March Madness 2024: Cheer on Houston Cougars at these watch parties!🏀🔥

HOUSTON – For the fourth straight NCAA men’s basketball tournament, the Houston Cougars are still dancing after the first weekend!

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After a historic regular season and tournament wins over Longwood and Texas A&M, the team’s quest for its first championship in program history continues.

Their next test is the Sweet 16, as the Coogs will take on the Duke Blue Devils at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Friday at 8:39 p.m.

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Just like last week, the Houston Cougars’ website is inviting fans to catch the game at the official team watch party at Avenida Houston. Fans are encouraged to bring a chair and blanket to watch the action on a massive 24-foot screen!

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Below, you can find a list of additional watch parties you can attend and send the Coogs good vibes!

Kirby Ice House - There’s no better place to watch March Madness unfold than at Kirby Ice House! All three locations of Texas bar and backyard patio (Upper Kirby, Memorial, and The Woodlands) have dozens of TVs and Jumbotrons both indoors and outdoors, and they’ll all be turned into the weekend’s games.

Woodland Social - Houston’s NEWEST drinking and dining patio bar. An expansive patio bar and casual lounge, complete with games, volleyball courts, and with a 20-foot LED screen on the patio and 21 (75-inch) televisions inside. Enjoy cold beer on tap, delectable cocktails, and gourmet pizza.

Plucker’s - A great wing bar franchise that has made a name for itself across the Southwest United States. Settle in with one of their milder sauce flavors, or test your limits with the Fire in the Hole sauce—for experts only)!

Little Woodrow’s - As their website says: The Game is Always On! Little Woodrow’s has six locations throughout Houston and is one of the best spots to catch a game of this magnitude.

Gallery Furniture - Join Gallery Furniture at their North Freeway and Grand Parkway stores for the ultimate Coogs watch party. Mattress Mack will certainly be watching, and I can think of about two million reasons why!

Duck McShweeny’s Pub - Located near The Galleria, this popular pub is offering daily happy hour with $6 bites and drink specials to wash it all down while you’re cheering on your favorite college basketball team!

Tikila’s - Take advantage of Crawfish Season offered by Hot and Buttered while enjoying $5 beers, $7 frozen drinks/wines/Happy meals.

KPRC 2 will continue to update this story with a list of additional watch parties, so please check back for more.