Houston guard Marcus Sasser was the second Cougar to be drafted during Thursday night’s NBA Draft, going 25th overall to the Detroit Pistons via trade with the Boston Celtics.
Sasser enters the NBA as one of the most decorated Cougars in recent history, having spent four years with the program and helping lead UH to a Final Four appearance in 2021 and six weeks as the No. 1-ranked team in the nation in 2022-23.
A Dallas native, Sasser joined UH in 2019, playing in 30 and starting the final 15 games of the COVID-shortened 2019-20 campaign as a freshman, averaging 8.