Houston Done with Bush League Tourneys/Heat on Penders

[bagice]

Interesting quotes from the Houston AD and I was totally shocked at a couple of things...Houston has not been to the NCAA's since 1992 and has not won a game since 1984...they have a longer draught on both fronts than SMU...Something that was totally under my radar, I had no idea they have been struggling this long, especially with their rich history...Learn something new every day.


HOUSTON - The University of Houston gave the newly created College Basketball Invitational a shot the past two years and that is all the CBI will get from the Cougars.

Houston lost to Oregon State in the first round Wednesday 49-45. Athletics Director Dave Maggard said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports Thursday, as long as he is running the program, the Cougars will accept invitations from the NCAA Tournament or the National Invitation Tournament and that's it.

"That's a tournament that we will not participate in the future," said Maggard. "If we're not good enough to be in the NCAA or the NIT, we will not participate in the CBI.

"We have to continue to have expectations to be in the NCAA or the NIT. Our expectation and our goal should always be the NCAA."

Maggard said he has informed his coaching staff of his position on the College Basketball Invitational.

"So CBI, (we) indicated that we would try it for two years," Maggard said. "We tried it for two years. CBI is no longer in the plans in any regard."

The University of Houston has not played in an NCAA Tournament game since 1992. The school has not won an NCAA Tournament game since 1984.
"We need to get rid of that kind of history," Maggard said. "The history of not being in the NCAA."

Like what happened following the 2008-2009 season. In Head Coach Tom Penders fifth year on the job Houston was 21 and 12 but failed to reach the NCAA Tournament or the NIT.

On Penders watch the Cougars own two NIT appearances to go with the two in the CBI.

Penders has three years left on his contract with the University of Houston. He and his program will undergo the annual evaluation by Maggard.

"With every coach we go through an evaluation period at the end of the year and we'll do that," Maggard said. "We will evaluate and review every aspect of our basketball program, in addition to Tom evaluating the assistant coaches. That will take place this next week. That's not out of the ordinary."

Maggard said he saw no reason to go into further detail about his plans.

"I know people people would like for me to say a lot more," Maggard said. "I'm not going to do that because I am going to give us an opportunity to evaluate things objectively without making somebody think one thing or another."

In five years on the job at Houston Penders owns a record of 102-61.

A college basketball head coach for 35 years, Penders had his greatest success at the University of Texas. In ten years as the Longhorns head coach he took them to the NCAA Tournament eight times, reaching the Elite Eight in 1990.

Penders has also coached at Tufts, Columbia, Fordham, Rhode Island, and George Washington.

Penders has not been available for comment.

[PonyDoh]

Step 1: Fire Penders
Step 2: Hire Josh Pastner
Step 3: Lock Down Houston
Step 4: Prosper

[BIGHORSE]

Penders is a PUNK!!!

[EastStang]

Nice doo though and a snappy dresser.

[PonySnob]

In five years on the job at Houston Penders owns a record of 102-61.

It would be nice if we could ever have a mens basketball coach have a record like that while at SMU during a five year time span. It has taken us 8 years to win that many games (with 4 different coaches). In the last 5 years, we have only won 60 games total.

[bagice]

In five years on the job at Houston Penders owns a record of 102-61.

It would be nice if we could ever have a mens basketball coach have a record like that while at SMU during a five year time span. It has taken us 8 years to win that many games (with 4 different coaches). In the last 5 years, we have only won 60 games total.

Still though, No NCAA tourney appearances since 1992? Nothing nice about that....102-61 sounds nice, but going 18-11 every year doesn't cut it. Any school that wants to be serious about basketball (including SMU) cannot go 16 years in between tourney appearances.