No Conference for Old Men: Houston & Big 12 College Hoops

Welcome to the 2nd in our offseason "Coaches Series" (episode #55) on the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. The 3 Old Men had the privilege to sit down and chat with Coach Anthony Goldwire (UH MBB Assistant Coach & former Cougar Great).  We cover things far & wide as we dive into coach's background, his journey as a player at UH during the Foster era & then playing professionally...

Welcome to the 1st episode (#54) in our offseason "Coaches Series" on the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. The 3 Old Men had the privilege to sit down and chat with Coach KC Beard (UH MBB Assistant Coach).  We cover things far & wide as we dive into coach's background, his journey into coaching through the Video Coordinator path, and how his role has evolved over the 10+ years on the UH...

Welcome to another "Special Edition" offseason Episode (#53) of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. 2 of the 3 Old Men had the privilege to sit down and chat with Alvin Franklin (Sr Assoc Athletics Director / Executive Director of Development at the University of Houston).  The landscape in college athletics has shifted from under our feet with the House Settlement finalizing on June 6th,...

Welcome to Episode #52 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. This is our 1st offseason episode of season 2, and just like last season we'll be discussing the big roster decisions made after the Portal season opened & the pre-NBA Draft workouts completed.  The coaching staff & the LinkingCoogs NIL Collective stepped up yet again, w/ their creative "#WideAwake" campaign facilitating...

Welcome to Episode #51 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" as our Houston Cougars ended the season 35-5.  After an epic comeback win to beat Duke 70-67 in the semis (inflicting a bit of revenge for last season), it all came crashing down in a last minute 65-63 loss to Florida in the championship game where our Cougars had led by 12 e...

Welcome to Episode #50 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now 34-4 & back in the Final 4 for a 7th time (tied for 10th all-time across all programs)!  It took an exquisitely executed, last second BLOB play against Purdue, followed by a blasting of Tennessee by 19 points in the Elite 8 to get there.  But now it's on to the Final 4, where we reap the...

Welcome to Episode #49 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now 32-4 & back in the Sweet 16 yet gain, after destroying SIUE & outlasting Gonzaga in a game that should've been in the Elite 8 round!  Now it's into the Sweet 16 in Indianapolis, against #4 Seed Purdue who has the ridiculous "good fortune" to play 70 miles from campus as the lower seed.  B...

Welcome to Episode #48 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now 30-4 & XII Tourney Champs, after 3 stellar efforts in beating CO, BYU, & AZ in succession!  Now it's March Madness time, with the brackets out and Houston as the 3rd #1 Seed assigned to the Midwest Region.  The 3 Old Men provide a recap of the XII Tourney games & break down our respec...

Welcome to Episode #47 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now 27-4 & 19-1 in conference, after a workman-like win over Baylor in Waco to sweep this series as well to end the regular season!  Next up is the somewhat meaningless XII Tournament, where the main objective needs to be avoiding injury ahead of the NCAA's (since the Cougars have basically locked up...

Welcome to Episode #46 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now 26-4 & 18-1 in conference, after grinding out a win over Cincinnati & sweeping the Kansas series with a Big Monday physical pounding of KU where the Cougars pounded the boards & turned the Jayhawks over repeatedly!  Next up is Baylor for our final game of this season.  The 3 Old Men p...

Welcome to Episode #45 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now Big 12 Champs 2 years in a row, after methodically taking down both  Iowa St with ESPN GameDay on site & then coming back with a Big Monday payback win over Texas Tech in Lubbock!  Next up is yet another Sat / Big Mon set of games hosting both Cincy & Kansas for our final games this seaso...

Welcome to Episode #44 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now 22-4 & 14-1 in the XII after a grind it out slugfest win on the road vs Arizona & then coming back 3 days later to completely dismantle Arizona St to now be 2 games up in sole possession of 1st in the XII.  Houston showcased their patience & maturity with AZ, while just shooting lights out...

