UH Basketball
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:07 amThe Houston Cougars are looking like they will be far and away the second best basketball team in CUSA this season and a likely NCAA Tourney team. Of course, I thought they would be better than they were last season too. 
This post is spurred by the news that Kelvin Lewis had his waiver to not sit out a season after transferring from Auburn approved.
From last season's team they graduated 2 seniors and lost a player to transfer: Jamar Thorpe (starter), Oliver Lafayette (2nd team CUSA), Robert Lee (18 min per game). However, it is what they are adding that scares me. Lanny Smith got a medical redshirt and is back and starting at the point. He was a CUSA pre season first teamer last year. Kelvin Lewis, son of UH assistant Kevin Lewis,was 3 star in HS who played last season at Auburn and is elgible this season. Marcus Cousin is the 6'11 C from Seaton Hall that sat out last season and eligible this year. Brokeith Payne out of Carter, one of the top recruits from Dallas area this past season, will be a Freshman at UH this year (I think he was a 3 star and one of the top 10 prospects in the state if I remeber correctly). They also have a couple other freshman that are supposed to be pretty good.
Basically, you take a team that finished 1 game out of second place in conference last season with three returning starters(6 players averaging 10+ min per game), including CUSA 1st teamer McKiver , and add a CUSA first teamer in Lanny, a 6'11 BCS transfer, a nice SG BCS transfer, and a blue chip Freshman and you should have a pretty good squad. Hopefully CUSA will have 2 teams in the Tourney this year as it was sort of embarrassing for the conference having only one in consideration last season.
This post is spurred by the news that Kelvin Lewis had his waiver to not sit out a season after transferring from Auburn approved.
From last season's team they graduated 2 seniors and lost a player to transfer: Jamar Thorpe (starter), Oliver Lafayette (2nd team CUSA), Robert Lee (18 min per game). However, it is what they are adding that scares me. Lanny Smith got a medical redshirt and is back and starting at the point. He was a CUSA pre season first teamer last year. Kelvin Lewis, son of UH assistant Kevin Lewis,was 3 star in HS who played last season at Auburn and is elgible this season. Marcus Cousin is the 6'11 C from Seaton Hall that sat out last season and eligible this year. Brokeith Payne out of Carter, one of the top recruits from Dallas area this past season, will be a Freshman at UH this year (I think he was a 3 star and one of the top 10 prospects in the state if I remeber correctly). They also have a couple other freshman that are supposed to be pretty good.
Basically, you take a team that finished 1 game out of second place in conference last season with three returning starters(6 players averaging 10+ min per game), including CUSA 1st teamer McKiver , and add a CUSA first teamer in Lanny, a 6'11 BCS transfer, a nice SG BCS transfer, and a blue chip Freshman and you should have a pretty good squad. Hopefully CUSA will have 2 teams in the Tourney this year as it was sort of embarrassing for the conference having only one in consideration last season.
