# 1965–66 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

The 1965–66 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in NCAA University Division competition in the 1965–66 season.
Houston, coached by Guy Lewis, played its home games in Jeppesen Fieldhouse, Delmar Fieldhouse, and the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, and was then an Independent.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season |||||
| Dec 1, 1965 | at San Francisco | L 67–75 | 0–1 | War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California |
| Dec 4, 1965 | at BYU | L 82–111 | 0–2 | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, Utah |
| Dec 9, 1965 | at Texas A&M | L 88–93 | 0–3 | G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas |
| Dec 11, 1965 | Wisconsin | W 82–57 | 1–3 | Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, Texas |
| Dec 15, 1965 | vs. LSU Bluebonnet Classic | W 111–87 | 2–3 | Rice Gymnasium Houston, Texas |
| Dec 16, 1965 | vs. Texas A&M Bluebonnet Classic | W 90–85 | 3–3 | Rice Gymnasium Houston, Texas |
| Dec 18, 1965 | at TCU | W 132–102 | 4–3 | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas |
| Dec 20, 1965 | No. 7 Providence | W 102–89 | 5–3 | Delmar Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Dec 29, 1965 | vs. Maryland Sugar Bowl Classic | L 68–69 | 5–4 | Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Dec 30, 1965 | vs. Auburn Sugar Bowl Classic | W 89–76 | 6–4 | Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Jan 8, 1966 | Trinity (TX) | W 95–52 | 7–4 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Jan 13, 1966 | at Centenary (LA) | W 108–84 | 8–4 | Haynes Gymnasium Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Jan 15, 1966 | at Tulsa | W 72–71 | 9–4 | Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Jan 17, 1966 | St. Mary's | W 109–53 | 10–4 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Jan 26, 1966 | Baylor | W 92–91 $^{OT}$ | 11–4 | Delmar Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Jan 27, 1966 | TCU | W 100–79 | 12–4 | Delmar Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Jan 28, 1966 | Texas A&M | W 97–85 | 13–4 | Delmar Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Feb 2, 1966 | Lamar Tech | W 112–84 | 14–4 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Feb 5, 1966 | Tulsa | W 97–77 | 15–4 | Delmar Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Feb 7, 1966 | Centenary (LA) | W 125–96 | 16–4 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Feb 12, 1966 | Southwestern | W 140–87 | 17–4 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Feb 17, 1966 | Miami (FL) | W 111–96 | 18–4 | Delmar Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Feb 22, 1966 | Texas Wesleyan | W 152–108 | 19–4 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Feb 24, 1966 | vs. Dayton | L 69–71 | 19–5 | Madison Square Garden New York City, New York |
| Feb 26, 1966 | Portland | W 109–84 | 20–5 | Jeppesen Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Mar 1, 1966 | at Loyola (LA) | W 103–77 | 21–5 | Loyola Field House New Orleans, Louisiana |
| NCAA tournament |||||
| Mar 7, 1966 | vs. Colorado State Regional quarterfinals – First round | W 82–76 | 22–5 | WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas |
| Mar 11, 1966 | vs. Oregon State Regional semifinals – Sweet Sixteen | L 60–63 | 22–6 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| Mar 12, 1966 | vs. Pacific Regional third-place game | W 102–91 | 23–6 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| *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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 15 | — | 14 |