2010–11 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

2010–11 Houston Cougars men's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record12–18 (4–12 C-USA)
Head coach
Associate head coachAlvin Brooks
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHofheinz Pavilion
2010–11 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UAB 12 4   .750 22 9   .710
Tulsa 11 5   .688 19 13   .594
UTEP 11 5   .688 25 10   .714
Memphis 10 6   .625 25 10   .714
Southern Miss 9 7   .563 22 10   .688
Marshall 9 7   .563 22 12   .647
SMU 8 8   .500 20 15   .571
East Carolina 8 8   .500 18 16   .529
Rice 5 11   .313 14 18   .438
Houston 4 12   .250 12 18   .400
Tulane 3 13   .188 13 17   .433
UCF* 0 10   .000 0 12   .000
2011 CUSA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*UCF vacated its wins from the 2010–11 season after it was discovered that there was an ineligible player on the team.

The 2010–11 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2010–11 season. It is their 66th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was James Dickey, who was serving in his 1st year in that position. The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston and are members of Conference USA.

With a win over #19 UCF during mid-season play, Houston defeated a nationally ranked opponent at home for the first time since the 2005 season.