Houston Announces Series vs. Virginia

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Men's Basketball program will face Virginia in a home-and-home series during the next two years, Head Coach Kelvin Sampson announced Friday.

To start the series, the Cougars will play host to Virginia inside the Fertitta Center on Nov. 16. Game time and broadcasting network will be announced at a later date.

Houston will travel to Charlottesville, Va., to face the Cavaliers on Dec. 17, 2022, during the 2022-23 season.

"We have always had tremendous respect for Coach Tony Bennett and his team," Sampson said. "We look forward to the challenge of playing Virginia, one of the top programs in the country."

"We are excited to announce a two-game nonconference series with Houston," Virginia head coach Tony Bennett said. "Coach Kelvin Sampson has done a great job returning Houston Basketball to national prominence. We're looking forward to a pair of highly-competitive games."

The series features two of the nation's Top-Three winningest programs during the last four years. Houston has posted a 111-24 record since 2017-18 to rank second in the country, while the Cavaliers stand third with a 107-20 mark.

In 2020-21, the Cougars advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the sixth time in school history and finished at No. 3 in the final Ferris Mowers Coaches poll with a 28-4 record. Virginia finished with an 18-7 mark and ranked among the nation's Top 25 in both final national polls.

Houston's complete non-conference schedule will be announced at a later date.

SERIES HISTORY vs. VIRGINIA
The series is tied between the two teams with each school winning three games. This will be the first meeting between the two teams since Virginia claimed a 72-54 win in Charlottesville, Va., on Dec. 9, 1989.

It will be the first time the Cavaliers have played in Houston since an 81-58 Cougar victory inside Hofheinz Pavilion on Feb. 7, 1988. The Cougars have posted a 2-0 record against the Cavaliers in Houston.

Houston claimed a 49-47 win over Virginia in overtime inside the Kingdome in Seattle on March 31, 1984, to advance to the National Championship Game for the second straight season.

Date	Result	Score	Location	Notes
Dec. 16, 1982	L	63-72	Tokyo	Suntory Classic
Feb. 18, 1984	W	74-65	Hofheinz Pavilion
March 31, 1984	W	49-47 (OT)	Seattle	NCAA Final Four
Nov. 23, 1985	L	77-92	Landover, Md.	Played in Capital Centre
Feb. 7, 1988	W	81-58	Hofheinz Pavilion
Dec. 9, 1989	L	54-72	Charlottesville, Va.

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