Coach Rudy T guided the team with an eye toward playoff success. A pivotal mid-season trade brought Clyde Drexler from Portland to reunite with former University of Houston teammate Olajuwon.

Those Cougar teams, affectionately called Phi Slama Jama, featured NBA Hall of Fame players Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon.

Speaking of the legendary Phi Slama Jama teams, former UH guard and Basketball Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler is also attending the Alamodome on Monday. Drexler caught up with KHOU 11's Amanda ...

In the early 1980s, Phi Slama Jama — which featured Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler — made three straight trips to the Final Four. UH lost to Michael Jordan and North Carolina in 1982 ...

For Houston, it’s more championship game heartbreak. The 1983 team, led by future NBA stars Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, lost to Cinderella NC State on a last-second putback. The following ...

Far removed from the early 1980s Houston teams with future Basketball Hall of Famers Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, Sampson won the Cougars' first NCAA Tournament game in 34 years in 2018 ...

During a hit on LiveNOW from FOX, Clyde Drexler talks with FOX 26's Will Kunkel about the national championship game. Pope Francis Dies, Triggering Succession Process Oldest astronaut lands back ...

Houston, in its seventh Final Four, is a program with a rich history and a proud lineage that features Phi Slama Jama, Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and Elvin Hayes. It's a history that does not ...

Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and the Phi Slama Jama teams made three straight Final Fours in the early 1980s, the most bitter loss coming against NC State in one of the NCAA tournament’s most ...