# 1960–61 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

The 1960–61 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in NCAA University Division competition in the 1960–61 season.
Houston, coached by Guy Lewis, played its home games in Jeppesen Fieldhouse and the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, and was then an Independent.
This was the first postseason and NCAA Tournament appearance for Lewis as head coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season |||||
| Dec 1, 1960 | at North Texas State | W 73–53 | 1–0 | Men's Gymnasium Denton, Texas |
| Dec 6, 1960 | at Texas A&M | L 61–66 | 1–1 | G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas |
| Dec 8, 1960 | at Sam Houston State | L 52–55 | 1–2 | Bearkat Gymnasium Huntsville, Texas |
| Dec 10, 1960 | at Lamar Tech | W 68–64 | 2–2 | McDonald Gym Beaumont, Texas |
| Dec 15, 1960 | Oklahoma Lion’s Club Tournament | L 51–55 | 2–3 | Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, Texas |
| Dec 16, 1960 | Oklahoma State Lion’s Club Tournament | W 56–54 | 3–3 | Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, Texas |
| Dec 17, 1960 | at Oklahoma City | W 78–65 | 4–3 | Frederickson Fieldhouse Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Dec 28, 1960 | vs. No. 18 Wichita All-College Tournament | L 68–71 | 4–4 | Frederickson Fieldhouse Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Dec 29, 1960 | vs. TCU All-College Tournament | W 85–72 | 5–4 | Frederickson Fieldhouse Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Dec 30, 1960 | at Oklahoma City All-College Tournament | W 86–82 | 6–4 | Frederickson Fieldhouse Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Jan 3, 1961 | Lamar Tech | W 100–73 | 7–4 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Jan 5, 1961 | at Cincinnati | L 71–74 $^{OT}$ | 7–5 | Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Jan 12, 1961 | No. 2 Bradley | W 60–59 | 8–5 | Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, Texas |
| Jan 14, 1961 | Saint Louis | W 75–69 | 9–5 | Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, Texas |
| Jan 19, 1961 | Texas A&M | W 89–85 | 10–5 | Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, Texas |
| Jan 21, 1961 | at Miami (FL) | L 78–89 | 10–6 | Miami Beach Exhibition Hall Miami Beach, Florida |
| Jan 28, 1961 | Loyola (LA) | W 92–56 | 11–6 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Jan 31, 1961 | Pacific | W 101–66 | 12–6 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Feb 2, 1961 | at Tulsa | W 88–73 | 13–6 | Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Feb 9, 1961 | North Texas State | W 86–57 | 14–6 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Feb 11, 1961 | Oklahoma City | W 107–78 | 15–6 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Feb 16, 1961 | at No. 5 Bradley | L 74–90 | 15–7 | Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, Illinois |
| Feb 18, 1961 | at Saint Louis | L 62–73 | 15–8 | Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri |
| Feb 23, 1961 | No. 3 Cincinnati | L 80–85 | 15–9 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Mar 4, 1961 | Tulsa | W 89–65 | 16–9 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| NCAA tournament |||||
| Mar 15, 1961 | Marquette Regional quarterfinals – First round | W 77–61 | 17–9 | Delmar Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Mar 17, 1961 | vs. No. 4 Kansas State Regional semifinals – Sweet Sixteen | L 64–75 | 17–10 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas |
| Mar 18, 1961 | vs. Texas Tech Regional third-place game | L 67–69 | 17–11 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||