2022-2023 Houston Cougars

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2022-2023 Houston Cougars Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
23 Terrance Arceneaux Fr F 6-6 190 Nov 13, 2003 Beaumont (TX) United States Beaumont United High School
4 Sadarius Bowser Sr C 6-9 230 - Gaffney (SC) United States Gaffney High School
32 Reggie Chaney Sr PF 6-8 230 Sep 9, 1999 Frisco (TX) United States Findlay College Prep
20 Ryan Elvin Jr F 6-1 170 - Philadelphia (PA) United States Cedar Ridge High School
5 Ja'Vier Francis So F 6-8 235 Oct 20, 2003 New Orleans (LA) United States Montverde Academy
- Cedric Lath RS-Fr C 6-9 265 - Abidjan Ivory Coast Balboa High School
12 Tramon Mark So PG 6-6 185 Sep 30, 2001 Dickinson (TX) United States Dickinson High School
13 J'Wan Roberts Jr F 6-7 230 Sep 19, 2001 Killeen (TX) United States Shoemaker High School
0 Marcus Sasser Sr G 6-2 195 Sep 21, 2000 Dallas (TX) United States Red Oak High School
21 Emanuel Sharp Fr PG 6-3 205 Mar 7, 2004 Riverview (FL) United States / Israel Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School
1 Jamal Shead Jr G 6-1 195 Jul 24, 2002 Austin (TX) United States Manor High School
25 Jarace Walker Fr G 6-7 235 Sep 4, 2003 Baltimore (MD) United States IMG Academy
3 Ramon Walker, Jr. RS-So F 6-4 210 - Pearland (TX) United States Shadow Creek High School
24 Mylik Wilson Sr PG 6-2 175 Sep 20, 2000 Rayville (LA) United States Rayville High School

Recent Houston Cougars History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 32-5 (15-3) 1st (Big 12) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2022-2023 33-4 (17-1) 1st (AAC) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2021-2022 32-6 (15-3) 1st (AAC) Champion NCAA 4th Rnd
2020-2021 28-4 (14-3) 1st (AAC) Champion NCAA 4th Rnd
2019-2020 23-8 (13-5) 1st (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 33-4 (16-2) 1st (AAC) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2017-2018 27-8 (14-4) 2nd (AAC) Runner Up NCAA 2nd Rnd
2016-2017 22-11 (12-6) 3rd (AAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2015-2016 22-10 (12-6) 3rd (AAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2014-2015 13-19 (4-14) 10th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 17-16 (8-10) 6th (AAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 20-13 (7-9) 7th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 15-15 (7-9) 8th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 12-18 (4-12) 11th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 19-16 (7-9) 7th (C-USA) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2008-2009 21-12 (10-6) 4th (C-USA) 3rd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2007-2008 24-10 (11-5) 3rd (C-USA) 2nd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2006-2007 18-15 (10-6) 3rd (C-USA) Runner Up N/A
2005-2006 21-10 (9-5) 4th (C-USA) 3rd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2004-2005 18-14 (9-7) 6th (C-USA) 1st Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2003-2004 9-18 (3-13) 13th (C-USA) N/A N/A
2002-2003 8-20 (6-10) 11th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A

2022-2023 Houston Cougars Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Marcus Sasser The Wooden Award All American Team
Marcus Sasser USBWA All-District Team (VII)
Jamal Shead USBWA All-District Team (VII)
Marcus Sasser USBWA District VII Player of the Year
Marcus Sasser Jerry West (Best SG) Award
Marcus Sasser Consensus All-American First Team
Marcus Sasser NABC All-American First Team
Marcus Sasser NABC All-District (24) First Team
Jarace Walker NABC All-District (24) First Team
Jamal Shead NABC All-District (24) Second Team
Marcus Sasser AP All-American First Team
Marcus Sasser USBWA All-American First Team
Marcus Sasser Sporting News All-American Second Team
Marcus Sasser AAC Player of the Year
Marcus Sasser All-AAC First Team
J'Wan Roberts All-AAC Second Team
Jamal Shead All-AAC Second Team
Jarace Walker All-AAC Second Team
J'Wan Roberts AAC All-Tournament Team
Jamal Shead AAC All-Tournament Team
Jamal Shead AAC Defensive Player of the Year
Reggie Chaney AAC Sixth Man
J'Wan Roberts AAC Most Improved Player
Jarace Walker AAC Rookie of the Year
Terrance Arceneaux AAC All-Rookie Team
Emanuel Sharp AAC All-Rookie Team
Jarace Walker AAC All-Rookie Team
Marcus Sasser AAC Player of the Week (Nov 21, 2022)
Jamal Shead AAC Player of the Week (Mar 6, 2023)
Emanuel Sharp AAC Rookie of the Week (Dec 26, 2022)
Jarace Walker AAC Rookie of the Week (Jan 9, 2023)
Jarace Walker AAC Rookie of the Week (Feb 6, 2023)
Jarace Walker AAC Rookie of the Week (Dec 19, 2022)
Jarace Walker AAC Rookie of the Week (Jan 30, 2023)
Jarace Walker AAC Rookie of the Week (Nov 14, 2022)
Jarace Walker AAC Rookie of the Week (Jan 23, 2023)

2022-2023 Houston Cougars Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Shead M. Sasser T. Mark J. Roberts J. Walker
Rotation E. Sharp   R. Walker, Jr. T. Arceneaux  
Rotation       R. Chaney  
Rotation       J. Francis  
Lim PT R. Elvin       S. Bowser

2022-2023 Houston Cougars Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Marcus Sasser 36 30.8 16.8 2.8 3.1 1.6 0.2 1.6
Jarace Walker 36 27.6 11.2 6.8 1.8 1.0 1.3 1.5
Jamal Shead 37 32.5 10.5 3.0 5.4 1.7 0.2 2.1
Tramon Mark 37 29.5 10.1 4.9 1.8 1.1 0.4 1.2
J'Wan Roberts 37 26.4 10.0 7.7 1.2 0.7 1.3 1.0
Emanuel Sharp 33 15.5 5.9 2.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.8
Ja'Vier Francis 35 10.4 4.3 3.5 0.2 0.3 1.1 0.3
Terrance Arceneaux 34 13.9 3.7 2.5 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.6
Reggie Chaney 35 13.5 3.0 2.7 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.5
Ramon Walker, Jr. 10 15.2 2.9 2.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.6
Ryan Elvin 14 3.1 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
Sadarius Bowser 6 2.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2022-2023 Houston Cougars Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Kelvin Sampson Head Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (Houston Rockets, 2011 to 2014)
Kellen Sampson Assistant Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (Appalachian State, 2011 to 2014)
Quannas White Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Western Kentucky, 2016 to 2017)
Hollis Price Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Special Assistant to the Head Coach (Houston, 2021 to 2022)
K.C. Beard Special Assistant to the Head Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Houston, 2021 to 2022)
Matthew McDonald Video Coordinator 2022-2023 Video Coordinator (Lamar, 2021 to 2022)
Chris Pezman Athletic Director 2018-2019 N/A
Alan Bishop Director of Sports Performance 2017-2018 Strength and Conditioning Coach (Utah State, 2016 to 2017)
Lauren Sampson Director of Basketball Operations 2022-2023 Director of External Relations (Houston, 2017 to 2022)
Anthony Goldwire Director of Player Development 2021-2022 Director of Student-Athlete Development (Louisiana, 2020 to 2021)