Houston Cougars
mens
American
canonical name from espn_mbb
#2 Final Four (out) 2021
Ratings · 2021
| Dimension | Value | Unit | σ |
|---|---|---|---|
| OE | 1.22 | points per possession | 0.12 |
| DE | 0.89 | points per possession | 0.14 |
| ME | 0.33 | points per possession | 0.19 |
| PACE | 64.12 | possessions per game | 4.75 |
At season 2021's latest cutoff
(2021-04-04 00:47),
with 37 games played. OE is points scored
per possession, DE points allowed per possession, and the adjusted margin (ME) is their
difference — so 0.47 reads as +0.47 pts per possession, not 0.47 points. PACE is
possessions per game, a count, not a per-possession rate. The σ column shares
its row's unit.
Ratings over time
Season 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021
Show AdjME · AdjOE · AdjDE · AdjPace
Warm-up shown · hide
train_cutoff_at — a walk-forward replay for season 2021.
Axis spans 0.50 to 1.20 over
110 cutoffs. The shaded band is the model's own ±2σ
(AdjDE_sigma) — it is widest early, when few games have been
played.
The dashed rule is the mean warm-up gate: left of it the team had
played fewer than 18 games, where the rating has not yet settled (a rating
is a mean, so it gates on the mean curve; the prediction-σ gate is later or equal at
18).
This line is the smoothed rating: an exponentially-weighted causal
average of this team's own history (alpha 0.75 on each
factor), fitted once on five seasons and frozen — it removes cutoff-to-cutoff fit
noise without pulling the team toward the league mean.Record · 2021
| Season | W | L | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | 4 | 0.875 |
Countable games per NCAA policy — includes non-D1, which count for the record and not for the ratings.
Vendor names
| Source | Name | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| cbbd | Houston | auto |
Schedule & results
| Date | S | Matchup | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-03 | 2021 | Houston @ Baylor N | 59–78 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2021-03-29 | 2021 | Oregon State @ Houston N | 61–67 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2021-03-28 | 2021 | Syracuse @ Houston N | 46–62 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2021-03-21 | 2021 | Rutgers @ Houston N | 60–63 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2021-03-19 | 2021 | Cleveland State @ Houston N | 56–87 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2021-03-14 | 2021 | Cincinnati @ Houston N | 54–91 | conf_tournament |
| 2021-03-13 | 2021 | Memphis @ Houston N | 74–76 | conf_tournament |
| 2021-03-13 | 2021 | Tulane @ Houston N | 52–77 | conf_tournament |
| 2021-03-07 | 2021 | Memphis @ Houston | 64–67 | regular |
| 2021-02-28 | 2021 | South Florida @ Houston | 52–98 | regular |
| 2021-02-26 | 2021 | Western Kentucky @ Houston | 57–81 | regular |
| 2021-02-21 | 2021 | Cincinnati @ Houston | 52–90 | regular |
| 2021-02-19 | 2021 | Houston @ Wichita State | 63–68 | regular |
| 2021-02-18 | 2021 | East Carolina @ Houston | canceled | regular |
| 2021-02-14 | 2021 | Memphis @ Houston | scheduled | regular |
| 2021-02-11 | 2021 | Houston @ South Florida | 82–65 | regular |
| 2021-02-06 | 2021 | Our Lady Of The Lake @ Houston | 46–112 | non_d1 |
| 2021-02-03 | 2021 | Houston @ East Carolina | 73–82 | regular |
| 2021-01-31 | 2021 | SMU @ Houston | 48–70 | regular |
| 2021-01-29 | 2021 | Houston @ Tulane | 83–60 | regular |
| 2021-01-23 | 2021 | Houston @ Temple | 68–51 | regular |
| 2021-01-21 | 2021 | Tulsa @ Houston | 59–86 | regular |
| 2021-01-17 | 2021 | UCF @ Houston | 58–75 | regular |
| 2021-01-15 | 2021 | Houston @ South Florida | scheduled | regular |
| 2021-01-09 | 2021 | Tulane @ Houston | 50–71 | regular |
| 2021-01-07 | 2021 | Wichita State @ Houston | 63–70 | regular |
| 2021-01-04 | 2021 | Houston @ SMU | 74–60 | regular |
| 2020-12-30 | 2021 | Houston @ Tulsa | 64–65 | regular |
| 2020-12-26 | 2021 | Houston @ UCF | 63–54 | regular |
| 2020-12-23 | 2021 | Temple @ Houston | 50–76 | regular |
| 2020-12-20 | 2021 | Alcorn State @ Houston | 55–88 | regular |
| 2020-12-16 | 2021 | UCF @ Houston | scheduled | regular |
| 2020-12-12 | 2021 | Rice @ Houston | canceled | regular |
| 2020-12-10 | 2021 | Sam Houston @ Houston | canceled | regular |
| 2020-12-05 | 2021 | South Carolina @ Houston | 67–77 | regular |
| 2020-11-29 | 2021 | Texas Tech @ Houston N | 53–64 | regular |
| 2020-11-27 | 2021 | Boise State @ Houston | 58–68 | regular |
| 2020-11-25 | 2021 | Lamar @ Houston | 45–89 | regular |