Welcome to Episode #43 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now 20-4 & 12-1 in the XII after a workman-like win on the road vs Colorado & then a carving up of Baylor to now be back in sole possession of 1st in the XII.  Houston continued to build upon their balanced offense by further incorporating X-Factor Terrance Arceneaux into the offensive sets. &nbsp...

Welcome to Episode #42 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now 18-4 & 10-1 in the XII, but still tied for 1st in the conference, after a tough OT loss at home to Texas Tech in a strange game where there was a double ejection less than 5 minutes into the game.  But turned around with a "just win & move on" triumph in beating a motivated Oklahoma St te...

Welcome to Episode #41 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now 17-3 & 9-0 in the XII, after beating Kansas at the Phog in what many college hoops pundits have called "the best game of the season" regardless of what any  future game brings us.   Oh and Houston also turned around with a workman-like effort in beating a pesky WVU team 4 days later as w...

Welcome to Episode #40 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now 15-3, 7-0 in the XII, & now in sole possession of 1st in the conference standings after squeaking by UCF & then turning around to completely dismantle Utah.   Houston will be stepping up in competition this week with visits to both Kansas & WVU.  The 3 Old Men review the 2 games...

Welcome to Episode #39 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast.  Apologies for the original recording file having issues, a new version has been uploaded on Jan 18th. Our Houston Cougars are now 13-3 & 5-0 in the XII after smothering both KSU & WVU.  Houston's been rolling over the last 9 games since Vegas, with both offense & defense humming along at this point.  Next...

Welcome to Episode #38 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are now 11-3 & 3-0 in the XII after blitzing both BYU & TCU.  Houston's standard suffocating defense & newfound balanced offense were both on full display in the destruction of both teams.  Next up are Kansas St & a tricky West Virginia.  The 3 Old Men preview the games & then pr...

Welcome to Episode #37 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Apologies up front, with the slight technical challenges faced by one of the old men that impacted part of the game preview segment (we'll let you guess who that was).  But our Houston Cougars are now 9-3 after smothering Oklahoma St in their XII opener.  Now we hit our 1st Sat/Big Mon pair of games in week 2 of Conference...

Welcome to Episode #36 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are 8-3 after 2 thorough beat downs of Toledo & Texas A&M-CC.  Now with pre-conference games completed, we have a much better sense of every team's identity heading into Big 12 Conference play.  And Oklahoma St is 1st up on the schedule for the Cougars.  So the Old Men will preview the game,...

Welcome to Episode #35 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Houston Cougars are 6-3 after a tough week of practice post-Vegas trip, with 2 thorough destructions of Butler in the XII/Big East Challenge and Troy.  A Toledo team is up next, but the question of the week is "Is this iteration of the Houston Cougars Men's Basketball team still a legitimate National Title Contender 6 weeks...

Welcome to Episode #34 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Cougars are 4-3 after a tough Vegas trip, with a win over Notre Dame sandwiched between 2 tough losses to Alabama & San Diego State.  But after a critical week of practice to adjust things, Butler is up next in the Big XII / Big East Challenge along with a game vs Troy. Please have a listen as we take a different approac...

Welcome to Episode #33 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Cougars are 2-1 after smashing ULL to get the bad taste of the Auburn loss out of their mouths.  But a big week lies ahead as 3 games are on tap, with the big one against Alabama looming in between games vs. Hofstra & Notre Dame. Please have a listen as we continue to provide a detailed breakdown the ULL win and project...

Welcome to a quick-hit Episode #32 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Our Cougars are 1-1 after a tough loss to Auburn at the Toyota Center, where both teams came out slugging in a March-like affair. Unfortunately, Auburn was just a little bit better in handing the Coogs a 74-69 defeat. But a quick turnaround awaits to right the ship vs Louisiana-Lafayette back home in the Fertitta Center....

Welcome to our jam-packed Episode #31 of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. Please have a listen as the 3 Old Men review Houston's season opening win over Jackson St, preview the Big Week 2 game vs Auburn (a match-up of the current top 2 teams on KenPom), & then jump into our preseason previews of the Big 12 & what we're calling our "National Top 8+1 List" of national championship cont...