2019–20 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

2019–20 Houston Cougars men's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
APNo. 22
Record23–8 (13–5 AAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaFertitta Center
2019–20 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Cincinnati 13 5   .722 20 10   .667
No. 22 Houston 13 5   .722 23 8   .742
Tulsa 13 5   .722 21 10   .677
Wichita State 11 7   .611 23 8   .742
UConn 10 8   .556 19 12   .613
Memphis 10 8   .556 21 10   .677
SMU 9 9   .500 19 11   .633
UCF 7 11   .389 16 14   .533
South Florida 7 11   .389 14 17   .452
Temple 6 12   .333 14 17   .452
East Carolina 5 13   .278 11 20   .355
Tulane 4 14   .222 12 18   .400
Note: The 2020 AAC tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars were led by sixth-year head coach Kelvin Sampson as members of the American Athletic Conference. This was the second season that the team played its home games at the Fertitta Center. The AP poll released on January 13th had the Cougars ranked outside the top 25, and to date, it is the most recent poll in which the Cougars were unranked. They have since begun a streak of 102 weeks ranked in the AP Top 25, the 17th longest streak in division 1 men’s college basketball history.