The Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball team, known as the Houston Baptist Huskies until 2022, represents Houston Christian University in Houston, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The team is coached by Craig Doty, who was hired on March 15, 2024. The Huskies have appeared once in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1984.

The Huskies competed as members of the Trans America Athletic Conference from 1978 to 1989. After their departure from the TAAC, the Huskies went on a two-year hiatus before returning to the NAIA. HBU competed in the NAIA from 1991 to 2008. They returned to NCAA Division I for the 2008–2009 season, where they were initially an independent, followed by membership in the Great West Conference from 2009 through 2013. They moved to the Southland Conference in the 2013–14 season.

History First year of play: 1963 • All-time record entering 2009–10 season: 673–581 (.537) Season Overallrecord Headcoach Notes 1963–64 1–7 Peck Vass Competed as Houston Baptist College 1964–65 8–17 Peck Vass Competed as Houston Baptist College 1965–66 9–12 Peck Vass Competed as Houston Baptist College 1966–67 4–20 Peck Vass Competed as Houston Baptist College 1967–68 6–20 Gerald Myers 1968–69 16–12 Gerald Myers 1969–70 10–11 Gerald Myers 1970–71 15–11 Lonnie Richards 1971–72 11–14 Lonnie Richards 1972–73 10–13 Lonnie Richards 1973–74 6–19 Lonnie Richards 1974–75 9–17 Lonnie Richards 1975–76 5–21 Bob McKinley 1976–77 6–23 Bob McKinley 1977–78 7–19 Gene Iba 1978–79 11–16 Gene Iba First year in the Trans American Athletic Conference 1979–80 14–13 Gene Iba 1980–81 18–10 Gene Iba 1981–82 13–14 Gene Iba 1982–83 20–9 Gene Iba 1983–84 24–7 Gene Iba Trans American Athletic Conference Tournament Champions (3-0) 1984 NCAA tournament (Opening Round) 1984–85 21–8 Gene Iba 1985–86 14–14 Tommy Jones 1986–87 18–11 Tommy Jones 1987–88 9–18 Tommy Jones 1988–89 9–20 Tommy Jones 1989–90 Did not compete 1990–91 Did not compete 1991–92 7–23 Ron Cottrell 1992–93 14–19 Ron Cottrell 1993–94 17–16 Ron Cottrell 1994–95 21–13 Ron Cottrell 1995–96 16–14 Ron Cottrell 1996–97 17–15 Ron Cottrell 1997–98 26–6 Ron Cottrell 1998 NAIA tournament (first round) 1998–99 25–10 Ron Cottrell 1999 NAIA tournament (first round) 1999–00 28–6 Ron Cottrell 2000 NAIA tournament (second round) 2000–01 31–5 Ron Cottrell 2001 NAIA tournament (first round) 2001–02 26–9 Ron Cottrell 2002 NAIA tournament (first round) 2002–03 31–3 Ron Cottrell 2003 NAIA tournament (first round) 2003–04 27–6 Ron Cottrell 2004 NAIA tournament (first round) 2004–05 23–10 Ron Cottrell 2005 NAIA tournament (first round) 2005–06 27–6 Ron Cottrell 2006 NAIA tournament (second round) 2006–07 22–7 Ron Cottrell 2007 NAIA tournament (second round) 2007–08 13–15 Ron Cottrell Return to Division 1 as an Independant 2008–09 5–25 Ron Cottrell 2009–10 12–21(GWC:9-3) Ron Cottrell First year in the Great West Conference Great West Conference tournament(runner-up) (2-1) 2010–11 5–26(GWC:2-10) Ron Cottrell Great West Conference tournament (semifinals) (1-1) 2011–12 10–20(GWC:3-7) Ron Cottrell Great West Conference tournament (quarterfinals) (0-1) 2012–13 14–17(GWC:3-5) Ron Cottrell Great West Conference tournament (runner-up) (2-1) 2013–14 6–25(SLC:2–16) Ron Cottrell First year in the Southland Conference 2014–15 12–16(SLC:7–11) Ron Cottrell 2015–16 17–17(SLC:10–8) Ron Cottrell Southland Conference tournament (semifinals) (1-1) CBI tournament (1st Round) (0-1) 2016–17 17–14(SLC:12–6) Ron Cottrell Southland Conference tournament (quarterfinals) (0-1) CIT tournament (1st Round) (0-1) 2017–18 6–25(SLC:2–16) Ron Cottrell 2018–19 12–18(SLC:8–10) Ron Cottrell Southland Conference tournament (first round) (0-1) 2019–20 4–25(SLC:4–16) Ron Cottrell 2020–21 6–19(SLC:4–11) Ron Cottrell Southland Conference tournament (second round) (1-1) 2021–22 11–18(SLC:6–8) Ron Cottrell Southland Conference tournament (quarterfinals) (1-1) 2022–23 10–22(SLC:7–11) Ron Cottrell Southland Conference tournament (first round) (0-1) 2023–24 6–23(SLC:4–14) Ron Cottrell 2024–25 12–20 (SLC: 9–11) Craig Doty Southland Conference tournament (first round) (0-1)

Postseason results NCAA tournament results Houston Christian has been to the NCAA tournament once. Its record is 0–1.

1984 #12 Preliminary Round #12 Alcorn State L 60–79

CBI results Houston Christian has appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Its record is 0–1.

2016 First Round UNC Greensboro L 65–69

CIT results Houston Christian has appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Its record is 0–1.

2017 First Round Campbell L 79–98

NAIA results Houston Christian has appeared in the NAIA Division I tournament 10 times. Their combined record is 3–10.

1998 First Round L 67–83 1999 First Round L 61–85 2000 First RoundSecond Round W 68–50L 61–81 2001 First Round L 66–67 2002 First Round L 82–88 2003 First Round L 76–79 2004 First Round L 64–72 2005 First Round L 72–88 2006 First RoundSecond Round W 73–64L 77–99 2007 First RoundSecond Round W 80–55L 72–83

Notable players E. C. Coleman (1969–73) Anicet Lavodrama (1981–85) Joshua Ibarra (2014-18)

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