creighton | L 77–78 | 18–3 | Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska |
| Feb 22, 1973 | No. 9 | Trinity (TX) | W 116–57 | 19–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 24, 1973 | No. 9 | No. 20 Jacksonville | W 76–75 | 20–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 26, 1973 | No. 8 | Samford | W 94–75 | 21–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Mar 2, 1973 | No. 8 | at Centenary (LA) | W 90–89 | 22–3 | Gold Dome Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Mar 5, 1973 | No. 7 | Rice | W 116–72 | 23–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 10, 1973 | No. 7 | vs. No. 14 Southwestern Louisiana Regional quarterfinals – First round | L 89–102 | 23–4 | Levitt Arena Wichita, 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 | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | 15 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 |
| Coaches | 11 | — | 15 | 18 | — | — | 15 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 |