When the Houston men’s basketball team defeated the Memphis Tigers in the regular season finale in early March, no one, from the managers all the way up to head Kelvin Sampson, thought it would be the final game of the 2019-20 season.
The Cougars were preparing for the American Athletic Conference postseason tournament and had bigger aspirations with the NCAA Tournament around the corner.
During the same period, the Houston football team was over a week into their spring practices as the team was getting its first look of the roster for the 2020 season.
The swimming and diving team had a few athletes preparing to compete in the NCAA championship meets and the track and field team was not too far away from its national competitions, while the softball and baseball players were just beginning to get into the meat of their respective seasons.