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2017-18 Houston Cougars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 27-8 (14-4, 2nd in AAC MBB)

Rank: 21st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Kelvin Sampson

PS/G: 76.7 (88th of 351)

PA/G: 64.9 (18th of 351)

SRS: 15.99 (23rd of 351)

SOS: 4.16 (81st of 351)

ORtg: 112.0 (35th of 351)

DRtg: 94.8 (13th of 351)

Preseason Odds: Championship +62500

NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in West)
Won West First Round (67-65) versus #11 San Diego State
Lost West Second Round (64-63) versus #3 Michigan

AP Poll Summary

2017-18 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/13	11/20	11/27	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Houston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	25	21	21

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Time	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 10, 2017	8:00p	REG		McNeese State	Southland	-12.06	W	81	53		1	0	W 1	Health & Physical Education Arena
2	Fri, Nov 17, 2017	2:30p	REG	N	Drexel	CAA	-7.20	L	80	84		1	1	L 1	Vines Center
3	Sat, Nov 18, 2017	12:00p	REG	N	Liberty	Big South	-2.68	W	68	66		2	1	W 1	Vines Center
4	Sun, Nov 19, 2017	2:30p	REG	N	Wake Forest	ACC	7.76	W	78	73		3	1	W 2	Vines Center
5	Sat, Nov 25, 2017	8:00p	REG		Incarnate Word	Southland	-17.71	W	97	58		4	1	W 3	Health & Physical Education Arena
6	Wed, Nov 29, 2017	8:00p	REG		New Orleans	Southland	-9.01	W	75	66		5	1	W 4	Health & Physical Education Arena
7	Sat, Dec 2, 2017	7:30p	REG		Arkansas	SEC	14.76	W	91	65		6	1	W 5	Health & Physical Education Arena
8	Wed, Dec 6, 2017	12:00p	REG		Fairfield	MAAC	-4.98	W	88	66		7	1	W 6	Health & Physical Education Arena
9	Sat, Dec 9, 2017	8:00p	REG	@	Saint Louis	A-10	2.58	W	77	58		8	1	W 7	Chaifetz Arena
10	Wed, Dec 13, 2017	9:00p	REG	@	Louisiana State	SEC	10.93	L	77	80		8	2	L 1	Maravich Assembly Center
11	Sun, Dec 17, 2017	4:00p	REG		Prairie View	SWAC	-10.13	W	92	72		9	2	W 1	Health & Physical Education Arena
12	Wed, Dec 20, 2017	6:30p	REG	N	Providence	Big East	11.12	W	70	59		10	2	W 2	Mohegan Sun Arena
13	Thu, Dec 28, 2017	7:00p	REG	@	South Florida	AAC	-7.25	W	79	60		11	2	W 3	Sun Dome
14	Sat, Dec 30, 2017	6:00p	REG		Temple	AAC	7.25	W	76	73		12	2	W 4	Health & Physical Education Arena
15	Thu, Jan 4, 2018	7:00p	REG	@	Wichita State (9)	AAC	16.58	L	63	81		12	3	L 1	Charles Koch Arena
16	Thu, Jan 11, 2018	7:00p	REG		Tulsa	AAC	4.96	W	104	71		13	3	W 1	Health & Physical Education Arena
17	Sun, Jan 14, 2018	2:00p	REG	@	East Carolina	AAC	-8.72	W	65	49		14	3	W 2	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
18	Wed, Jan 17, 2018	8:00p	REG	@	Tulane	AAC	1.21	L	72	81		14	4	L 1	Devlin Fieldhouse
19	Sat, Jan 20, 2018	12:00p	REG		Wichita State (7)	AAC	16.58	W	73	59		15	4	W 1	Health & Physical Education Arena
20	Sun, Jan 28, 2018	3:00p	REG		South Florida	AAC	-7.25	W	63	40		16	4	W 2	Health & Physical Education Arena
21	Wed, Jan 31, 2018	7:00p	REG	@	Cincinnati (8)	AAC	20.25	L	70	80		16	5	L 1	BB&T Arena
22	Sat, Feb 3, 2018	12:00p	REG	@	UCF	AAC	4.76	W	69	65		17	5	W 1	CFE Arena
23	Thu, Feb 8, 2018	9:00p	REG		Southern Methodist	AAC	9.08	W	67	58		18	5	W 2	Health & Physical Education Arena
24	Sun, Feb 11, 2018	6:00p	REG		Tulane	AAC	1.21	W	73	42		19	5	W 3	Health & Physical Education Arena
25	Thu, Feb 15, 2018	7:00p	REG		Cincinnati (5)	AAC	20.25	W	67	62		20	5	W 4	Health & Physical Education Arena
26	Sun, Feb 18, 2018	4:00p	REG	@	Temple	AAC	7.25	W	80	59		21	5	W 5	Liacouras Center
27	Thu, Feb 22, 2018	9:00p	REG	@	Memphis	AAC	1.81	L	85	91		21	6	L 1	FedExForum
28	Sun, Feb 25, 2018	3:00p	REG		East Carolina	AAC	-8.72	W	109	58		22	6	W 1	Health & Physical Education Arena
29	Wed, Feb 28, 2018	9:00p	REG	@	Southern Methodist	AAC	9.08	W	69	56		23	6	W 2	Moody Coliseum
30	Sun, Mar 4, 2018	4:00p	REG		Connecticut	AAC	1.08	W	81	71		24	6	W 3	Health & Physical Education Arena
G	Date	Time	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Fri, Mar 9, 2018	9:30p	CTOURN	N	UCF	AAC	4.76	W	84	56		25	6	W 4	Amway Arena
32	Sat, Mar 10, 2018	3:30p	CTOURN	N	Wichita State (11)	AAC	16.58	W	77	74		26	6	W 5	Amway Arena
33	Sun, Mar 11, 2018	3:30p	CTOURN	N	Cincinnati (8)	AAC	20.25	L	55	56		26	7	L 1	Amway Arena
G	Date	Time	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
34	Thu, Mar 15, 2018	7:20p	NCAA	N	San Diego State	MWC	12.23	W	67	65		27	7	W 1	Intrust Bank Arena
35	Sat, Mar 17, 2018	9:40p	NCAA	N	Michigan (7)	Big Ten	19.03	L	63	64		27	8	L 1	Intrust Bank Arena