Houston Cougars
American (22-9, 12-6)
Big Wins: 2/1 SMU (71-68), 2/28 at Connecticut (75-68), 3/3 Cincinnati (69-56)
Bad Losses: 12/8 at Rhode Island (57-67), 12/21 vs Grand Canyon (69-78), 1/23 South Florida (62-71)
Coach: Kelvin Sampson
Probable Starters:
Damyean Dotson, Junior, Guard, 13.9 ppg, 6.8 rpg
LeRon Barnes, Senior, Guard, 6.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg
Galen Robinson Jr., Freshman, Guard, 8.0 ppg, 3.4 apg
Devonta Pollard, Senior, Forward, 13.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg
Kyle Meyer, Junior, Center, 2.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg
Key Roleplayers:
Ronnie Johnson, Junior, Guard, 9.4 ppg, 2.9 apg
Danrad Knowles, Junior, Forward, 6.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 78.2 (54th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 68.8 (103, 5)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.7 (50, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.7 (89, 9)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.8 (192, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.9 (162, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.2 (124, 3)
Rebound Margin: 3.1 (80, 3)
Assists Per Game: 13.1 (195, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.5 (22, 2)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013 CBI First Round win over Texas
2013 CBI Quarterfinal loss to George Mason
2010 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Maryland
2009 CBI First Round loss to Oregon State
2008 CBI First Round win over Nevada
2008 CBI Second Round win over Valparaiso
2008 CBI Semifinal loss to Tulsa
2006 NIT First Round win over BYU
2006 NIT Second Round loss to Missouri State
2005 NIT Opening Round loss to Wichita State
*all team stats through 3/6
