Health and Physical Education Arena

H&PE Arena
Tenants
Health and Physical Education Arena
The front of the H&PE Arena, 2017

Location	Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°43′22″N 95°21′55″W / 29.72278°N 95.36528°W / 29.72278; -95.36528
Operator	Texas Southern University
Capacity	8,100
Opened	1989
Texas Southern Tigers Houston Cougars (2017–18)

Health and Physical Education Arena (H&PE Arena) is an 8,100-seat multi-purpose arena in Houston, Texas on the campus of Texas Southern University.

It was designed by Houston architect Willie C. Jordan Jr. and built in 1989 and is home to the Texas Southern University Tigers basketball and volleyball teams.^[1]^[2] The arena played host to Houston Cougars men's basketball games during the 2017–18 season, as well as all Houston Cougars women's basketball home games in the same season,^[3] due to renovations of their arena, and hosted both teams for the first month of the 2018–19 season due to construction delays to the Cougars' home arena.^[4] Originally, the plan was to play most of the Cougars' men's conference games as well as a non-conference game against Arkansas at Toyota Center, with the remainder of the games at TSU.^[5] However, all of the games were eventually scheduled for H&PE Arena.^[6] H&PE Arena had previously hosted Houston's first-round game against Akron in the 2017 National Invitation Tournament due to the renovations at UH.^[7]^[8] The arena also hosted home games during the 2018 JBA season for the Houston Ballers of the Junior Basketball Association.

The H&PE Arena hosted a Democratic presidential debate on September 12, 2019.

References

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^ ESPN Editors (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia [The Complete History of the Men's Game]. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. p. 215. ISBN 9780345513922. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
^ "Coach Mike Davis Is Playing It Forward at TSU". houstoniamag.com. 10 March 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
^ "Cougars Announce 2017–18 Non-Con Schedule" (Press release). Houston Cougars. August 17, 2017. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
^ Duarte, Joseph (March 4, 2018). "UH will begin next season at H&PE Arena while Fertitta Center is being finished". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
^ UH plans to play 2017–18 home basketball games at Toyota Center, TSU Houston Chronicle
^ "2017-18 Houston Cougars Men's Basketball Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
^ "Akron to play Houston in NIT First Round". mac-sports.com. 11 November 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
^ Cougars Ready to Go in NIT First Round Archived 2017-06-28 at the Wayback Machine uhcougars.com

v t e Texas Southern Tigers basketball
Venues	Health and Physical Education Arena (1989–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NAIA national championship in bold

Basketball arenas of the Southwestern Athletic Conference

Alabama A&M Events Center (Alabama A&M)
Dunn–Oliver Acadome (Alabama State)
Davey Whitney Complex (Alcorn State)
K. L. Johnson Complex (Arkansas–Pine Bluff)
Moore Gymnasium (Bethune–Cookman)
Al Lawson Center (Florida A&M)
Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center / Memorial Gymnasium (Grambling State)
Williams Assembly Center (Jackson State)
Harrison HPER Complex (Mississippi Valley State)
William J. Nicks Building (Prairie View A&M)
F. G. Clark Center (Southern)
Health and Physical Education Arena (Texas Southern)

v t e Texas Southern University
Located in: Houston, Texas
Academics	Thurgood Marshall School of Law Lone Star College–University Center Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs
Athletics	Texas Southern Tigers Baseball Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Southwestern Athletic Conference PNC Stadium Health and Physical Education Arena MacGregor Park
Life	KTSU METRORail University Line Ocean of Soul TSU/UH Athletics District (METRORail station)
Founded: 1927 The Lawson Academy (WALIPP Prep) was on the TSU property from 2007 to 2017

v t e Houston Cougars men's basketball
Venues	Sam Houston Coliseum (select games; 1937–19??) Jeppesen Gymnasium (1946–1966) Delmar Fieldhouse (1966–1969) Fertitta Center (1969–present) Health and Physical Education Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Rice SMU
Culture & lore	Shasta Phi Slama Jama Game of the Century "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

v t e Houston Cougars women's basketball
Venues	Fertitta Center (1975–present) Health and Physical Education Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Rice
Culture & lore	History Shasta "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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