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Updated Nov 2, 2009 11:20 AM ET
     
 
  

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: The junior-college laden class includes G Adam Brown, F Kahmell Broughton and F Maurice McNeil. Brown averaged 18.6 points for a team that went 27-5. Broughton averaged 9.4 points and 7.5 rebounds, while McNeil averaged 19.7 points, 11.0 rebounds and was named to the All-Region XVI first team. Of the freshmen, G Nick Haywood and F Kendrick Washington were two of the top high school players in Louisiana.  

KEY EARLY-SEASON GAMES: The Cougars welcome Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Dec. 6), Troy (Dec. 14), Mississippi State (Dec. 19), TCU (Dec. 22) and Louisiana Tech (Dec. 29) in non-conference home games. Road games included at Nevada (Nov. 21) and Oklahoma at the Great Alaska Shootout (Nov. 25).  

PROGRAM DIRECTION: The Cougars, returning four starters from last year, are one of the top teams in the conference. Houston is coming off a solid season, having advanced to the C-USA tournament semifinals and reaching the postseason for the fourth time in five years.   

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP: G Desmond Wade, G Kelvin Lewis, G Aubrey Coleman, F Maurice McNeil, C Nick Mosley.   

ROSTER REPORT:   

--Senior C Nick Mosley is the only three-year letterman on the team and showed one of the great improvements in school history at the line last season. After making just 1-of-8 attempts the previous season, Mosley connected on 29-of-33 (87.9 percent) last season.   

--Sophomore G Desmond Wade led the team with 113 assists last season and was one of only four players to compete in all 33 games last season. He's only the sixth freshman in school history to dish out at least 100 assists and is the school's shortest player ever at 5-foot-8.  

--Senior G Kelvin Lewis never needs to look into the stands to find his father during games; he only needs to check the Cougars bench. Kevin Lewis begins his third season at Houston as the senior assistant coach. The elder Lewis works closely with post players and assists in all recruiting.  

--Junior G Cory Tellis joins the team after serving as a student manager last season.

   --Senior F Sean Coleman was named to the 2009 Conference USA Men's Basketball All-Academic Team. Coleman holds a 3.33 grade-point average in sociology.  
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