Houston Cougars
mens
American
canonical name from espn_mbb
#2 Sweet 16 (out) 2026
Ratings · 2026
| Dimension | Value | Unit | σ |
|---|---|---|---|
| OE | 1.26 | points per possession | 0.12 |
| DE | 0.90 | points per possession | 0.15 |
| ME | 0.37 | points per possession | 0.19 |
| PACE | 62.34 | possessions per game | 4.86 |
At season 2026's latest cutoff
(2026-04-07 00:50),
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 2026.
Axis spans 0.52 to 1.23 over
131 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 · 2026
| Season | W | L | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 7 | 0.811 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | 2026 | Illinois @ Houston N | 65–55 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2026-03-21 | 2026 | Texas A&M @ Houston N | 57–88 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2026-03-20 | 2026 | Idaho @ Houston N | 47–78 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2026-03-14 | 2026 | Houston @ Arizona N | 74–79 | conf_tournament |
| 2026-03-14 | 2026 | Kansas @ Houston N | 47–69 | conf_tournament |
| 2026-03-12 | 2026 | BYU @ Houston N | 66–73 | conf_tournament |
| 2026-03-07 | 2026 | Houston @ Oklahoma State | 82–75 | regular |
| 2026-03-05 | 2026 | Baylor @ Houston | 64–77 | regular |
| 2026-02-28 | 2026 | Colorado @ Houston | 62–102 | regular |
| 2026-02-24 | 2026 | Houston @ Kansas | 56–69 | regular |
| 2026-02-21 | 2026 | Arizona @ Houston | 73–66 | regular |
| 2026-02-17 | 2026 | Houston @ Iowa State | 67–70 | regular |
| 2026-02-14 | 2026 | Kansas State @ Houston | 64–78 | regular |
| 2026-02-11 | 2026 | Houston @ Utah | 66–52 | regular |
| 2026-02-08 | 2026 | Houston @ BYU | 77–66 | regular |
| 2026-02-05 | 2026 | UCF @ Houston | 55–79 | regular |
| 2026-01-31 | 2026 | Cincinnati @ Houston | 54–76 | regular |
| 2026-01-29 | 2026 | Houston @ TCU | 79–70 | regular |
| 2026-01-24 | 2026 | Houston @ Texas Tech | 86–90 | regular |
| 2026-01-18 | 2026 | Arizona State @ Houston | 73–103 | regular |
| 2026-01-14 | 2026 | West Virginia @ Houston | 48–77 | regular |
| 2026-01-10 | 2026 | Houston @ Baylor | 77–55 | regular |
| 2026-01-07 | 2026 | Texas Tech @ Houston | 65–69 | regular |
| 2026-01-03 | 2026 | Houston @ Cincinnati | 67–60 | regular |
| 2025-12-30 | 2026 | Middle Tennessee @ Houston | 60–69 | regular |
| 2025-12-20 | 2026 | Houston @ Arkansas N | 94–85 | regular |
| 2025-12-13 | 2026 | New Orleans @ Houston | 57–99 | regular |
| 2025-12-11 | 2026 | Jackson State @ Houston | 38–80 | regular |
| 2025-12-07 | 2026 | Florida State @ Houston N | 67–82 | regular |
| 2025-11-26 | 2026 | Notre Dame @ Houston N | 56–66 | regular |
| 2025-11-25 | 2026 | Tennessee @ Houston N | 76–73 | regular |
| 2025-11-24 | 2026 | Syracuse @ Houston N | 74–78 | regular |
| 2025-11-21 | 2026 | Rider @ Houston | 45–91 | regular |
| 2025-11-16 | 2026 | Houston @ Auburn N | 73–72 | regular |
| 2025-11-13 | 2026 | Oakland @ Houston | 45–78 | regular |
| 2025-11-08 | 2026 | Towson @ Houston | 48–65 | regular |
| 2025-11-04 | 2026 | Lehigh @ Houston | 57–75 | regular |