top all time 5s would be a great list, I agree UH would compete with any school
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And Dwight Davis was 3rd overall in 1972
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Remember when we lost to Texas in the NCAA tourney and Dwight told Harry Larrabee where to go when he tried to shake his hand.
Otis was really a smooth jump shot maker. Great touch especially from the corners.
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The saddest day for me in all my years of following UH sports. That team was Final Four worthy at the least, and to lose to a mediocre Texas team. Their best player wasnât even 100% healthy. All kind of rumors about locker room disharmony, as well as lack of preparation
Was absolutely embarrassing and heartbreakingâŠLord we had some great athletes like Dwight Davis and Jones along with Sweet Lou Dunbar and lost to a bad Texas kid. I really thought that Coog team was going to make a deep run with all the talentâŠ
Louis was a freshman that season so he wasnât on the squad, but still outstanding talent. Besides the 2 Dwightâs, there was Sidney Edwards, Donnell Hayes, Bonney, Sonny Willis and Larry Brown
The âstoryâ was that Dwight Jones and Dwight Davis didnât get along. I have no special knowledge in that area, but it was reported as true by SI.
On the plane ride back to Houston, I sat next to Dwight Jones, and he made no mention of disharmony.
There was also the issue of Dwight Davis having a cornea abrasion in a warmup scrimmage. He was not 100% for that Texas game either.
Larrabee tried to shake Davisâ hand three times after Dwight fouled out in the tournament game. Larrabee stuck out his hand and Davis looked at him and said something like âyuck fewâ. Larrabee did it again and Dwight said âyuck fewâ. After the third time, Dwight said âI saidâyuck fewâ!!!
Our fans in attendance and the Cougar Brass cheered wildly after that little exchange.
Thanks for all the input and the videos. I have a better picture of them now
Birdsong if you didnât see him play think of a great 2 guard with killer mid range game.
Hi Jim, Yes we did!
Micheaux once hsd a 20 pt 20 rebound game in the NBA, and it might have been in the playoffs.
In 86 he didnât survive the last cut because the Rockets chose to go with the perennially pathetic Granville Waiters, an unbelievable joke of a player.
Spoke with Larry at a UH/Rice football game several years ago. Super nice. He was coaching somewhere in the Houston area, Stafford maybe. Canât remember where.
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I couldnât believe the Rockets went with Waiters. If memory serves they passed on Clyde, too.
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Passed on Clyde in the draft.
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Passing on Clyde was one of the dumbest moves the Rockets made. Took Rodney Mccray from Louisville over him. Said Drexler had no outside game. Bill Fitch was pretty much behind that decision. Well we know how that turned out. Drexler became one of top all time players. Just think Rockets had Hakeem and Clyde, with Ralph Sampson on the same team. Iâm sure we had more than 2 rings probably 4-6 imo maybe moreâŠ
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How nice that someone remembers two of the great player form the storied past of UH Basketball. I have been going to Cougar basketball games since I was a young boy(with my dad, a UH grad) My first game was at Delmar stadium in the parking lot of northwest mall, to see the big E and Ken Spain! I have been an avid fan ever since(I am 61 now). I went to the first game the Coogs ever played at Hofeinz. I used to love to watch Otis Birdsong play and I was at the game where he battled Larry Bird in Hofeinz. Larry won the battle that day, but the cougars won the game, and a great game it was, 83-82. They billed it as the battle of the birds! I also saw, big mouth, Charles Barkley play in Hofeinz against our Coogs, he didnât fare any better than Larry Bird, NOT IN OUR HOUSE!
Mr Mean was another great Coog! Many donât remember that Akeem was Larryâs back up! He schooled Akeem into the college ranks at uh and the courts at fondee where Moses Malone helped Akeem develop into one of the greatest of all times. Larry lived behind me in the Sugar Land area, I used to play a little driveway ball with his son Josh, and some of the neighborhood boys. I asked Josh if he had seen films of his dad when he ws at UH and he hadnât!! I had an old vcr of the Coogs whooping up on Lousville in the final four that we watched together, his eyes were as wide as saucers, I gave him that tape!
I have been reading this board for sometime now and love all the new fans and attention to UH basketball! I have thought about signing up for a while now, I just couldnât resist giving a little attention to two Houston greats, these are the shoulders that our current coach talks about, the foundation of the new program, and what a program it is, I am loving life watching it all and soaking it in!
My favorite all time Coog, Rob Williams!!!
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Lots of teams passed on Clyde after the Rockets as well because his shot was as ugly as it gets. However the work ethic and developing the awkward looking shot turned Clyde into a superstar and the 2nd best shooting guard of his generation, behind MJ.
I donât remember if Waiters could play because he was behind Dream and rarely saw the court. Rockets also had a very good reserve in Jim Peterson.
Seems like every team, in those days, had their 7 footer at the end of the bench who rarely played.
Chuck Nevitt was 7â5 and didnât see much time either.
You could tell from day one that Otis had âitâ.
He was so smooth and strong and his basketball IQ was off the charts. Defintely one of the UH greats and also one of THE nicest individuals Iâve ever met.
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I still hear from Sonny every once in awhileâŠhe is a really nice person. Edwards was highly recruited out of New York and a pretty decent player.
You are right, Dunbar and Maurice Pressley were on the freshman teamâŠnot to mention the frosh pair being 6-9 and 6-11 respectively. Sweet Lou was special but never lived up to his hype IMO, although he was one of the first 6-9 guards (before Magic) who could handle the ball, shoot and pass. He was so laid back, and that might have been part of the problemâŠ
Lou did great as a Globe Trotter, man had skills