Men’s Basketball Meets Florida State in Houston Hoops Showdown

Emanuel Sharp, Houston Hoops Showdown, vs. Florida State, Toyota Center

HOUSTON – The University of Men's Basketball program will face Florida State inside Toyota Center on Saturday, Dec. 6, during the Houston Hoops Showdown, event organizers announced Wednesday.

Game time and broadcasting network will be announced at a later date. Tickets for the game go on sale Sept. 17 with a one-day presale on Sept. 16.

The game will be the first meeting against the Seminoles on the hardwood since the Cougars took a 79-74 win during the Bluebonnet Classic inside Hofheinz Pavilion on Jan. 5, 1974.

Florida State posted a 17-15 record a year ago and tied for eighth in the ACC. Former Seminole student-athlete Luke Loucks begins his first season as the Seminoles' head coach after working for the last nine seasons in the NBA.

TICKETS INFORMATION
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Cougar Pride members and season-ticket holders will be contacted with opportunities to purchase within the UH ticket allocation prior to venue release.

Fans should stay tuned to Houston Men's Basketball's social media sites (@UHCougarMBK) for the latest updates.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston owns a 3-2 lead in the series history, which began during the 1961-62 season.

The Cougars enjoyed an 84-76 home win in that first meeting but dropped the next two road contests against Florida State.

Houston enters this season's contest as winner of the last two meetings. This will be the first neutral-site meeting in the series history.

ABOUT the COUGARS
In 2024-25, the Cougars set a school single-season record with 35 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament National Championship Game before falling to Florida inside Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Houston, which finished #2 in both national polls, won 31 of its final 33 games to end the season and advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the seventh time in program history – and the second time under Sampson – with a resounding 69-50 win over #6/6 (2) Tennessee during the NCAA Elite Eight in Indianapolis on March 30.

The Cougars swept the Big 12 regular-season and tournament championships in their second year in the league and set school and league records with a 19-1 mark in conference games. Houston became the first school to join a major conference and win the regular-season title in each of its first two years in the league in more than 100 years.

Houston posted a perfect 10-0 record in road games in Big 12 play, becoming the first program in NCAA Division I history to accomplish that feat in a season, and enters the 2025-26 season with the nation's longest active road winning streak at 14 straight games.

Houston returns three starters and seven lettermen in 2025-26, including All-Big 12 Conference honoree and Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team member Milos Uzan, Phillips 66 Big12 Championship Most Outstanding Player and NCAA Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player guard Emanuel Sharp and Naismith Awards National Defensive Player of the Year presented by MOLECULE finalist Joseph Tugler.

The Cougars will be boosted with the addition one of the nation's top recruiting classes with freshman forward Chris Cenac Jr., freshman guard Isiah Harwell, freshman point guard Kingston Flemings, freshman guard Bryce Jackson and senior forward Kalifa Sakho.

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SUPPORT YOUR COOGS
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Fans who join the 50-50 Club will receive embroidered Jordan Brand team apparel, invitations to exclusive events, regular updates about the program and much more.

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