The history of men’s basketball at the University runs about as deep as any major program in the country. It goes back nearly 75 years, to a time when Harry S. Truman was president, tupperware had yet to be invented and college basketball got about as much attention as ultimate frisbee does today.
Make no mistake about it, Houston’s basketball program was built from the ground up. Before Hakeem Olajuwon and Phi Slama Jama, or Elvin Hayes and Don Chaney, or even before Hall of Fame head coach Guy V.