Women's Basketball Announces 2004-05 Schedule
10/1/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Oct. 1, 2004
Seeking to defend their Conference USA title from a year ago, the University of Houston faces another daunting schedule in 2004-05. This year's slate features match-ups against five opponents who participated in the NCAA Tournament last year, as well as three schools from the State of Texas.
The Lady Cougars open the season with five straight home games at Hofheinz Pavilion, beginning with Wichita State on Nov. 19. Houston then welcomes North Texas on Nov. 21 and Creighton on Nov. 24 before hosting the third annual Houston Classic from Nov. 26-28. This year's round-robin tournament features Wisconsin and Middle Tennessee State.
The Lady Cougars hit the road for the entire month of December, with its first stop in West Lafayette, Ind., to take on 2002 National Champion Purdue on Nov. 30. UH is slated to participate in back-to-back tournaments. Houston joins Northwestern, Baylor and Virginia in the Roger L. White Invitational hosted by Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., from Dec. 3-4, then travels to Honolulu, Hawai'i to partake in Hawai'i's annual Ala Moana Paradise Classic alongside Wake Forest on Dec. 16-17.
For the second straight year, the Lady Cougars open Conference USA action on the road, this year on Jan. 7 at Tulane and then on to Southern Miss for a Jan. 9 clash. C-USA opponents visiting Hofheinz Pavilion this year include UAB (Jan. 14), USF (Jan. 16), TCU (Jan. 30), Saint Louis (Feb. 5), Memphis (Feb. 7), East Carolina (Feb. 18) and Charlotte (Feb. 20).
The Lady Cougars match-up against the Louisville Cardinals on Jan. 23 in Louisville, Ky., will be televised by ESPN2.
As inner-state rivals and in keeping with tradition, Houston and TCU will play each other twice this year, the final year as conference opponents. The Horned Frogs come to Hofheinz Pavilion on Jan. 30, and the Lady Cougars go to Ft. Worth to close out the regular season on Feb. 27. The contest at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum will be shown as part of the C-USA Television package.
The season culminates with the 2005 Conference USA Tournament March 3-6 in Charlotte, N.C. Last year, the Lady Cougars went 13-1 against conference foes to capture the C-USA regular season, and after earning a No. 1 seed at the annual tournament, went on to win its first C-USA Tournament title.