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Houston

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Houston Cougars, Houston
Program History
Coach: Kelvin Sampson

2026 Team Stats (37 games)

76.9
PPG
62.3
Opp
+14.6
Margin
44.8%
FG%
34.7%
3P%
77.3%
FT%
37.0
RPG
14.6
APG
8.3
TO
77.4
Pace
81.3
AdjO
56.1
AdjD
#7
Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1266 (#26) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1396 (#5) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +109 elo More → 1140 (#23) HCA +109 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.2 More → +25.0 (#7) HCA +2.2
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.5 More → +37.8 (#6) HCA +2.5
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.918 (#6) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff +24.8 More → 0.957 (#20) NetEff +24.8
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +35.3 More → 0.984 (#4) AdjNet +35.3
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +35.7 More → 0.984 (#4) AdjNet +35.7
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 81.3 | AdjD 56.1 More → 0.908 (#7) AdjO 81.3 | AdjD 56.1
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 75.6 | AdjD 58.0 More → 0.832 (#6) AdjO 75.6 | AdjD 58.0
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.969 (#6) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.959 (#6) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 95 | GP 37 More → 1386 (#10) RD 95 | GP 37

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 vs Lehigh Mountain Hawks W 75 - 57
2025-11-08 vs Towson Tigers W 65 - 48
2025-11-12 vs Oakland Golden Grizzlies W 78 - 45
2025-11-16 @ Auburn Tigers W 73 - 72
2025-11-20 vs Rider Broncs W 91 - 45
2025-11-24 vs Syracuse Orange W 78 - 74
2025-11-25 vs Tennessee Volunteers L 73 - 76
2025-11-26 vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish W 66 - 56
2025-12-06 vs Florida State Seminoles W 82 - 67
2025-12-10 vs Jackson State Tigers W 80 - 38
2025-12-13 vs New Orleans Privateers W 99 - 57
2025-12-20 @ Arkansas Razorbacks W 94 - 85
2025-12-29 vs Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders W 69 - 60
2026-01-03 @ Cincinnati Bearcats W 67 - 60
2026-01-06 vs Texas Tech Red Raiders W 69 - 65
2026-01-10 @ Baylor Bears W 77 - 55
2026-01-13 vs West Virginia Mountaineers W 77 - 48
2026-01-18 vs Arizona State Sun Devils W 103 - 73
2026-01-24 @ Texas Tech Red Raiders L 86 - 90
2026-01-28 @ TCU Horned Frogs W 79 - 70
2026-01-31 vs Cincinnati Bearcats W 76 - 54
2026-02-04 vs UCF Knights W 79 - 55
2026-02-07 @ BYU Cougars W 77 - 66
2026-02-10 @ Utah Utes W 66 - 52
2026-02-14 vs Kansas State Wildcats W 78 - 64
2026-02-16 @ Iowa State Cyclones L 67 - 70
2026-02-21 vs Arizona Wildcats L 66 - 73
2026-02-23 @ Kansas Jayhawks L 56 - 69
2026-02-28 vs Colorado Buffaloes W 102 - 62
2026-03-04 vs Baylor Bears W 77 - 64
2026-03-07 @ Oklahoma State Cowboys W 82 - 75
2026-03-12 vs BYU Cougars W 73 - 66
2026-03-13 vs Kansas Jayhawks W 69 - 47
2026-03-14 @ Arizona Wildcats L 74 - 79
2026-03-19 vs Idaho Vandals W 78 - 47
2026-03-21 vs Texas A&M Aggies W 88 - 57
2026-03-26 vs Illinois Fighting Illini L 55 - 65

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Kingston Flemings Kingston Flemings - 37 31.6 16.1 4.1 5.2 1.5 0.3 1.8 12.6 12.8 267 12.7 19.3 47.6 38.7 84.5 1.94 56.8 52.0
E. Sharp E. Sharp G 37 29.4 15.5 3.0 1.7 1.2 0.1 1.0 11.5 8.9 245 10.7 28.1 41.3 37.2 89.1 0.67 58.8 52.7
M. Uzan M. Uzan G 37 33.0 11.1 2.7 4.0 1.0 0.1 1.3 10.5 7.1 263 11.4 18.0 38.0 34.3 74.1 1.61 49.6 47.3
C. Cenac Jr. C. Cenac Jr. - 37 24.9 9.5 7.9 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.9 8.0 10.5 226 10.8 20.4 48.5 33.3 62.1 1.63 54.9 53.6
J. Tugler J. Tugler F 37 23.5 8.4 5.3 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.3 6.1 10.5 231 11.0 31.6 57.6 100.0 70.7 0.91 60.7 57.8
M. Miller M. Miller G 36 11.9 5.0 1.8 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.3 3.9 3.9 -1 -0.2 -20.9 48.2 34.0 73.2 0.01 57.6 54.3
C. McCarty C. McCarty - 35 12.3 4.1 2.5 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 3.3 3.9 67 3.4 14.6 40.9 35.8 88.9 0.13 58.6 55.7
Isiah Harwell Isiah Harwell - 32 13.8 3.6 2.0 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.3 4.0 2.6 123 6.5 17.0 28.1 27.1 61.3 1.18 40.2 37.1
K. Sakho K. Sakho F 34 12.8 2.4 2.6 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 1.2 4.3 60 3.3 12.1 82.5 0 59.3 0.15 79.0 82.5
R. Walker Jr. R. Walker Jr. G 29 10.8 2.3 1.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 2.0 2.7 153 8.1 48.3 34.5 26.5 76.0 0.57 49.3 42.2
K. Jefferson K. Jefferson G 3 4.0 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.7 0.3 1 0.3 3.4 40.0 0.0 0 -0.0 40.0 40.0
C. Lath C. Lath C 21 4.0 0.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.0 -13 -1.1 -24.7 66.7 0 100.0 0.12 72.7 66.7
Jacob McFarland Jacob McFarland C 4 3.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 4 2.0 20.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.09 0.0 0.0
Bryce Jackson Bryce Jackson G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG